2+ hour, 37+ min ago   (674+ words) Erica Frydenberg was not yet one year old when her uncle helped save her from the Holocaust in Budapest. What Nandor Eichel did next, moving through a city gripped by Nazi terror to rescue other Jews, remained largely unspoken for…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (252+ words) A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Heinz Lewin, born in Wiesbaden, Germany on 22nd March 1888, was one of the many artists and composers whose lives were tragically cut short by the Holocaust. In his case, the 54-year-old Jew perished in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (511+ words) An online campaign calling on people to surveil and report the whereabouts of Jewish and Israeli tourists, or anyone suspected of having ties to “Zionists,” has sparked anger among Israeli diplomats, local Jewish leaders and Italian politicians. The anonymous campaign,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (425+ words) New Zealand’s secondary teachers’ union is developing new guidance for educators following reports of increasing Holocaust denial, antisemitism and other forms of extremist behaviour in classrooms. The Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) says it has commissioned work to develop resources…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (340+ words) New Zealand teachers are reporting an increasing amount of Holocaust denial, neo-Nazi language and other extremist views among students. This has prompted the country’s secondary teachers’ union to develop new guidance for schools. The Post Primary Teachers’ Association Te Wehengarua…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (404+ words) A rare Holocaust-era songbook compiled by Jewish refugees and survivors has been translated into English and published for the first time, following more than a decade of international research by University of Sydney researchers. With an original limited print run…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (818+ words) “How horrible, fantastic, incredible it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas-masks here because of a quarrel in a far-away country between people of whom we know nothing!” —Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister, BBC Broadcast, September…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (633+ words) As Australians and New Zealanders mark ANZAC Day this week, the contribution of Jewish servicemen and women stands as a clear example of how a small community has played a significant role in the defence of both nations. From the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1241+ words) Known as the International March of the Living, the annual event is designed to create a new generation of witnesses to the murder of 6 million Jews at the hands of the Nazis. The task is taking greater importance as the…...