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New French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, daughter of a stateless Auschwitz survivor

French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne's childhood was marked by the suicide of her father in 1972, when she was just 11 years old. Joseph Borne, whose original name was Bornstein, was a Jewish resistance fighter of Polish origin who survived the hell of Auschwitz but never quite recovered from the…

France 24

Feds seek prison for rioter in 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt

Federal prosecutors have recommended a prison sentence of more than two months for a Virginia man who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt

The Independent UK

Golda ‘Goldie’ Indig, dead at 91, suffered hunger in 3 Nazi prison camps, made sure family, friends never went hungry

Because she evaded execution at Auschwitz, officially she didn’t exist. So she hid out, sometimes in latrines or the camp kitchen, where she peeled vegetables and smuggled an occasional carrot to her older sister.

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Hero or hoax? The man who broke into Auschwitz – or maybe didn’t

Denis Avey’s publishers plan changes to new editions of bestseller as researcher raises alarm

The Guardian - UK

Azeem Rafiq at Auschwitz: ‘If this doesn’t move you there’s something wrong’

Former cricketer took part in the March of the Living to Auschwitz-Birkenau and felt ‘shattered’ by what he learned

The Guardian - UK

Polish leader calls for Ukraine unity at Holocaust event

Polish President Andrzej Duda has denounced Russia’s war against Ukraine as he joined Holocaust survivors and people from around the world at an annual observance at the former site of Auschwitz

The Independent UK

Movie review: ‘The Survivor’ scores as a middleweight Holocaust drama

HBO Max Holocaust entry “The Survivor” tells the compelling story of Harry Haft, aka Herzko Haft, a Polish Jew who survived Auschwitz by boxing fellow inmates for the amusement of Nazi military personnel, who then executed the losers.

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‘The Survivor’: Ben Foster does haunting work as a boxer forced to make an unspeakable choice at Auschwitz

Morally challenging HBO film depicts Harry Haft’s concentration camp nightmares as well as his postwar ring career in New York.

Chicago Sun-Times

With virtual reality, my grandmother tells her story of surviving the Holocaust

My grandmother endured some of the most horrific conditions in history and never lost hope. We must hear stories like hers and remember that we can make a difference, even with small actions.

Chicago Sun-Times

Anti-Semitic blogger who compared Auschwitz to 'theme park' jailed over offensive song

Holocaust denier Alison Chabloz, 58, from St John's Wood in London, previously called Auschwitz a "theme park just for fools" and said the "gassing zone" is a "proven hoax"

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian Holocaust Survivor Says She Survived Hitler And Stalin And Will Survive Putin Too

Anastasia Gulej has had to flee to Germany from Ukraine after Russia invaded her country in February.

Zenger

'I survived Adolf Hitler, survived Joseph Stalin and I'll survive Vladimir Putin too'

Anastasia Gulej, 96, was moved to the notorious Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and spoke at an event to mark the 77th anniversary of its liberation by British and Canadian troops

Daily Mirror

Rare Queen Elizabeth I Coin Auctioned For $770,000 In Germany

Owned by a Jewish dealer whose collection was stolen by the Nazis, the coin was returned to his son after his death in Auschwitz.

Zenger

Auschwitz survivor Leon Schwarzbaum dies at 101 in Germany

Leon Scharzbaum, a survivor of the Nazis’ death camp at Auschwitz and lifelong fighter for justice for the victims of the Holocaust, has died

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Weary refugees from Ukraine find shelter near Auschwitz

A youth education centre near Auschwitz dedicated to preserving memories of World War Two and the Holocaust has opened its doors to help refugees fleeing war in the present.

The Guardian - UK

Love in a time of terror: the tragic couples who married at a Dutch Nazi transit camp

‘Aunt Annie’ was killed in the Holocaust – but not before marrying her sweetheart in captivity. Now her great-niece has found 260 other couples who did the same

Reuters

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.

The Conversation

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…

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Daily Mirror

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

Daily Mirror

"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

Los Angeles Times

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.

Daily Mirror

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

France 24

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.

Daily Mirror

'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

The Independent UK

‘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

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