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Holocaust survivors strut their stuff at beauty pageant

To the strains of the Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive”, 14 elderly women strutted their stuff down the catwalk cautiously, hindered only slightly by the odd dodgy hip.

Ukraine

Ukraine urges the world to remember the Babi Yar massacre

Ukraine has hosted memorial services to remember those massacred 75 years ago at the Babi Yar ravine.

World News

The mystery of how Jewish Avengers' poisoned bread failed to kill Nazi POWs

Rather worryingly, when researching the Nakam, (Hebrew for ‘Avengers’), group on the internet, this entry comes up on the very first page, taken from a well-known blog…

Poland

'Cruelty did not end at Auschwitz' - Pope Francis reflects on the past and present

On the third day of his trip to Poland, Pope Francis chose to honour the 1.

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World News

A 'great moral voice' - funeral held for holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel

A private funeral has been held at a New York synagogue for World War Two concentration camp survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel.

World News

Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel dies aged 87

The Holocaust survivor and former Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel has died aged 87.

Israel

Israel PM Netanyahu rebukes deputy military chief over Holocaust speech

The dressing down comes after Major-General Yair Golan said on the eve of the annual Holocaust Day that he saw signs in Israeli society of 'nauseating processes' that occurred in Germany 70, 80, 90 ye

Germany

Former Auschwitz guard apologises to Holocaust victims

A former Auschwitz guard on trial in Germany has apologised in court to victims. He told them he regretted being part of a criminal organisation that

Cinema

Fritz Bauer: Sometimes the only way to save your country is to betray it

Little is known about the hunt for Nazi criminal Adolph Eichman. Most people have heard about his abduction by Mossad in Argentina in 1960, his trial

USA

Holocaust survivor Martin Gray dies at 93

Franco-American author found in the swimming pool at his home in Belgium.

Hungary

Hungary mourns the loss of one its most prominent writers

Imre Kertesz dies at home in Budapest at the age of 86

World News

Trial of ex-Nazi prison camp medic adjourned amid questions about his health

Hubert Zafke served in the Auschwitz death camp and is accused of being an accomplice to the murder of thousands of prisoners

USA

Hungarian holocaust movie wins Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film

Hungary had cause for celebration as ‘Son of Saul’ took the Oscar for Best Foreign Langauge Film, a prize it also won at the Golden Globes. In his

World News

Death camp survivors mark 71 years since Auschwitz liberation

Survivors of the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz, in Poland, commemorated the 71st anniversary of the camp’s liberation by Soviet troops on Wednesday

Culture news

Auschwitz survivor Eva Fahidi captivates audiences with her life story in dance

Ninety-year-old Hungarian Auschwitz survivor Eva Fahidi has captivated audiences in Hungary and Berlin with a dance which expresses her life story

Culture news

German Chancellor Angela Merkel opens Holocaust exhibition in Berlin

The biggest exhibition of Holocaust art outside Israel was opened in Berlin by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The artwork is by survivors and

Cinema

Son of Saul goes for Oscar glory

Hungary has only ever once won an Oscar in 1981 when István Szabó‘s “Mephisto” triumphed as Best Foreign Language movie. This year it may have its

Cinema

'Son of Saul' earns Hungary its first Golden Globe

The Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film has gone to ‘The Son of Saul’, a first feature by Hungarian director László Nemes. It tells the

Israel

Netanyahu slammed for 'inaccurate' Holocaust comments

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been slammed by Holocaust experts for suggesting that a historic Palestinian leader convinced the Nazis

Cinema

3D animation brings Polish World War Two hero to life

In Mexico City, 3D animators are bringing to life the story of a Polish World War Two hero. Maximilian Kolbe was a Franciscan monk, who volunteered