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Jewish Holocaust heroes to be honored for 20th year at Jerusalem ceremony
For the 20th year in a row, the B’nai B’rith World Center in Jerusalem and Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael – Jewish National Fund will hold a joint ceremony on Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Martys’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, honoring Jews who rescued fellow Jews during the Holocaust. Read more » »
He helped save 10,000 Jews from the Nazis; his family only found out 63 years later
Adi Daliot was in his 60s when he found out that his father, Hubert Pollack, helped save over 10,000 Jews in Nazi Germany during the years leading up to the Holocaust. Sworn to secrecy by his co-conspirator, Jewish Anglo-German philanthropist Wilfrid Israel, Pollack kept his story quiet — even from his family. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith, KKL-JNF to honor Jews who rescued fellow Jews during Holocaust
This year’s Holocaust Remembrance Day will see the “Jewish Rescuers Citation” conferred on rescuers who operated in France, Holland, Germany, Slovakia, Lithuania, then-Czechoslovakia and Denmark. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Commends U.N. Chief’s Invoking of Anti-Semitism Definition That Encompasses Delegitimization of Israel, Urges Formal Use
Four Rights Monitors Saluted for Condemning “Zionism-is-Racism” Slur (Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2022)—B’nai B’rith President Seth Riklin and CEO Daniel S. Read more » »
New German Foreign Minister, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and European Commission Vice President Address B’nai B’rith Holocaust Remembrance Day Event
“Holocaust Remembrance: Responsibilities For All Society” (Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2022)—In her first major address before an international Jewish audience since starting her new role, Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock delivered a Read more » »
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and European Commission Vice President Among Speakers at B’nai B’rith Holocaust Remembrance Day Event on Jan. 24
Watch Our Virtual Program: “Holocaust Remembrance: Responsibilities For All Society” (Washington, D.C., Jan. Read more » »
Singer Shlomo Artzi’s father honored for rescuing thousands of Jews in Holocaust
Yitzhak Artzi, father of popular Israeli singer-songwriter Shlomo Artzi and writer Nava Semel, was posthumously honored on Thursday for saving thousands of Jews from Transnistria during the Holocaust. Read more » »
The EU, UNESCO, The Council of Europe, ODIHR and the IHRA Share Holocaust Remembrance Commitments at B’nai B’rith International Event
(Brussels, Feb. 2, 2021)–B’nai B’rith International extends its thanks to the European Commission, UNESCO, the Council of Europe, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the International Holocaust Remembrance Read more » »
Holocaust Remembrance Day is Marked in Latin America
Jewish communities in countries across Latin America held events to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day.Due to the pandemic commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day in Latin America was held in-person in only a few countries this year.All events were available to watch live through streaming. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Marks Roma Holocaust Memorial Day
(Washington, D.C., July 31, 2020)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: On Aug. 2, we mark Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, 76 years since the liquidation of the so-called “Zigeunerlager,” the Roma and Sinti camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Read more » »
