By Michael Stein, JTA
• Published January 31, 2012
PRAGUE -- A Czech Holocaust survivor published a diary of his Nazi concentration camp experiences. Michal Kraus, 81, published the diary, which he wrote shortly after World War II, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jan. 27. The diary will be...
The Auschwitz Jewish Center received the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award for its work to educate youth about the Nazi genocide of European Jewry. The presentation on Jan. 27 in honor of international Holocaust Memorial Day marked the 67th anniversary...
ATHENS—A Greek-Jewish umbrella group asked a United Nations body to make clear when commemorating Bulgaria's rescue of its own Jews the country's role in the genocide of Greek Jews. "Bulgarians saved their country's Jews in exchange for the Jews of...
The Auschwitz Jewish Center received the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award for its work to educate youth about the Nazi genocide of European Jewry. The presentation on international Holocaust Memorial Day marked the 67th anniversary of the liberation...
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama pledged to combat Holocaust denial in a message marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In his message, Obama said the United States would "pledge to speak truth to those who deny the Holocaust." "As we celebrate...
An international Jewish organization of Russian-speaking Jews was launched to influence governments to join the fight against Iran. The World Forum of Russian Jewry was inaugurated Wednesday at the United Nations during a ceremony commemorating International...
