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UK schoolteacher accused of anti-Semitic slur

Prestigious all-girls school has yet to deny staff member told Jewish student she’d be sent to ‘gas chambers’

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71 years later, Sobibor gas chambers unearthed

Yad Vashem announces ‘very important’ find at death camp where 250,000 Jews were murdered over 18 months in 1942-3

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No new building on mass graves, say Sobibor activists

Gas chamber discovery at the Nazi extermination camp spurs calls to review museum project

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Former SS guard: ‘Couldn’t imagine’ Jews surviving Auschwitz

At trial, Oskar Groening tells court it was clear to him people were not expected to leave camp alive

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Former Auschwitz SS guard, Holocaust survivor embrace at trial

Oskar Groening, facing 300,000 counts of accessory to murder, kisses cheek of Eva Kor whose family was killed at camp

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Ex-Auschwitz inmate, barber to camp commander, dies at 95

Jozef Paczynski opted against killing Rudolf Hoess for fear of retribution against fellow prisoners

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France’s National Front founder Le Pen suspended from party

Tensions between far-right politician, 86, and his daughter, who heads the faction, came to a head over his anti-Semitic remarks

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Senior Le Pen says he hopes his daughter loses presidency

Suspended ex-leader of the French National Front accuses daughter Marine of ‘betrayal,’ says she should change her name

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Sobibor memorial plans suspended following protests

Proposed construction would destroy archaeological findings and disturb human remains, claim activists

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Polish art museum features naked tag game in gas chamber

‘Most disgusting thing I’ve seen in a long time,’ says Wiesenthal Center official

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Le Pen indicted for ‘gas chamber’ remark

Ex-National Front head to stand trial for denying crimes perpetrated by Nazis in World War II

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France’s National Front party expels founder Le Pen

After court overturns suspension, executive committee bans its founder over Holocaust comments

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Tourists pour cold water on Auschwitz ‘showers’

Israelis offended over installation of refreshing sprays for visitors at concentration camp

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Auschwitz rebuffs criticism of its new sprinklers

In response to The Times of Israel, museum says people shouldn’t take offense over ‘showers’ for overheated visitors

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Auschwitz removes offensive outdoor showers after uproar

Administrators take away cooling-off sprinklers from entrance to death camp, citing drop in summer temperatures, not critical reaction

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Willis Carto, notorious Holocaust denier, dies at 89

Through his ‘Institute of Historical Review,’ Carto challenged existence of Nazi gas chambers; later blamed 9/11 on Jews

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Belgian Jewish newspaper complains over interview with Holocaust denier

De Morgen daily comes under fire for piece on far-right sympathizer Siegfried Verbeke, who claims that no one died in Nazi gas chambers

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Former French far-right leader fined for gas chambers comment

Jean-Marie Le Pen, 87, slapped with $34,000 penalty for repeating denial of crimes against humanity

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30-minute clip of lost Jerry Lewis Holocaust film surfaces

Movie described by Jewish comedian as ‘bad, bad, bad’ was acquired by Library of Congress on condition it not be shown until June 2024

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Why Auschwitz’s crematorium is ‘the most important building of the 20th century’

Robert Jan van Pelt, curator of new ‘The Evidence Room’ exhibit at Venice Biennale, uses forensic architecture to prove the horrific scope of the Holocaust

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