/tags/holocaust Holocaust en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:56:33 GMT /history/2026-01-27/holocaust-survivor-oct-7-antisemitism The South Florida benefit dinner for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum came on the same day that Israel recovered the last body of the hostages taken into Gaza after the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:56:33 GMT /history/2026-01-27/holocaust-survivor-oct-7-antisemitism Jake Shore /arts-culture/2026-01-02/this-ordinary-thing-feature-style-documentary-spotlights-ordinary-heroes-who-defied-the-holocaust The Miami Jewish Film Festival has announced the special premiere of This Ordinary Thing, a powerful documentary-style feature that brings to life the testimonies of non-Jews who risked everything to protect Jews during the Holocaust. Fri, 02 Jan 2026 11:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2026-01-02/this-ordinary-thing-feature-style-documentary-spotlights-ordinary-heroes-who-defied-the-holocaust Sergio R. Bustos /arts-culture/2025-12-15/kurc-family-holocaust The collection was donated by Miami resident Ricardo Eichenwald and his family, and includes original documents that were essential to his parents' survival. Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2025-12-15/kurc-family-holocaust Sergio R. Bustos /education/2025-08-26/fau-kurt-marilyn-wallach-holocaust-jewish-studies-building “This is a monumental day, and I know Kurt would be so proud to see this building become a reality,â€� Marilyn Wallach told more than 100 people gathered for the celebration in speaking of her late husband’s lifelong commitment to preserving the stories of Holocaust victims. Tue, 26 Aug 2025 20:40:45 GMT /education/2025-08-26/fau-kurt-marilyn-wallach-holocaust-jewish-studies-building SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± News Staff /history/2025-06-18/miami-holocaust-survivor-109-mollie-horwitz Malka “Mollieâ€� Horwitz is the oldest living Holocaust survivor in Miami-Dade County. She lives in Miami Beach. Earlier this year, Miami-Dade commissioners declared March 16 as "Mollie Horwitz Day." Wed, 18 Jun 2025 10:00:00 GMT /history/2025-06-18/miami-holocaust-survivor-109-mollie-horwitz Sergio R. Bustos /health/2025-04-22/study-70-of-jewish-holocaust-survivors-will-be-gone-in-the-next-10-years Currently, the survivors’ median age is 87 and more than 1,400 of them are over 100 years old, according to a study released by the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 18:00:00 GMT /health/2025-04-22/study-70-of-jewish-holocaust-survivors-will-be-gone-in-the-next-10-years Kirsten Grieshaber | Associated Press /government-politics/2023-04-04/site-of-holocaust-memorial-spurs-debate-rejection-in-florida-senate Among the reasons for the rejection of the Holocaust Memorial proposal by Sen. Lori Berman, D-Boca Raton, was that the nearby site has the “structural integrityâ€� to handle the added weight of the memorial and other planned monuments. Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2023-04-04/site-of-holocaust-memorial-spurs-debate-rejection-in-florida-senate Jim Turner/News Service of Florida /local-news/2022-12-26/palm-beach-county-man-last-living-nuremberg-prosecutor-to-get-congress-highest-honor Congress has signed off on the Congressional Gold Medal for the Nuremberg trial's chief prosecutor. South Floridian Benjamin Ferencz was 27 years old in 1948 when he had secured enough evidence to prosecute 22 members of Nazi killing squads. Mon, 26 Dec 2022 16:00:00 GMT /local-news/2022-12-26/palm-beach-county-man-last-living-nuremberg-prosecutor-to-get-congress-highest-honor /news/2022-11-15/what-the-u-s-can-learn-from-germany-about-grappling-with-dark-parts-of-its-history The Atlantic writer Clint Smith explored how sites across the U.S. grapple with their relationship to chattel slavery, then visited Holocaust memorials in Germany. Here are three of his takeaways. Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:08:21 GMT /news/2022-11-15/what-the-u-s-can-learn-from-germany-about-grappling-with-dark-parts-of-its-history Rachel Treisman /2022-04-12/ukrainian-holocaust-survivors-flee-war-again-this-time-to-germany Germany has welcomed dozens of the oldest refugees fleeing Ukraine — those who survived the Holocaust during World War II. They've now narrowly escaped death for the second time in their lives. Wed, 13 Apr 2022 17:02:00 GMT /2022-04-12/ukrainian-holocaust-survivors-flee-war-again-this-time-to-germany Esme Nicholson