Auschwitz
The Australian delegation at March of the Living 2026. Photo: Facebook
April 23, 2026, 11:40 am
Bondi survivors march with Holocaust survivors
The annual march on Yom Hashoah is from Auschwitz to Birkenau, where Jews were murdered in gas chambers.
By Sharyn Kolieb and Times of Israel
From left: Zac Morris, Nina Bassat, Jennifer Westacott, Tahli Blicblau, Jeremy Dunkel and Anthony Eisen at the Co-Lab. Photo: Supplied
December 11, 2025, 10:32 am
Coordinated action against antisemitism
In the face of this evolving threat, our community remains active and activated.
By TAHLI BLICBLAU
Annetta Able
December 11, 2025, 9:49 am
Survivor of horror went on to celebrate life
Tributes flow for Annetta Able, the world’s oldest surviving Mengele twin who recently passed away.
By Carly Adno
Mark Spigelman with his family at Auschwitz.
May 15, 2025, 9:54 am
‘It was good to be alive there’
Eighty years since the liberation of Auschwitz, Spigelman and his family partook in March of the Living.
By Carly Adno
Members of the Victorian Parliamentary delegation at the MHM with Sue Hampel (left).
April 17, 2025, 10:51 am
Bipartisan Victorian delegation heading to Poland
A bipartisan Victorian delegation will join March of the Living in Poland for the 80th anniversary.
By Bruce Hill
January 27, 2025, 1:55 pm
Walking in Auschwitz
Sawicki speaks of the final weeks of Auschwitz II-Birkenau in January 1945 – the death march westwards towards Germany.
By Peter Kohn
Auschwitz-Birkenau. Friday, January 27, is the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust.
January 26, 2025, 10:30 pm
Holocaust Remembrance Day: Messages from the Prime Minister, Opposition Leader
'Eighty years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau our observance carries a powerful message about the enduring strength of the Jewish people'
By Anthony Albanese and PETER DUTTON
Foreign Minister Penny Wong addresses the UN General Assembly in September this year. Photo: AP Photo/Pamela Smith
January 24, 2025, 1:02 pm
Petition calls for Penny Wong not to represent Australia at Auschwitz
'Throughout her tenure, she [Wong] has not shown the level of understanding, empathy or compassion that our community expects and deserves'
By Gareth Narunsky
POLIN Museum 10th Anniversary.
December 10, 2024, 2:36 pm
Poland’s Jewish struggle
But beyond the gates of the death camps stands a millennium of Jewish life, as showcased at the impressive POLIN Museum in Warsaw, which opened in 2014.
By Peter Kohn
July 4, 2024, 8:00 am
Treblinka’s unknown victims
After Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka, which operated in 1942-43, was the second-deadliest extermination camp of the Holocaust.
By Peter Kohn
Holocaust survivor Gidon Lev, European Jewish Association Chairman Rabbi Menachem Margolin, Elon Musk with son, and Ben Shapiro stand together at the entrance of Auschwitz, Jan. 22, 2024. (JTA: Courtesy EJA)
January 23, 2024, 9:14 am
Elon Musk lays wreath at Auschwitz after private tour with Ben Shapiro and European rabbi
The visit comes four months after Musk tentatively agreed to visit Auschwitz during a live chat on X with Margolin, who exhorted him “to walk there, to feel it, to understand it.”
By Shira Li Bartov
November 19, 2023, 6:22 am
The story you hear, but don’t see
In the shadow of the terror attack on Israel last month, a new film by Jonathan Glazer has been screened at the New York Film Festival. But it's not just any film. It's a film about the zone of interest – the area surrounding Auschwitz. Jessica Abelsohn reports.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Palestinian peace activist Professor Mohammed Dajani, founder of the Wasatia anti-radicalisation movement, during a visit to Auschwitz in 2014. Photo: Courtesy
October 3, 2023, 6:35 am
Holocaust denial in Palestinian society
Palestinian professor Mohammed Dajani, who took his students to Auschwitz, tells Gianluca Pacchiani that distortion of Nazi atrocities is deeply tied to Palestinian narrative and built on lack of education.
By AJN STAFF
Elon Musk. Photo: Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP
August 29, 2023, 6:48 am
Auschwitz museum slams Musk over change
"A platform that disregards the need to defend the memory of the victims demonstrates a disregard for creating a respectful and empathetic online environment."
By AJN STAFF
At the launch of her book, Suzi Smeed with Israel’s ambassador Amir Maimon (left) and Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies president Jason Steinberg.
June 5, 2023, 7:03 am
Survivor lauded in Parliament
She and her mother were smuggled out by a lay priest, Jonas Ochiny. Reunited with her father who had escaped a labour camp, the family went into hiding.
By Peter Kohn
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