Culture news Ágnes Keleti, the world's oldest Olympic champion, dies aged 103 Five-time Olympic champion gymnast Ágnes Keleti, the most successful competitor in Hungarian gymnastics and a Holocaust survivor, has died at the age of 103. 02/01/2025
Germany How a Holocaust survivor's child is fighting the far right at school At an exhibition to celebrate Curt Bloch’s underground anti-fascist magazines on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, Simone Bloch found “kinship” with students — and a Syrian refugee. 31/12/2024
Art Meet the Polish punk rocker fighting for a culture of remembrance Trupa Trupa are much more popular abroad than in Poland itself. Singer Grzegorz Kwiatkowski believes it's because of the themes they deal with in their music, history's darkest chapters, especially the Holocaust. Euronews Culture caught up with Grzegorz and the band in Gdańsk. 11/12/2024
Art Defaced Milan mural of Holocaust survivors has been removed A Milan mural depicting Holocaust survivors has been removed after it was vandalised last month. 04/12/2024
Culture news Italian mural of Holocaust survivors defaced A mural depicting two of Italy's most prominent Holocaust survivors has had their faces scratched out. 12/11/2024
Culture news What is a Stolperstein and what's behind the Dutch controversy? In the Netherlands, a row about who should and shouldn’t get their stumbling stone has started... 23/09/2024
Europe News German court upholds conviction of former Nazi camp secretary, aged 99 Furchern was convicted after judges said they were convinced she knew and "deliberately supported" the fact that 10,505 prisoners were killed in gassings at the concentration camp near Danzig. 20/08/2024
Tech News TikTok hosts pro-Nazi network of accounts, new research finds TikTok hosts hundreds of pro-Nazi accounts that use the app to promote their ideologies, a new study found. 30/07/2024
Art Remembrance exhibition for the women of fought against the Nazis In a commemorative effort, artists Hannah Goldstein and Claudia Balsters have curated an exhibition spotlighting the vital roles women played in resisting the Nazis. 17/07/2024
Culture news Israel's Holocaust memorial opens new conservation facility The David and Fela Shapell Family Collections Center will provide organization and storage for 225 million pages of documents and half a million photographs. 09/07/2024
Culture news 102-year-old Holocaust survivor becomes Vogue Germany cover star Margot Friedländer is one of the world’s oldest survivors of the Holocaust and becomes the second oldest cover star of the magazine. In the issue, she shares that she was “appalled” by the growth of right-wing populism, as well as the rise of antisemitic attacks amid the Israel-Hamas war. 24/06/2024
Tech News AI could fuel wave of Holocaust denial, UNESCO finds A United Nations agency is warning that developments in artificial intelligence (AI) could spawn a new surge in Holocaust denial. 18/06/2024
Culture news Film of the Week: 'Treasure' - Stephen Fry can't redeem this misfire This frustratingly aimless road movie attempts to delve into hereditary trauma and the legacy of the Holocaust. Its well-meaning efforts are undercut by a script that makes the central protagonist completely insufferable. 14/06/2024
Hungary What is former Iranian leader doing on a secret trip to Budapest? In a statement to Euronews, the Israeli Embassy in Hungary has slammed the move to invite the Holocaust-denying Iranian ex-president to speak at a Budapest university. 08/05/2024
Culture news Jewish artists and filmmakers express support for Jonathan Glazer The British filmmaker, who won the Best International Feature Oscar for his superb film 'The Zone of Interest', has been at the centre of an ongoing debate in Hollywood. His remarks about Israel have now received support, after facing a tirade of criticism since the Academy Awards last month. 08/04/2024
Culture news Steven Spielberg denounces growing antisemitism in stirring speech The three-time Academy award winner and ‘Schindler’s List’ director has made his first comments on Gaza and denounces growing antisemitism. 26/03/2024
Netherlands Palestinian protesters gather as Amsterdam opens Holocaust museum The protest leaders emphasized they were against the Israeli president's presence, not the museum. 10/03/2024
Germany Increase in antisemitic vandalism at Holocaust sites in Germany Anti-Nazi campaigners in Germany are monitoring rising antisemitic activity at Holocaust memorials. 07/03/2024
Culture news New Dutch museum chronicles the horrors of the Holocaust A new Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam aims to tell the full story of the persecution of Dutch Jews during World War II. 07/03/2024
Culture news Berlinale 2024 review: 'Treasure' How could such promising material go so wrong? 23/02/2024