Irish author John Boyne reflects on his most popular work 'The Boy In Striped Pyjamas'The book is the story of Bruno, the nine-year-old son of a senior SS officer at Auschwitz, who develops an unlikely friendship with Shmuel,...
15 Mar, 2024, 11.44 PM IST
The Netherlands is opening a Holocaust museum. The Israeli president's presence is causing concernThe National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam opens with Dutch king and Israeli President Isaac Herzog amid protests. The museum tells the sto...
10 Mar, 2024, 03.09 PM IST
Reclaiming history: Nazi-looted art returned to heirs of cabaret legend Fritz GrunbaumSeven pieces of artwork, including sketches and paintings by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele, were returned to the heirs of cabaret per...
21 Sep, 2023, 07.41 PM IST
German curator Matthias Weniger on a mission to return silver heirlooms stolen from Jewish families by the NazisThe Bavarian National Museum's curator, Matthias Weniger, is returning stolen silver objects taken from Jewish families during the 1930s. T...
18 Jun, 2023, 10.52 AM IST
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: What is its significance & How to observe the day?International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed on January 27 every year. Here’s all you need to know.
27 Jan, 2023, 06.43 PM IST
US President Joe Biden meets two American Holocaust survivors during Israel tripOn the first day of his official trip to Israel, US President Joe Biden met two American Holocaust survivors at Yad Vashem Holocaust Rememb...
14 Jul, 2022, 08.24 PM IST
US declares Myanmar military oppression of Rohingya 'genocide'"I have determined that members of the Burmese military committed genocide and crimes against humanity against Rohingya," Blinken said.
21 Mar, 2022, 07.45 PM IST
America to declare Rohingya repression in Myanmar a 'genocide'The designation does not in and of itself portend drastic new measures against Myanmar's military-led government, which has already been hi...
21 Mar, 2022, 07.28 AM IST
'The View' co-host Whoopi Goldberg suspended by ABC over Holocaust race remarksThe suspension came a day after Goldberg's comment that race was not a factor in the Holocaust.
02 Feb, 2022, 10.22 AM IST
US Holocaust Museum strips rights award from Myanmar's Suu KyiSuu Kyi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her long campaign against the country's military dictatorship, was awarded the Holocaust...
08 Mar, 2018, 01.20 PM IST
Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial is mirror to the world: PM Narendra ModiNarendra Modi was accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israel's largest Holocaust memorial.
04 Jul, 2017, 11.39 PM IST
On a 'fun'tastic cultural soiree to JerusalemJerusalem, the Holy City dates back 4,000 years, and is the spiritual home to Muslims, Christians and Jews, and rich history, diverse cultu...
17 Sep, 2015, 07.36 AM IST
Tour of the galleries of Yad Vashem: Hard-hitting archives make the Holocaust almost tangibleThe word Holocaust is derived from ‘holokauston’ in Greek – holos (whole) plus kaustos (burnt) – or a 'burnt sacrifice offered to God'.
13 Sep, 2015, 09.05 PM IST
Barack Obama appoints Indian-American to key administration postShefali Razdan Duggal, a top Indian-American fund raiser has been appointed as the member of the US Holocaust Memorial Council.
04 Jun, 2014, 08.24 AM IST
- Indian teachers visit Israel to learn about Holocaust
Youngsters have to rely on films, books and pop-culture references to know more about this state-sponsored extermination of the Jewish comm...
20 Dec, 2012, 04.42 PM IST
- Sakura Sojourn: Museums of the Smithsonian in Washington DC
One trip to Washington DC is simply not enough time to take in all the museums of the Smithsonian and yet admire the beauty of the cherry b...
30 Jun, 2011, 08.07 AM IST
- Faith accompli
Jerusalem is one of the eternal cities of the world. Jewish lore dates it back to the ancient times when King David developed it as the fir...
18 Jan, 2007, 12.00 AM IST