The Second World War saw the majority of Europe succumb to Nazi occupation. The brutal repression that followed triggered ...

The end of the uprising was marked by the destruction of the Great Synagogue of Warsaw by Nazi German SS commander General Jürgen Stroop on 16th May 1943. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the first ...

Shapiro also discussed the musical he and his father David Shapiro created together, "We Will Rise," which tells the story of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and connects that event to the post-October ...

In this 1943 file photo, a group of Polish Jews are led away for deportation by German SS soldiers during the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto by German troops after an uprising in the Jewish quarter.

(AP Photo, File) FILE - In this 1943 file photo, a group of Polish Jews are led away for deportation by German SS soldiers during the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto by German troops after an ...

On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, survivor Tova Friedman says she thought she was the "only Jewish child in the world".

That creates risks: the Holocaust didn’t begin with mass murder. The dehumanization of Jews progressed gradually from public exclusion to eventual internment to finally extermination. Millions of ...

(AP Photo, File) In this 1943 file photo, a group of Polish Jews are led away for deportation by German SS soldiers during the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto by German troops after an uprising in ...

In defiance of the near destruction of Jewish life in Europe ... in collaboration with the Warsaw-based Rabbinical Commission, has been crucial in identifying and preserving unmarked burial ...