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Escaping Auschwitz: The untold story of two prisoners who revealed Nazi horrors the world refused to believe

Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest secret Nazi concentration camp in Poland, where over 1.1 million people were murdered, was liberated on Jan. 27, 1945.

27 January, 07:24 PM

Zelenskyy commemorates Babyn Yar victims

Together with Ukrainian Jewish community leaders, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the Babyn Yar memorial on Sept. 29 to honor the victims of Nazi executions during the German occupation of Kyiv in World War II.

29 September 2025, 08:26 PM

Chief Rabbi of Ukraine builds home for families shattered by war

Ukraine’s Chief Rabbi, Moshe Reuven Azman, is building an apartment building for the families of fallen defenders, large families, and people who lost their homes due to Russian war, he wrote on Aug. 11.

12 August 2025, 03:20 PM

Ukrainian Holocaust survivor likens Putin to Hitler in Bundestag address

During a speech in the Bundestag, Roman Shvartsman, an 88-year-old resident of Odesa who survived the Holocaust, compared Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, German broadcaster DW reported on Jan 29.

30 January 2025, 12:24 AM

Hanukkah attack: synagogue in Mykolaiv targeted with Molotov cocktail

Unknown people threw a Molotov cocktail at the door of a synagogue in downtown Mykolaiv on the New Year's Eve, the regional Police Department wrote on Facebook on Dec. 31.

2 January 2025, 11:00 AM

‘Axis of evil’ must be stopped in Ukraine — Ambassador Markarova

Russia, Iran, and North Korea are doing everything possible, from military aggression to hybrid threats, to undermine democratic countries, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova said on Nov. 13 during the Fifth Kyiv Jewish Forum.

14 November 2024, 01:21 AM

Kyiv mourns war veteran son of Ukraine’s Chief Rabbi

A funeral service for Matityahu Samborsky, the adopted son of Ukraine's Chief Rabbi, Moshe Azman, was held on Sept. 12 at Kyiv’s Central Synagogue.

12 September 2024, 08:55 PM

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