RAMAT GAN, Israel — Under a fluorescent light, an archivist from Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial snaps photos and scans into her mobile database the last remnant that a pair of elderly siblings have of their long-lost father — a 1943 postcard Samuel Akerman tossed in desperation out of the...
Holocaust Survivor Says Teens in Swastika Photo Apologized
NEWPORT BEACH — The high school party took an ugly turn. Drink cups were used to form a crude swastika. Nazi salutes flashed. Cameras clicked. What appears to have been a woefully misguided attempt at humor turned into a national embarrassment for the Southern California city of Newport Beach, leaving...
How Muslims in Albania Saved Jews From the Holocaust
Most anywhere else in Nazi-occupied Europe, a run-in with authorities by a Jewish family probably would have resulted in severe malnutrition, eventual starvation, or execution. Not so in Albania. Following the German occupation in 1943, the Albanian population, the majority of whom were Muslims, refused to comply with the occupier’s...
Auschwitz Survivors Pay Homage as World Remembers Holocaust
WARSAW, Poland — The world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday amid a revival of hate-inspired violence and signs that younger generations know less and less about the genocide of Jews, Roma and others by Nazi Germany during World War II. As survivors of Auschwitz marked the 74th anniversary...
Cohen's Holocaust-Survivor Father Urged Him To Turn On Trump
The saying "blood is thicker than water" certainly holds true in the modern age as President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer pleaded guilty last week to campaign-finance violations and other charges, according to Haaretz. According to a new report, Michael Cohen was compelled to turn on Trump after a...
Germans Rally to Jewish Community’s Defense
Weeks after the United States observed Holocaust Remembrance Day, residents of Berlin, Germany, are standing up to anti-Semitism in their city. It resulted from an experiment by an Israeli-Arab, who wore a kippa (or religious skullcap associated with Judaism) on the streets of Berlin. Adam Armoush hoped to demonstrate that...
Central Valley Holocaust Survivor Shares His Story
This Thursday (April 12), the world recognizes Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. For Ephraim Hadjis of Madera, it is a time of horror he will never forget. Hadjis was born in Greece. He thinks it was 1943, making him 75 years old today. But, in truth, he may be a...
Never Forget: Fresno Students Learn About The Shoah
The Shoah. It is the Hebrew term to describe the Holocaust. It is a time to never forget the six million Jews and six million others who perished at the hands of the Nazis in World War II. At Fresno High School, a Holocaust exhibit from the Simon Wiesenthal Center...
Never Forget: Fresno Students Learn About The Shoah
The Shoah. It is the Hebrew term to describe the Holocaust. It is a time to never forget the six million Jews and six million others who perished at the hands of the Nazis in World War II. At Fresno High School, a Holocaust exhibit from the Simon Wiesenthal Center...