Holocaust
Lena Goldstein, pictured ahead of her 100th birthday earlier this year, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday night. Photo: Noel Kessel
May 15, 2019, 1:38 pm
Shoah survivor Lena Goldstein passes away at 100
TWO weeks after lighting a candle at Yom Hashoah, 100-year-old Lena Goldstein died peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday night.
By Joshua Levi
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
Holocaust survivors light the memorial candles. Photo: Giselle Haber
May 3, 2019, 12:00 am
Shoah survivors ‘inspire us’
ONE year after commencing his directorship of the Australian War Memorial, Dr Brendan Nelson had one of the most meaningful experiences of his life.
Henri Korn, Holocaust survivor and guide at the Jewish Holocaust Centre, speaks with visitors. Photo: Peter Haskin
April 25, 2019, 12:00 am
From solemnity to celebration
WITH Pesach almost over, the community now turns to preparing for the highs and lows of the three "Yoms".
By Peter Kohn
Lighting of the memorial candles at a past Yom Hashoah commemoration in Sydney. Photo: Giselle Haber
April 25, 2019, 12:00 am
Yom Hashoah: Memorials and memories
THIS year's theme for the Sydney Yom Hashoah commemoration is "Memorials and Memories". How do we keep history alive in our communities?
By Danny Hochberg
Dr Brendan Nelson. Photo: Lex Mrocki
April 23, 2019, 12:00 am
Nelson to headline Sydney’s Yom Hashoah commemoration
AN injection of youth participation, a distinguished keynote speaker in Dr Brendan Nelson, and free events in three parts of Sydney that share the theme of Memorials and Memories will make for a powerful and diverse Yom Hashoah commemoration program commencing later this month.
By Shane Desiatnik
March of the Living participants at Auschwitz. Photo: Emmanuel Santos
April 11, 2019, 4:36 pm
‘We need compulsory Holocaust education’
I SOMETIMES wonder what would happen if I walked down any street in our capital cities and did an impromptu quiz with passers-by on their knowledge of the Holocaust.
By Dvir Abramovich
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.
Artwork: Adriana Alvarez
March 8, 2019, 1:56 pm
Women who wow
Today is International Women's Day. Rebecca Davis and Sophie Deutsch celebrate a few remarkable women of the community. 
By Rebecca Davis
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
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (left) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at a meeting last week in Warsaw. Photo: AP Photo/Michael Sohn
February 21, 2019, 12:00 am
Israel-Poland relations rocked
An attempt by Bibi to defend Holocaust history has blown up into an all-out crisis in Israel–Poland relations.
By Nathan Jeffay
A group of survivors wheel a coffin with the remains of six unknown Jews murdered at Auschwitz, to be buried at the United Synagogue's New Cemetery in Bushey. Photo: John Stillwell/PA Wire
January 24, 2019, 12:00 am
Unknown Shoah victims finally laid to rest
Each mourner had their own profound reasons for being at the United Synagogue's New Cemetery in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on Sunday morning to witness the burial of six unknown Jews murdered in Auschwitz.
November 29, 2018, 4:18 pm
The fraught situation confronting Germany and German Jewry
Participants wearing kippahs at a rally in Berlin, April 25, 2018. Photo: Carsten Koall/Getty Images
November 29, 2018, 12:00 am
Concern about European poll results
A CNN poll of Europeans in seven countries found more than one-third said they have no substantial knowledge of the Holocaust.
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