Holocaust survivors

Karen Pollock

Holocaust Memorial Day shows how important our survivors’ stories are

Child refugee Harry Olmer is a prime example of the people who rebuilt their lives in Britain

By Karen Pollock

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Harry Olmer survived the Buchenwald concentration camp and the infamous 'death marches' and is now a beloved member of his community in the UK (Image: Alamy)
The origami cloth heart made for Fania Fainer in Auschwitz
Auschwitz

The woman with two hearts who survived Auschwitz

By Heidi Kingstone

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Jewish Care Holocaust Survivors' Centre and Generation2Generation commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz 80th (Photo: Yakir Zur)
Holocaust Memorial Day

Survivors and descendants mark 80 years since liberation of Auschwitz

By Daniel Ben-David

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Holocaust survivor George Shefi has been awarded Germany's highest civilian honour (Picture: International March for the Living)
Holocaust

Holocaust survivor who escaped to UK awarded Germany’s highest civilian honour

By JC Reporter

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Josef Lewkowicz (Credit: JRoots)
Holocaust survivors

Nazi hunter Josef Lewkowicz passes away aged 98

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read
Kathy Hagler, most of whose family died in the Shoah
Obituary

Shoah survivor and lover of the Scottish Highlands passes away at 82

By Daniel Ben-David

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Ann and Bob Kirk JVN Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award winners
Holocaust Education Trust

Kindertransport refugee and Shoah educator Bob Kirk BEM dies aged 99

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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Lily Ebert lights a candle during a National Holocaust Memorial Day event on January 26, 2017 in London (Getty Images)

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Holocaust survivors and refugees (l-r) Harry Olmer, Ivor Wieder and Jackie Young with their memoirs at the London launch of My Voice at JW3

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June 20, 2024 12:13
Students at Sacred Heart Catholic School participating in a Testimony 360 lesson, a new interactive learning programme for delivering Holocaust education in UK schools created by the Holocaust Educational Trust (Photo: handout)

Hundreds attend the Boys’ 79th anniversary reunion dinner

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May 29, 2024 13:31
Holocaust survivors, Jackie Young, Harry Olmer, Joanna Millan, Mala Tribich, Rachel Levy, and Zdenka Husserl, at the '45 Aid reunion dinner (Credit: John Rifkin)

Reverend Francis Wahle passes away aged 95

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Father Francis Wahle, who passed away May 14, 2024 (Credit: AJR)
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