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Irmgard Furchner pictured in court in December 2022

Former Nazi secretary loses appeal against conviction

A 99-year-old former Nazi camp secretary has lost her appeal against her conviction for complicity in the murder of more than 10,000 people, in what could be the last judgment of its kind in Germany.

World • 20 Aug 24

The event was held at the Mansion House in Dublin on International Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust survivors gather in Dublin's Mansion House

Holocaust Education Ireland has warned that far-right extremism is threatening to diminish learnings from the Holocaust.

Ireland • 29 Jan 23

Holocaust Education Ireland will host an event at Dublin's Mansion House

Event to mark International Holocaust Memorial Day

An event will be held in Dublin to commemorate victims of the Holocaust.

Dublin • 29 Jan 23

Antonio Guterres accused social media platforms and advertisers of profiting off the spread of hateful content (file image)

'Stop the hate', UN chief pleads on Holocaust Day

The UN secretary-general has warned of social media's role in spreading violent extremism around the globe as he marked Holocaust Remembrance Day, urging policy makers to help stop online hate.

Europe • 27 Jan 23

Survivors at the Auschwitz concentration camp, which was liberated by the Red Army in January 1945

Almost a quarter of young Dutch deny Holocaust - survey

Nearly a quarter of Dutch people born after 1980 believe the Holocaust was a myth or that the number of its victims was greatly exaggerated, according to a survey.

World • 25 Jan 23

Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of committing '50 massacres, 50 Holocausts' against Palestinians

Germany's Scholz 'disgusted' by Holocaust remark

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has voiced "disgust" at statements by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Berlin on the Holocaust, amid a growing outcry in Germany and Israel.

World • 19 Aug 22

Josef Schuetz pictured during his trial in November 2021

Former Nazi camp guard, 101, gets five-year sentence

A German court has handed a five-year jail sentence to a 101-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard, the oldest person so far to go on trial for complicity in war crimes during the Holocaust.

World • 28 Jun 22

Stolpersteine are laid in pavements outside apartment buildings, houses, and other buildings in almost 2,000 places in Europe (Pic: Jim Leonard)

'Stumbling stones' for Irish Holocaust victims unveiled

Six 'Stolpersteine' - or stumbling stones - in memory of Irish victims of the Holocaust have been unveiled in Dublin this morning.

Ireland • 01 Jun 22

'The Objects of Love' exhibition features a collection of precious family objects, photographs and documents belonging to Oliver Sears

Family's Holocaust story unfolds in Dublin exhibition

An exhibition telling the story of one Jewish family before, during and after World War II is being launched at Dublin Castle this evening.

Ireland • 13 Jan 22

Virtual ceremony to mark liberation of Auschwitz

A ceremony marking the liberation of Auschwitz will take place virtually, with speeches by survivors, Poland's President Andrzej Duda and Israeli and Russian diplomats.

World • 27 Jan 21

Survivors attend virtual Holocaust memorial event

A virtual commemoration took place in the Mansion House in Dublin this evening to mark National Holocaust Memorial Day.

Ireland • 24 Jan 21

Bruno Day hides his face as he is brought into court in May

Ex-Nazi concentration camp guard on trial in Germany

The prosecution's closing arguments will be heard today in the trial of a 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard for complicity in the murder of more than 5,000 people during World War II.

World • 06 Jul 20

Documents on the pontificate of Pope Pius XII are seen at the Vatican Secret Archives

Vatican opens archive on pope's silence during WWII

Historians have begun combing the archives of the world's most contentious pope, hoping to glean why Pius XII stayed silent during the Nazi extermination of Jews in the Holocaust.

World • 03 Mar 20

Two ceremonies marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in German-occupied Poland by Soviet forces

Have the lessons of the Holocaust been lost?

The world remembered the horrific atrocities of Auschwitz this week but an ongoing issue has once again cast a shadow over the events

World • 01 Feb 20

The trove includes photos believed to show convicted Nazi guard John Demjanjuk

Sobibor photos a 'quantum leap' in Nazi crime research

Hundreds of newly discovered photographs, including some taken at the Sobibor death camp, represent a "quantum leap" in research into Nazi crimes against humanity, historians at the Berlin museum Topography of Terror have said.

News Lens • 28 Jan 20

Campaigners Tomi Reichental and Suzi Diamond with President Michael D Higgins

President warns about extremism at Holocaust memorial

President Michael D Higgins has said it is ''deeply worrying'' to witness the rise of extremist language and politics in Europe.

Ireland • 26 Jan 20

The Nazis killed more than 1.1 million people at Auschwitz, most of them Jews

World leaders mark 75 years since Auschwitz liberation

Dozens of world leaders gathered in Jerusalem to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, amid a backdrop of rising anti-Semitism in Europe and the United States.

World • 23 Jan 20

Tomi Reichental said the award will encourage him to continue his work of speaking out

Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichental receives award

Campaigner and Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichental has been awarded a human rights honour by the organisation representing the country's barristers.

Ireland • 28 Nov 19

Marko Feingold pictured at the Israeli Cultural Centre in Salzburg last year

Oldest Austrian Holocaust survivor dies aged 106

The oldest Austrian Holocaust survivor, who lived through four concentration camps, has died at the age of 106, Vienna's Jewish Community organisation has said.

News Lens • 20 Sep 19

Two original railway boxcars at the WWII Westerbork transit camp in the memorial center in Hooghalen, the Netherlands

Dutch railway to compensate Holocaust survivors

The Dutch national railway NS said it would offer financial compensation to survivors and families of Holocaust victims who were transported via Dutch rail to Nazi concentration camps during World War II.

World • 26 Jun 19

Jim Wells later clarified that his comparison to the Nazis was only related to the 'numbers' involved

Wells makes comparison between abortion and Holocaust

A high-profile member of the DUP and former Stormont health minister has compared the abortion regime in Britain to the Holocaust.

Ulster • 06 Jun 18

Law makes it illegal to describe Auschwitz-Birkenau as Polish

France says Polish holocaust law 'ill-advised'

France has criticised Poland's new law that makes it illegal to attribute Nazi crimes to the Polish state, describing it as an "ill-advised" move.

Poland • 07 Feb 18

Jews from across Europe were sent to be killed at death camps built and operated by Nazis in Poland

Israel hopeful Poland will amend Holocaust legislation

Israel has said it hopes Poland would still amend a bill that would impose jail terms for suggesting the country was complicit in the Nazi Holocaust.

World • 06 Feb 18

The former Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau is in the Polish town of Oswiecim

Polish senate passes Holocaust bill slammed by Israel

Poland's senate has passed a controversial Holocaust bill, which was designed to defend the country's image abroad but has instead sparked a diplomatic row with Israel.

World • 01 Feb 18

Benjamin Netanyahu was quickly criticised by opposition politicians and experts on the Holocaust

Netanyahu provokes Holocaust row

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has provoked a Holocaust controversy by saying that the Muslim elder in Jerusalem during the 1940s convinced Hitler to exterminate the Jews.

News • 21 Oct 15