Holocaust

Holocaust survivor becomes internet star after using TikTok to tell younger generations about WWII atrocities

Tova Freidman has over 500,000 followers on TikTok, and her videos have had 8.8 million likes and 75 million views since they first went live a year and a half ago. Tova Friedman/TikTok

Using the social media platform to teach young people who don’t want to read books, Tova Friedman said: “Here they are, listening.”

President commemorates Polish rescuers of Jews

Aid given by Poles to Jews persecuted by German Holocaust perpetrators is an important part of our historical memory, Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, wrote to commemorate the National Day of Remembrance About Poles Who Rescued Jews Under the German Occupation (March 24).

Today’s news round up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Long-forgotten Jewish prayer house reveals a ‘world stuck in time’

Abandoned since 1997, the building which faces demolition as part of the city’s redevelopment was discovered by an urbex photographer and a Jewish community activist following a ‘tip off’.

The Eleventh Commandment – Polin commemorates 80 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

In this week’s episode we are going to be hearing from two guests from the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews about a number of events taking place throughout the year.

Poland remembers Holocaust victims

Survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau have gathered to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp in the final months of World War Two.

Today’s news round up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Polish family murdered for helping Jews may be beatified

Pope Francis has recognised the martyrdom of a married couple with seven children who were executed by Nazi Germans for sheltering a Jewish family in their home in Poland during World War Two.

Descendant of Holocaust survivors tracks down saviors in Poland after Righteous Among Nations nomination

When Jeffrey Cymbler heard from Yad Vashem that an official ceremony was not possible as no living relatives of the Poles who had saved his Jewish family could be found, he set out to find them.

TikTok star teaches millions of Gen Z followers about the Holocaust in series of short films from Auschwitz

Singer and dancer Montana Tucker was spurred into action after telling her followers  about her grandparents who survived the Holocaust and being shocked at the anti-Semitic reaction.

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