Holocaust survivors

'I am appalled': Holocaust survivor raises alarm over far-right AfD victory in Germany

The Alternative for Germany party's victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday has left a far-right party within reach of power in a German state for the first time since World War II.

Top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) Ulrich Siegmund attends the AfD election party after polls closed in the Saxony-Anhalt state elections and exit polls were announced, in Magdeburg, Germany, September 6, 2026.
Holocaust Survivor Nate Leipciger on the 2025 March of the Living

'Never let hatred define you – be proud of who you are'

David Danieli with President Herzog

Holocaust survivor rescued by Chief Rabbi Herzog reunites with his grandson, President Herzog

New York State Capitol in Albany, New York

‘Lowest of lows’: US Holocaust survivors targeted in fake restitution scam


Schindler in Persian: Iranian heroes who painted the Holocaust with light - opinion

Abdol Hossein Sardari and Hajji Yaakov Hay remind us of the immense power of the individual in the face of darkness.

ABDOL HOSSEIN SARDARI

Justice Ministry says legal aid opened nearly 2,500 cases for Holocaust survivors over past year

According to the ministry, roughly 1,500 of the cases concerned the realization of legal rights tied to stipends and grants available to Holocaust survivors, while about 1,000 involved civil matters.

SHOSHANA ILUZ, a Holocaust survivor who immigrated from Morocco, received assistance from the Justice Ministry’s Legal Aid Department in securing the benefits to which she was entitled.

Lighting the torch: The survivors at the heart of Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony

HOLOCAUST AFFAIRS: This year, eight survivors will take part in key roles in the state ceremony on Monday evening at 8 p.m.

THIS YEAR’S eight survivors carry within them an enormous sweep of Jewish history: ghettos, pits, forests, camps, cattle cars, shootings, hiding places, and then, after all that, lives rebuilt in Israel. Here, President Isaac Herzog stands beside the memorial torch at Yad Vashem.

Writing through war: Helping Israelis process trauma across generations - opinion

Over the past two and a half years, I’ve often turned to my pen. While so much has been rattled and shaken - writing became my way to make sense of it all, and a source of comfort.

AT ZEIDA’S last liberation dinner in Melbourne, Australia, 2015

Letters of love and survival: A Holocaust love story preserved at Yad Vashem

A young Orthodox couple in Hungary exchanged messages that sustained them through forced labor, ghettos, brazen escapes, and months in hiding.

(L-R): MEIR HIRSCHFELD, 1936. IDIT PAPA, 1942

Why I declined Megyn Kelly’s invitation - opinion

The sad reality is that the fastest way to capture attention is outrage. The louder the claim, the faster it spreads.

Megyn Kelly speaks during a Donald Trump campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, November 4, 2024.

WATCH: 105-year-old Holocaust survivor celebrates birthday in bomb shelter during sirens

Approximately 196,000 Holocaust survivors are alive globally, with half of those living in Israel.

105-year-old Holocaust survivor Miriam celebrates her birthday with singer Regev Hot in a bomb shelter in Haifa in March 2026.

Holocaust survivor, descendants urge High Court to allow Gaza children medical access

Letter read by The Jerusalem Post invokes Holocaust-era rescue precedent to argue for “children’s exception” in wartime policy.

 Children look out of a building as Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages, including those held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, February 22, 2025.

Grapevine: Sheltering routine

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Children play in a Jerusalem shelter

Pack a Seder: How one box is reaching Israel's most isolated survivors

“These are Holocaust survivors, elderly that we are in touch with throughout the year, all the time,” Zalman Duchman said.

"The fact that you thought to come, took time out of your schedule, to come to their home - the light that it brings is rewarding beyond description."