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Whoopi Goldberg (PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons, Daniel Langer)
Black American celebrity apologizes for saying Holocaust was "not about race", but about "two groups of Whites", her talk show suspends her for two weeks
2.2.2022 13:42 full story
It took the Nazis 90 minutes to approve the "Final Solution", but after the war almost none could remember the Wannsee Conference
17.1.2022 13:26 full story
Director of Jewish Museum in Prague responds to commentary by František Kostlán, says its remarks about him are "gossip"
21.5.2021 9:13 full story
Czech town installs brass tablets in pavement to remember the tragic wartime fate of its Jewish residents
13.5.2021 7:52 full story
Brooke Pavek, an American with Romani roots, has more than 700 000 social media followers
5.5.2021 7:19 full story
Czech Federation of Jewish Communities: Yellow Star of David at Prague demonstration is textbook abuse and relativization of a Holocaust symbol
10.1.2021 12:19 full story
Holocaust survivors and remembrance organizations object to how younger generation is using TikTok to commemorate victims
28.8.2020 9:22 full storyAssociated Press: Holocaust survivors reminded of WWII by COVID-19 pandemic
20.4.2020 6:56 full story
Hungary: Dozens of Neo-Nazis jointly vandalize Budapest Jewish cultural center that houses other civil society groups
28.10.2019 16:35 full story
Open Letter: Conveners of Holocaust commemoration are too quiet after politician disgraced it
23.5.2019 10:11 full story
Czech descendants of WWII resistance fighters demand senator resign over speech at Holocaust memorial
23.5.2019 8:07 full storyFrance demonstrates against antisemitism after vandal destroys dozens of Jewish gravesites
20.2.2019 14:14 full story
USA: Shooter at synagogue in Pittsburgh remanded into custody without bail
30.10.2018 19:06 A court in the United States has sent Robert Bowers, the man accused of shooting 11 Jewish people to death on Saturday, 27 October at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, into custody without the possibility of posting bail after formally charging him. He will appear in court on Thursday, when evidence will be submitted in the case. full story
Holocaust memorial in Czech town will bloom with yellow crocuses in the spring
17.10.2018 10:44 Almost 4 000 yellow crocuses will bloom in the spring at the memorial to the Holocaust on Vodní Street in Valašské Meziříčí (Vsetín district). An important Jewish community once resided there prior to the Second World War. full story
Czech capital to see seminar on stereotypes in the photographic depictions of Jewish and Romani people
8.10.2018 20:15 On Monday, 15 October, an international seminar about stereotypical depictions of Jewish and Romani people in photography will be held in Prague. The event will involve an historical review as well as the presentation of two unique art projects that have recently been produced on this subject. full storyTřebíč, Czech Republic commemorates anniversary of Holocaust transports from there
31.5.2018 6:38 A prayer procession past seven recently-installed Stones to the Disappeared (also called stolpersteine) was how the Holocaust memorial event in Třebíč, Czech Republic began on 28 May. Those attending remembered the Holocaust and its victims and the transport of Jewish residents from Třebíč in May 1942. full story
Czech Republic: Names of Holocaust victims to be read at 13 different towns on the occasion of Yom Hashoah
24.4.2017 11:33 Today in Prague on Jiřího z Poděbrad Square and in at least another 12 towns of the Czech Republic there will be public readings of the names of victims of the Holocaust. As is traditional, the ceremony is happening on the occasion of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. full story
Germany: Researchers find there were more victims of the Holocaust than previously believed
3.1.2017 8:46 The number of victims of the Holocaust from the Jewish communities living on the territory of the German Reich is approximately 15 000 more than has heretofore been reported. According to the German news server Spiegel Online, researchers from Germany's Federal Archive announced the findings on the basis of a detailed study of the fates of individual Jewish people living in Nazi Germany. full story
Czech court overturns fine against attorney who objected to expert by alleging he was Jewish
7.12.2016 14:08 The attorney Petr Kočí has successfully appealed a fine against him for alleging court expert Michal Mazel was of Jewish origin. The attorney was defending a member of an ultra-right party and claimed Mazel's alleged origin would bias him against the defendant full story