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Holocaust survivors and members of the second and third generations gathered at the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC) on Thursday, 4 June, to mark International Holocaust Survivor...
Ninety percent of the remaining Holocaust survivors globally will be gone within 15 years. While there are still almost 200 000 Holocaust survivors, nearly half of...
“Despite my great-grandfather being in hiding, both he and my great-grandmother showed incredible resilience and bravery to get through such a difficult time,” Benayahu Wesseloo told a packed...
Wanda Helena Albińska has taken a bold step in her 90th year – she adopted a Hebrew name, Channa, after having lived her life as a Catholic. Born...
“For the survivor who chooses to testify, it’s clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has no right...
JTA –A New York City public school principal turned down a parent’s request to host a talk by Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann, citing content in his presentation...
Ady Wander, who passed away on 12 November at the age of 89, leaves only 15 remaining Holocaust survivors in Johannesburg, and only 12 still active enough to participate in Holocaust...
With only 22 Holocaust survivors left in South Africa, it was all the more poignant to gather together to celebrate their lives and how far they...
When Chanti Martin (23) noticed tingling in her fingers in 2021, she didn’t think much of it. But this symptom would send her into a confusing,...
The last remaining Holocaust survivor in KwaZulu-Natal, anti-apartheid activist Carmela Heilbron, passed away in the early hours of 13 January in Durban. Heilbron, her mother and...
There are just 12 known Holocaust survivors still alive in Johannesburg, a handful in Cape Town, and none left in Durban. Almost all were children during...
A soldier breaks down as he speaks of losing multiple friends in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge. A survivor recalls the last time she saw her...
The oldest South African Holocaust survivor, Ella Blumenthal, turns 100 this Shabbat, the day after I Am Here, the award-winning documentary made about her life, has...
“I can’t remember her face for some reason.” So said Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter of his pain at the fragmented memory of his twin sister, Sabine,...
An inaugural day to honour the lives and legacy of Holocaust survivors has been launched by the Jewish Community Centre (JCC) in Krakow, Poland, in collaboration...
It’s not often that twenty-somethings are given the chance to tell a 99-year-old Holocaust survivor’s harrowing story on screen, but clearly Jordy Sank and Gabriella Blumberg...
True freedom can be found in your own mind, and the key to unlocking it is in your pocket. No matter how dire life may be,...
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