'You never forget the sight.' Tinton Falls WW2 veteran recalls liberating Nazi death camp

Ostar pulled the buckle off of a dead German soldier when, as a U.S. Army private, he helped liberate the notorious Dachau concentration camp at the end of World War II. That liberation, the ... Read More

My family escaped extermination during the Holocaust. We must hear their stories. | Opinion

My grandmother, Leah, worked in a neighborhood bakery. When my father Sam was 7 years old, he played stones against a courtyard wall with his friends and went to services with his father. They worked, ... Read More

Why this Passover has deeper meaning for 3 metro Phoenix Jewish families touched by Holocaust

The Seder rituals evoke the feeling of liberation the enslaved Israelites experienced, the Langes explained. The couple, who have two sons and three granddaughters, expect their Seder dinner table to ... Read More

Holocaust death camp survivor and liberator share experiences with LCHS students

Dachau concentration camp survivor Ernie ... is that 70 years ago, Gross wouldn’t even give a crumb of bread to his cousin. Number 71366, as he was known to his Nazi guards, said the first ... Read More

Secret diary of Dachau camp survivor published as graphic novel

The secret diary of Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz from his imprisonment in the Dachau concentration ... a political prisoner in the Nazi camp from November 1940 until liberation on April 29, 1945. Read More

Telling the story

A Holocaust survivor ... concentration camps, escaping death when the Dachau concentration camp he wound up in was liberated in April 1945. Frydman, along with Jews around the world, will mark ... Read More

Jewish group launches Holocaust survivor speakers bureau to fight increasing antisemitism worldwide

not just of the Holocaust, but of all the racist and hateful actions being taken in the world,” the 91-year-old survivor of the Auschwitz death camp added. “If hearing my testimony helps one ... Read More

Survivors remember the horrors of Auschwitz, 75 years after liberation

Holocaust survivors, world leaders and dignitaries are gathering at Auschwitz to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the camp's liberation. Sign up now for the latest news from Australia and ... Read More

Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, 245,000 Jewish survivors are still alive

Associated Press Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 8:06 a.m. | Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 8:06 a.m. BERLIN — Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, about 245,000 Jewish survivors ... Read More

Holocaust survivors join international initiative to fight increasing antisemitism worldwide

not just of the Holocaust, but of all the racist and hateful actions being taken in the world," the 91-year-old survivor of the Auschwitz death camp added. "If hearing my testimony helps one ... Read More

Why this Passover has deeper meaning for 3 metro Phoenix Jewish families touched by Holocaust

Rosenzweig’s mother was killed at a death camp, he survived until liberation from Dachau several weeks ... "Not 2,000 years ago. We’re talking 70, 80 years ago." For the last 15 or so years ... Read More