World 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… 01/09/2016
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. 03/07/2016
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. 02/07/2016
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 08/05/2016
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 29/04/2016
USA Holocaust survivor Martin Gray dies at 93 Franco-American author found in the swimming pool at his home in Belgium. 25/04/2016
Hungary Hungary mourns the loss of one its most prominent writers Imre Kertesz dies at home in Budapest at the age of 86 31/03/2016
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 29/02/2016
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 29/02/2016
Culture 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 27/01/2016
Culture 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 26/01/2016
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 15/01/2016
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 12/01/2016
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 26/08/2015
France Holocaust film stuns Cannes Film Festival Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes Jeles has created a stir at the Cannes film festival with his wrenching “Son of Saul”, portraying the work of the 15/05/2015
Cinema The controversy of Pope Pius XII in 'Shades of Truth' Tackling a controversy which has dogged the Roman Catholic church for almost 70 years. In “Shades of Truth” US actor David Wall plays 15/05/2015
Germany Germans will never forget 'unfathomable horrors' at death camps, says Merkel Germans will never forget the “unfathomable horrors” the Nazis inflicted at death camps. The words of Chancellor Angela Merkel, as she addressed a 03/05/2015
Germany Auschwitz accountant 'morally guilty' for his work at Nazi death camp A 93-year-old former bookkeeper at Auschwitz has told a German court that he felt morally guilty for his work at the Nazi death camp. Oskar Groening 21/04/2015
Germany 'Accountant of Auschwitz' Holocaust trial begins in Germany A former Auschwitz concentration camp guard has admitted to being “morally guilty” but says he committed no crime. Oskar Groening, 93, is before a 21/04/2015
Israel Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day Israel came to a two minute standstill on Thursday to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day. To the sound of a siren people stood in solemn silence in 16/04/2015
no comment Auschwitz survivors mark 70 years since Nazi death camp liberated World leaders joined around 300 Auschwitz survivors at the site of the former Nazi death camp on Tuesday (January 27) to mark 70 years since its 28/01/2015
Poland Auschwitz 70th anniversary: Memories produce warnings for a modern world Auschwitz’s last survivors urged the world not to forget the horrors of the Holocaust as they marked the 70th anniversary of the Nazi death camp’s 28/01/2015
