Holocaust

The Diary of a Young Girl: 10 life lesson's from Anne Frank's notebook that will change your life

Though Anne Frank did not survive the horrors of the holocaust, she is lived by her diary which was published 75 years ago in which she penned down the bitter-sweet truths and some hard-hitting lessons of life.  

Jun 25, 2022, 16:01 PM IST

Google Doodle honours Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim Anne Frank with slideshow on her famous diary

‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ remains one of the most widely-read works of non-fiction, which is being used to educate people about the horrors of the Holocaust. 

Jun 25, 2022, 06:50 AM IST

'Survived Hitler, murdered by Putin': World War II Holocaust survivor killed in Ukraine's Kharkiv

"Putin managed to `accomplish` what even Hitler couldn`t," Ukraine's Defence Ministry said on 96-year-old's death.

Mar 22, 2022, 12:41 PM IST

Facebook updating hate speech policy to ban Holocaust denial, distortion content, says Mark Zuckerberg

"I've struggled with the tension between standing for free expression and the harm caused by minimizing or denying the horror of the Holocaust," said Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. 

Oct 12, 2020, 20:47 PM IST

Ex-Nazi guard Bruno Dey, aged 93, convicted of 5,232 murders, gets 2-year suspended prison sentence

Rolled into the courtroom in a wheelchair and hiding his face behind a blue folder, Bruno D. acknowledged he had been an SS guard in the Stutthof concentration camp near Gdansk in what was then occupied Poland, but he said his presence did not amount to guilt.

Jul 25, 2020, 11:55 AM IST

Vatican opens archives on history's most controversial Pope Pius XII

Award-winning German religious historian Hubert Wolf will be in Rome on Monday, armed with six assistants and two years of funding to start exploring documents from the "private secretariat" of the late pope.

Mar 02, 2020, 13:29 PM IST

Israel condemns Le Pen comments on WWII round up of Jews

Israel on Monday condemned French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's for denying her country was responsible for the war-time round-up of Jews later sent to Nazi death camps.

Apr 10, 2017, 15:08 PM IST

Jewish groups ask Donlad Trump to apologise for invoking Nazis

US President-elect Donald Trump is under fire from Jewish groups who sought an apology from him for his remark comparing reports about him to Nazi-era propaganda, saying his statement was erroneous, offensive and denigrating to Holocaust survivors.

Jan 12, 2017, 19:01 PM IST

Ukraine marks 75 years since Babi Yar mass slaughter of Jews

A sombre Ukraine on Thursday marks 75 years since the World War II slaughter of some 34,000 Jews on the outskirts of Kiev, one of the largest massacres of the Holocaust.  The carnage by Nazi forces at the Babi Yar ravine has caused years of soul-searching and debate in Ukraine over the participation of local collaborators in the killings and atrocities that followed. 

Sep 29, 2016, 09:35 AM IST

Ex-Auschwitz guard, "willing henchman" in Holocaust, convicted in Germany

A 94-year-old former Auschwitz guard was sentenced to jail in Germany on Friday by a judge who branded him a "willing and efficient henchman" in the Holocaust.

Jun 17, 2016, 23:53 PM IST

Israeli PM accuses Iran of ''preparing another Holocaust''

"I think all the countries of the world need to stand up and condemn this unequivocally," the Israeli PM said.

May 15, 2016, 19:21 PM IST

Venezuela's UN envoy apologises to Israel over 'final solution' remarks

The "final solution" refers to the Nazi plan to exterminate Jews during World War II.

May 13, 2016, 06:13 AM IST

Israeli Holocaust survivor world`s oldest man: Guinness

A 112-year-old Israeli Holocaust survivor who lived through both world wars is now the world`s oldest living man, Guinness World Records said on Friday.

Mar 11, 2016, 19:54 PM IST

Angela Merkel opens Holocaust art expo with anti-Semitism warning

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday opened a major exhibition featuring works by Jewish concentration camp prisoners, as she pledged to combat a feared rise in anti-Semitism in Germany linked to a record influx of refugees.

Jan 26, 2016, 03:34 AM IST

Ex-prisoner Gross - Remembering Holocaust eased Cuba imprisonment

American former prisoner Alan Gross said remembering how his family survived the Holocaust helped him through five years of imprisonment in Cuba, where he was held on espionage charges, according to interview excerpts released on Friday.

Nov 28, 2015, 00:19 AM IST