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Holocaust Memorial Day is a stark reminder of the need to stand up for the truth in public life, writes national vice-chair of the Jewish Labour movement Mike Katz Seventy-two years ago today, Auschwitz-Brikenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp, was liberated....

If 'never again' is to mean anything, we must help those subjected to genocide not only to survive, but to live again, writes Grace Skelton 'For the survivor death is not the problem. Death was an everyday occurrence. We learned to live with Death. The problem is to...

In 1945, Josef Perl, a survivor of Auschwitz, returned to his home in Veliky Bochkov in what was then Czechoslovakia. As he approached the family home, the door opened and a neighbour appeared. He was pointing a shotgun at Josef and demanded to know what he wanted....

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day – the day to remember and reflect on the Holocaust, all forms of Nazi persecution, and the genocides which have taken place since. Today’s commemoration has particular significance, marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of...