Auschwitz
The MOTL 2019 Australasian student group at Auschwitz.
May 10, 2019, 12:00 am
A walk to remember
EACH year more than 10,000 people from around the world descend on Auschwitz to take part in March of the Living (MOTL). Coinciding with Yom Hashoah last week, together they took the three-kilometre walk to Birkenau – a silent tribute to all victims of the Holocaust. 
By Rebecca Davis
Eva Heyman
May 3, 2019, 10:23 am
Holocaust victim’s story told on Instagram
MILLIONS of people have been flocking to Instagram, transfixed by the story of a Jewish teenager … during the Holocaust.
By Nathan Jeffay
Kurt Brown lighting a menorah.
April 5, 2019, 3:52 pm
Kurt’s march for Judaism
Unlocking a family secret that was buried generations ago sent Kurt Brown on an unexpected journey. Sophie Deutsch reports.
Premier Daniel Andrews (left) speaks with Holocaust survivor Szaja Chaskiel about the virtual reality project the Shoah survivor narrated. Photo: Peter Haskin
March 6, 2019, 2:56 pm
VIC premier samples new VR tour of Auschwitz
"A profoundly moving experience" is how Premier Daniel Andrews described to The AJN his sampling of a new virtual reality (VR) tour of Auschwitz that will help future generations understand the horror of the Holocaust.
By Peter Kohn
The student leaders visiting Auschwitz.
February 22, 2019, 12:00 am
Forging partnerships to fight injustice
After participating in the AUJS Holocaust Education Tour, I am now confident that AUJS will no longer protest against antisemitism on campus alone.
By Noa Bloch
March of the Living participants at Auschwitz. Photo: Emmanuel Santos
April 13, 2018, 11:29 am
‘We are still here’
This Yom Hashoah marks the 30th anniversary of March of the Living. Participants from over the years share their very personal highs and lows with Rebecca Davis.
By Rebecca Davis
The late Kitia Altman.
November 20, 2017, 12:00 am
Kitia Altman mourned
ONE of Australia's most compelling voices of Holocaust survival was stilled this week, with the death of Kitia Altman, at 95.
By Peter Kohn
The only wartime photo of Francine, taken in Brussels in 1942.
July 13, 2017, 12:01 am
A child survivor’s story
Through the kindness of strangers, toddler Francine Lazarus was able to survive World War II, and recounted her amazing story to Yael Brender.
By Yael Brender
David Walsh.
April 28, 2017, 12:02 am
MONA founder sorry for ‘sloppy’ Auschwitz comment
FOUNDER of MONA, David Walsh, has apologised for a blog post in which he called people who visit the Auschwitz concentration camp “creepy f***s”.
By Yael Brender
Willy Lermer.
March 10, 2017, 12:01 am
Lermer mourned
TOUGHENED by his devastating journey through the Shoah, but summoning a spirit of optimism and reconciliation – that is how family, friends and colleagues at the Jewish Holocaust Centre remember Willy Lermer.
Jo Fransman.
February 27, 2017, 12:01 am
Miracle letter discovered
A CHANCE discovery in Holland last year has resulted in 94-year-old Sydney Holocaust survivor Harry Fransman receiving the unimaginable in the post.
SJM head curator Roslyn Sugarman with the pair of Auschwitz prisoner’s pants and jacket donated by the Klunicki family last week. Photo: SJM
February 17, 2017, 12:01 am
Museum welcomes rare donation
The Sydney Jewish Museum’s collection now includes, for the first time, a pair of striped trousers once worn by a prisoner in Auschwitz.
Baba Schwartz.
February 3, 2017, 12:02 am
‘It can happen again’
“LISTEN carefully to us, for we are the last of the survivors, the last of the witnesses,” implored Baba Schwartz as she delivered her testimony at the UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration.
Leon and Sharon Milch (front) in Krakow with members of their extended family.
August 22, 2016, 12:00 am
Survivor returns to Podhajce
Holocaust survivor Leon Milch needed some convincing to set foot again in his childhood shtetl of Podhajce.
By Shane Desiatnik
Siddurs that belonged to Auschwitz survivors Rabbi Benjamin Gottshall and Jana Prager, who met and married after the war. The prayer books will be displayed side-by-side in the Sydney Jewish Museum’s new permanent exhibition about the Holocaust.
August 6, 2016, 12:00 am
Shoah exhibition takes shape
As work continues on the fit-out of the Sydney Jewish Museum’s new permanent exhibition on the Holocaust, The AJN was given an introductory tour by co-curator Shannon Biederman, revealing some treasured items.
By Shane Desiatnik
Load More

Enjoy Unlimited Access To The Australian Jewish News Website And All Our Online Content For AUD$18/month Or Just AUD$120/year.

Subscribe Now
Already have an account? Click here to log in