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Holocaust memorial says it's unlikely purported 'Auschwitz tattoo kit' was used on Jews

A partial tattoo kit offered at auction in Israel as an Auschwitz artefact is highly unlikely to have been used on Jews at the Nazi concentration camp, a court-ordered investigation has found following outcry from Holocaust survivors.

Reuters

Banning ‘Maus’ only exposes the significance of this searing graphic novel about the Holocaust

A school board in Tennessee voted unanimously in favour of removing the graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman from its Grade 8 language arts curriculum in January. Maus is based on interviews with Spiegelman’s father, Vladek Spiegelman, a Polish Jew and Auschwitz survivor, and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992…

The Conversation

Gypsies invite Jimmy Carr to Auschwitz after 'disgusting' Holocaust joke

Comedian Jimmy Carr caused a storm of protest after making a 'joke' about the Gypsy community during his show for His Dark Material

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"Nazis raped and killed my family in Roma Holocaust but Jimmy Carr thinks it's funny"

EXCLUSIVE: Daniela Abraham, 41, from London, has called on Jimmy Carr to publicly apologise and is offering to take him to Auschwitz concentration camp so he can pay his respects to victims of the Roma Holocaust

Daily Mirror

Mel Mermelstein, Auschwitz survivor who took on Holocaust deniers and won, dies at 95

LOS ANGELES — All of 17, Mel Mermelstein wasn’t sure of his fate when he was forced to board a train bound for Auschwitz.

Los Angeles Times

Holocaust survivor, 98, uses TikTok to tell her story and educate young people

Lily Ebert who was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1944 has more than 1.6 million followers and says she wants her generation's experiences to be accessible to younger people

Daily Mirror

98-year-old Hungarian Holocaust survivor shares her stories on TikTok

One of the last remaining survivors of Auschwitz, 98-year-old Lily Ebert, who now lives in London, has gained more than 1.6 million followers on TikTok – where she answers people’s questions about surviving the Holocaust – with the help of her 18-year-old great grandson Dov Forman.

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'I lived among rotting bodies at Auschwitz and was examined naked by Dr Mengele'

Susan Pollack was forced to march to Bergen-Belsen at the age of 14, and learnt afterwards that she had tragically lost more than 50 relatives and only her brother survived

Daily Mirror

‘Too adult-oriented’: Tennessee school board defends ban of Holocaust novel Maus

Ban of book by the son of Auschwitz survivors led to an online backlash

The Independent UK

Man who wore ‘Camp Auschwitz’ shirt to Capitol riot pleads guilty to trespassing charge

Robert Packer pleaded guilty to one count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building Wednesday after being photographed in the anti-Semitic shirt on 6 January 2021

The Independent UK

Memory of Scottish teacher Jane Haining who died in Auschwitz to be honoured

Miss Haining refused to leave the school in Hungary where she worked at the outbreak of the Second World War and was later arrested by the Gestapo.

The Independent UK

GMB studio emotional as Holocaust survivor shares decision not to have Auschwitz tattoo removed

Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert has become a TikTok star and appeared on ITV's Good Morning Britain alongside her 18-year-old great-grandson to mark Holocaust Memorial Day

Daily Mirror

EU honors camp survivor as world remembers Holocaust

European Union lawmakers will observe a minute’s silence Thursday and welcome a centenarian Holocaust survivor as the world commemorates the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp and remembers Nazi atrocities

The Independent UK

On Holocaust Memorial Day let’s commit to ridding football of antisemitism

Hate in the stadium does not stay in the stadium and we all have a responsibility to remember and act

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France pays homage to Holocaust victims at Auschwitz memorial

French Prime Minister Jean Castex heads a special delegation to the Auschwitz Holocaust memorial in Poland on Thursday to mark the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp. The visit comes a week after the UN adopted a non-binding resolution to fight against Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism,…

Evening Standard

Seven holocaust survivors feature in paintings commissioned by Prince Charles

The Prince of Wales has hailed seven portraits of some of the nation’s last remaining Holocaust survivors as a “powerful testament” to their lived experience.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ginger Lane, a Chicago Holocaust survivor urges, ‘Never be a bystander’

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is Thursday. To escape the Nazis, Lane and her siblings were hidden in a fruit orchard near Berlin by non-Jews willing to risk their lives for them.

Daily Mirror

Prince Charles moved as Holocaust survivor shows him Auschwitz tattoo

Prince Charles spoke to a Holocaust survivor at the Queen’s Gallery in London this week as new portraits were unveiled of herself and six other survivors to commemorate National Holocaust Memorial Day

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Holocaust Memorial Day: How a group of Jewish children found some sanctuary in Co Down

The Linen Hall Library in Belfast city centre is to host From Auschwitz to Ulster: One Day That Changed And Saved Lives

The Independent UK

EU leaders worried by rise in antisemitism, Holocaust denial

European Union leaders are pledging on the eve of the annual commemorations of Auschwitz’s liberation to keep fighting the antisemitism and Holocaust denial that has gained traction across Europe during the pandemic

The Independent UK

Poland: Auschwitz foundation created to fight indifference

A new Polish foundation has been created to distribute grants globally to groups that come up with novel ways to fight indifference to hatred and discrimination

The Guardian - UK

‘The biggest task is to combat indifference’: Auschwitz Museum turns visitors’ eyes to current events

Director wants visit to former Nazi concentration camp to spark reflection on ‘silence of bystanders’

Daily Mirror

Holocaust survivors recount Nazi death camp horror hoping it will never be forgotten

Rachel Levy was selected for the gas chambers at Auschwitz when she was just 14 years old. Arek Hersh was just 11 when he was taken to his first concentration camp

The Independent UK

Tourist detained by police after making Nazi salute outside Auschwitz

Woman was arrested and fined for promoting Nazism

The Independent UK

77 years after Auschwitz, Jews honor those who rescued them

Andrzej Sitkowski was 15 years old when his mother told him that she had been asked by a neighbor to hide a little Jewish girl from the Nazis at their home during World War II

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