Washington DC: Comparing the emaciated condition of Israeli hostages released by Hamas over the weekend with those of Holocaust survivors, US President Donald Trump suggested the United States was running out of patience with the war in the Gaza Strip, without detailing his next steps. Speaking to reporters on Sunday from Air Force One en … Read more
A 99-year-old Holocaust survivor has reflected on her life as the last living member of the women’s orchestra at Auschwitz. Anita Lasker-Wallfisch’s story is not just about survival but also about the power of music in the middle of unimaginable horror. She was taken to Auschwitz as a teenager in 1943 after being arrested for … Read more
Paris, France: On a frosty Polish winter evening, 96-year-old Esther Senot told the 100 or so shivering students at Auschwitz-Birkenau how she was a teenager much like them when she was first brought to the Nazi death camp on September 2, 1943. Senot said her older sister, so frail and gaunt she was barely recognisable, … Read more