Before World War II, Lvov’s 150,000 Jews comprised one of the most vibrant, sophisticated Jewish communities in Eastern Europe. But when the Nazis marched into town in late June 1941, the ...

“We started doing things ourselves,” said Stambler. “We used to do about 20% in Ukrainian for the Jews in western towns like Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Uzhhorod, but we are making a much ...

After a series of failed attempts to lay low and hide with farming families in the Polish countryside, Ms Webber returned to Lviv and took refuge with her aunt, uncle and a group of other Jewish ...

Ukraine has a very important Jewish heritage, which is also threatened by the war and must be protected. Thanks to the European Union, UNESCO will contribute to advancing historical research and ...

Janine Webber BEM, 92, hid under a wardrobe with her family to avoid Nazi persecution during the Second World War.

A Holocaust survivor has shared her harrowing story growing up as a Jew during World War II to crowds in Southampton.

Valerii Dymshits is Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Director of the Interdepartmental Center, “Petersburg Judaica,” at the European University at St. Petersburg, Russia. Alexander Ivanov is ...

LVIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian city of Lviv, once a major center of Jewish life in Eastern Europe, commemorated Sunday the 75th anniversary of the annihilation newslink MAUI NEWS × ...

The hanukkiah, which stands seven meters tall, symbolizes a historic moment for the Jewish community in Lviv, the last city in Ukraine to have not yet erected a public hanukkiah. "This is a very ...