A Holocaust survivor will mark that history differently after the horrors of Oct. 7

Jacksonville Journal-Courier— KIBBUTZ MEFALSIM, Israel (AP) — When Hamas fighters invaded southern Israel on Oct. 7, the militant group that rules the Gaza Strip perpetrated the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust. So this year’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, which begins on Sunday evening in Israel, carries a heavier weight than usual for many Jews around the world. For Judith Tzamir, a Holocaust survivor from Germany who moved to Israel in 1964, the horrors of Oct. 7 prompted her to mark the somber holiday by making...

CP24—Holocaust survivors march in Auschwitz in shadow of Oct 7 attacks. OSWIECIM, Poland, May 6 (Reuters) - Several thousand Jews, including Holocaust survivors personally affected by the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, walked through the former Auschwitz Nazi German death camp on Monday for the annual March of the Living ceremony in Poland. Walking along the three kilometer (1.8 mile) path towards the crematoria of Birkenau, they paid tribute to the millions of Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War Two. This year's ceremony was overshadowed by the...

Ynetnews—'Dad, they are shooting, I'm afraid to die:' Oct. 7 victims remember the horrors. More than seven months have passed since the October 7 massacre, and the memories from those hours still haunt Roni Isacov. "I have flashbacks from time to time," he said. "It's something you can't forget. Like the Holocaust." Isacov, a father of four, was born and raised in Sderot. He was once injured by a rocket fired from Gaza, but nothing prepared him for the intensity of the trauma he has been dealing with since October 7. "We're used to sirens every now and then, 'drizzles' as call it in...

dailym.ai—Holocaust survivors join candlelight vigil for the National Holocaust Commemoration in London. The candlelight commemoration was attended by Holocaust survivors, accompanied by their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.