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Memory of Holocaust 'politically abused', says 100-year-old survivor

Margot Friedländer was herself caught and deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp in the now Czech Republic.

Poland

Respects paid across Europe as Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed

January 27 marks the International Day of Holocaust Remembrance, an occasion to commemorate the victims of the Nazi German regime.

World News

How are Nazi Germany’s LGBT+ victims commemorated across Europe?

As the world marks the International Day of Holocaust Remembrance, are Nazi Germany's LGBT+ victims finally receiving the recognition and commemorations across Europe that they deserve?

World News

UN chief decries antisemitism, urges stand against hatred

Holocaust Remembrance Day is held annually on 27 January, the day the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by troops from the Soviet Union in 1945.

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UN approves resolution condemning Holocaust denial

The not-legally binding resolution does reflect global opinion, and it underlines that remembrance “is a key component to the prevention of further acts of genocide”.

Poland

Polish official fired for branding country's Holocaust law as 'stupid'

Jaroslaw Nowak had slammed a 2018 law in Poland banning claims that the country also bore responsibility for the Holocaust.

Netherlands

Dutch MP ordered by court to delete COVID Holocaust tweets

A judge said social media posts by far-right MP Thierry Baudet went beyond 'robust public debate' and 'instrumentalised human suffering in the Holocaust'.

Austria

New memorial in Vienna commemorates Jewish victims of Nazism

The memorial was unveiled on Tuesday, exactly 83 years after Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass").

Germany

Berlin police apologise for Holocaust memorial press-up images

The images were reportedly taken in May as police were dispersed across the German capital.

Portugal

'Portuguese Schindler' honoured in ceremony at National Pantheon

Portugal has paid tribute to Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a diplomat who helped save thousands of people from Nazi persecution during World War II.

Sweden

‘Concrete measures’ needed to fight anti-Semitism says Swedish PM

A conference on Wednesday focused on the receding memory of the Holocaust and the rise of anti-Semitism views on social media.

World News

Holocaust survivor-author Eddie Jaku dies in Sydney aged 101

“Eddie Jaku was a beacon of light and hope for not only our community, but the world,” New South Wales state Jewish Board of Deputies chief executive officer Darren Bark said in a statement.

Germany

Germany 'agrees to compensate' further 6,500 Holocaust survivors

It includes the approximate 4,500 Jews who survived the Leningrad siege during World War II.

Ukraine

Ukraine marks 80 years since Nazi massacre of nearly 34,000 Jews

Nearly 34,000 Jews were killed within two days in 1941 at a ravine near Kyiv when the city was under Nazi occupation.

Ukraine

Ukraine's parliament approves new law banning anti-Semitism

Hate speech directed towards Jewish citizens, buildings, and communities will be punished under the legislation.

Netherlands

New Amsterdam memorial names all 102,000 Dutch Holocaust victims

Each brick in the Memorial of Names, which was officially unveiled by King Willem-Alexander on Sunday, bears the name of a Dutch citizen who lost their life in the Holocaust.

Slovakia

Pope Francis visits Slovakia highlighting inclusion and reconciliation

The pope met visited a Roma settlement where he urged greater integration with Slovak society, the day after atoning for Christian complicity in the Holocaust.

Greece

New Greek health minister apologises for previous Holocaust remarks

"I never wanted to insult the Jewish people, and I apologise if I did," said Thanos Plevris.

Poland

Polish appeals court dismisses complaint against Holocaust book

Judges stated that scholarly research should not be judged by the courts and overturned the ruling against the book's co-authors.

Poland

Poland-Israel row escalates over law affecting Holocaust survivors

Both countries have withdrawn their ambassadors after Israel protested over a new law in Poland that restricts the rights of Holocaust survivors or their descendants to reclaim property seized by the country’s former communist regime.