Second World War

World Jewish Relief

WJR on ‘mission’ to connect Jewish refugee history with descendants

Do you know someone who arrived in the UK between 1933 and 1946 with the assistance of the Central British Fund? World Jewish Relief might have their files

By Daniel Ben-David

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World Jewish Relief is on a 'mission' to connect documents about Jewish refugees arriving in the UK between 1933 and 1946 with their descendants
Records of Adolf Eichmann's trial are being released to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (Image: Getty)
History

Eichmann trial records brought to light for Holocaust Memorial Day

By JC Reporter

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A survivor is escorted out of the gates of Penig concentration camp (Image: US National Archives/Spaceship Earth)
Holocaust

So that we never forget: Rare colourised photos of death camp liberation revealed

By Jacob Jaffa

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A new study has revealed a shocking gap in Holocaust education across Europe and the US (Image: Getty)
Holocaust

Nearly half of Americans can’t name a single Nazi death camp, new study finds

By JC Reporter

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Righteous among the Nations: George Bourlet
Second World War

Belgian man recognised as Righteous Among the Nations 80 years after saving the life of a mother and son

By Daniel Ben-David

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Belarusian workmen excavate a mass grave of Jewish victims, uncovered at a construction site in the city of Brest, February 27, 2019 (Credit: SERGEI GAPON/AFP via Getty Images)
Second World War

Holocaust-era Jewish mass grave found in rural Belarus

By Daniel Ben-David

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Lincoln Jewish Memorial Stone
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Dedication ceremony held for Lincolnshire Jewish memorial stone

By Ellie Grant

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