SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Peer’s £2million gift to honour his mum, a victim of Auschwitz 

Lord Browne, the former BP boss, lived with his mother Paula for the last 20 years of her life — now he has paid her the ultimate filial tribute by making a £2 million donation to a Cambridge college in her honour. The generous gift, made by the John Browne Charitable Trust, is to Murray … Read more

Researchers uncover the previously unknown identities of prisoners at Auschwitz

The identities and histories of prisoners in Nazi Germany’s most notorious death camp Auschwitz have been uncovered following two years of painstaking research. Historians, archivists and IT specialists at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland and the Arolsen Archives in Germany teamed up for the project. They searched though over 160,000 documents concerning the fate … Read more

Researchers uncover the previously unknown identities of prisoners at Auschwitz

The identities and histories of prisoners in Nazi Germany’s most notorious death camp Auschwitz have been uncovered following two years of painstaking research. Historians, archivists and IT specialists at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland and the Arolsen Archives in Germany teamed up for the project. They searched though over 160,000 documents concerning the fate … Read more

Piers Corbyn denies being anti-semitic after creating leaflet comparing jab rollouts to Auschwitz

‘It’s absurd’: Piers Corbyn denies accusations of anti-semitism over leaflets comparing Covid-19 vaccine rollout to Auschwitz Piers Corbyn is behind an anti-vax leaflet saying jab rollouts were like Auschwitz MPs and campaigners said the pamphlet was ‘beyond disgusting’ and ‘vile’    Conspiracy theorist said he couldn’t be antisemitic because he married a Jew He told Daily … Read more

Piers Corbyn denies being anti-semitic after creating leaflet comparing jab rollouts to Auschwitz

‘It’s absurd’: Piers Corbyn denies accusations of anti-semitism over leaflets comparing Covid-19 vaccine rollout to Auschwitz Piers Corbyn is behind an anti-vax leaflet saying jab rollouts were like Auschwitz MPs and campaigners said the pamphlet was ‘beyond disgusting’ and ‘vile’    Conspiracy theorist said he couldn’t be antisemitic because he married a Jew He told Daily … Read more

Covid conspiracy theorist Piers Corbyn is arrested over Auschwitz leaflets

Piers Corbyn has been arrested over leaflets comparing Britain’s vaccination programme to Auschwitz. Police said the Covid-19 conspiracy theorist, 73, was detained for ‘malicious communications and public nuisance’. The brother of former Labour leader Jeremy came up with the ‘concept’ for a pamphlet which features a cartoon drawing of the Nazi death camp. Above the gates leading into Auschwitz … Read more

Covid conspiracy theorist Piers Corbyn is arrested over Auschwitz leaflets

Piers Corbyn has been arrested over leaflets comparing Britain’s vaccination programme to Auschwitz. Police said the Covid-19 conspiracy theorist, 73, was detained for ‘malicious communications and public nuisance’. The brother of former Labour leader Jeremy came up with the ‘concept’ for a pamphlet which features a cartoon drawing of the Nazi death camp. Above the gates leading into Auschwitz … Read more

Holocaust Memorial Day marks 76 years since Auschwitz liberation

The world is marking Holocaust Memorial Day in the midst of the pandemic today as memorial events take place online and vulnerable survivors shield from the coronavirus on the 76th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation.  The Auschwitz museum is holding a virtual event emphasising the fate of the 200,000 children who were murdered at the Nazi … Read more

Images reveal fear of children and families as hundreds of Hungarian Jews are led into Auschwitz

Their faces etched with fear, Jewish children and mothers carrying toddlers walk unknowingly to their horrendous fate. These innocent victims were among around 1.1million people murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz-Birkenau, near the town of Oswiecim, in what was then occupied Poland.  The victims at Auschwitz were among 6million Jews who were murdered by Adolf … Read more