Holocaust
President Michael D Higgins to speak at National Holocaust Memorial Day despite Israeli objections
The Israeli ambassador to Ireland claims President Higgins has helped to ‘foster antisemitism’
King to mark 80th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
Charles will meet members of the local community in Krakow during his visit.
Tributes paid to Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert after death aged 100
Her family said she was a ‘beloved matriarch’ who would be hugely missed.
Keir Starmer pledges to make Holocaust lessons mandatory for all children
The Prime Minister said studying the Holocaust would become a ‘critical, vital part’ of the curriculum.
‘The voices of the innocent, their dignity and nobility in the face of terror, speak to us across time and space...’
In this extract from his new book, The Saved and the Spurned, Noel Russell sets the scene for the story of how the Northern Ireland government responded to Jewish appeals for help on the eve of the Holocaust
‘It connects Northern Ireland to the Holocaust in a very sobering way’ - author Noel Russell on The Saved and the Spurned
Sophie Clarke chats to former Irish News journalist Noel Russell about the inspiration behind his gripping book The Saved and the Spurned, the highs and lows of his research and how he discovered ‘Ulster’s Oskar Schindler’...
Artificial intelligence will allow pupils to ‘converse’ with Holocaust survivors
The programme for schools has been launched at a time when antisemitism is rising and the number of Holocaust survivors is dwindling.
Generative AI threatens memory of the Holocaust, report warns
A new Unesco report warns that AI could distort the historical record of the Holocaust and fuel antisemitism.
Grandmother who retired aged 81 honoured for work helping Holocaust survivors
Myrna Bernard has been awarded the British Empire Medal.
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas author: Don’t read novels for Holocaust facts
John Boyne’s work explores a friendship between the son of an SS officer and a prisoner boy at Auschwitz.