Baruch and his late wife Nelly had two children, both of them Israeli Air Force pilots, and eight grandchildren.

Today, unlike during the Shoah, Jews can not only hope, but also depend on the Jewish state to come to their rescue.

It will be ‘the biggest political event ever in the history of the state,’ said Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Chait.

Central ceremonies are at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and in Poland with a march from Auschwitz to Birkenau.

‘May the memories of Petr Ginz, astronaut Ilan Ramon and the six million victims of the Holocaust always remain in our thoughts,’  said US Astronaut Andrew Feustel in Space. 

Each year, Israelis pause from their routines to ponder the fate of the six millions Jews who perished in the Holocaust, vowing to never again allow such an atrocity to occur.

In this video, a Holocaust survivor speaks about her first day in the concentration camp she was sent to as a young girl.

Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah in Hebrew) is a national day of commemoration in Israel, on which the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust are memorialized.

Yad Vashem seeks to preserve the memory and names of the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust and the many European Jewish communities that were destroyed.

Israel’s PM gives a moving speech at the unveiling of a new memorial in honor of foreign diplomats who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.

Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, stressed the significance of personal remembrance and survivor testimony at the annual Yom Hashoah ceremony.

Amazon has heeded the cries of the Jewish world and has removed three Holocaust-denying books.

We must demand that Amazon stop selling books that promote Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism.

Amazon refuses to stop selling anti-Semitic and Holocaust-denying literature, despite pleas from Yad Vashem and mounting public pressure.

Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, the Romanian-born Holocaust survivor of Auschwitz, whose classic “Night” became a landmark testament to the Nazis’ crimes and launched Wiesel’s long career as one of the world’s foremost witnesses and humanitarians, has died at age 87.

Israel marked Yom Hashoah, its annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, on Thursday in memory of the six million Jews murdered by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II.

While many Israelis attend public memorial gatherings on Holocaust Remembrance Day, others prefer a more intimate experience in a home environment.

Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust museum has kicked off its annual remembrance ceremonies with a special screening of the Oscar-winning film “Son of Saul,” acknowledging the unique role movies play in maintaining the memory of the Holocaust.

Experts and historians are in a race against time to collect as many names of Holocaust victims before their memory fades forever.

A visit to Yad Vashem is emotionally charged, as is a visit to Mount Herzl cemetery, but somehow, the Connecting Path helps us channel our emotions in a hopeful direction.

The works show the cruel reality of the Holocaust and the inmates’ artistic escapism into realms of imagination.

Photos given as a gift by Holocaust survivors to a righteous Japanese official who enabled their escape sheds light on their ordeals 75 years later.

When Holocaust survivor Aryeh Goldberg passed away, he left his son much more than just a gold watch. He left him with the clues necessary to uncover the past.

Poles who courageously saved Jews during the Holocaust were honored for their outstanding actions during one of history's darkest times.

Yad Vashem seeks to preserve the memory and names of the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust and the many European Jewish communities that were destroyed.

The world is ignoring the looming threats of evil and tyranny and the hard-learned lessons of the Holocaust, Netanyahu warned on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Standing proudly with their heads bowed, the IDF soldiers bare the memory of the Holocaust and vow: "Never Again!"

Itzchak Belfer, 89, shares his memories from the orphanage in pre-World War II Warsaw, where Dr. Yanusz Korczak treated children with dignity and dedication.

Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah in Hebrew) is a national day of commemoration in Israel, on which the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust are memorialized.

In this video, a Holocaust survivor speaks about her first day in the concentration camp she was sent to as a young girl.

Would you be willing to put your own children at risk to save a Jew? Not so simple. On an individual level it is very difficult to answer this question.