Holocaust survivors
Ernie and Lea Friedlander. Photo: Giselle Haber Photography
April 16, 2026, 12:35 pm
Survivors honoured at Yom Hashoah commemoration
Sydney Yom Hashoah event honours survivors’ resilience and lasting contribution to Australia.
By Carly Adno
Yom HaShoah
March 26, 2026, 12:40 pm
Remembrance events to focus on Holocaust survivors
NSW commemorations to highlight Holocaust survivors who helped shape Australia’s Jewish community.
By AJN STAFF
Anita Lester with her portrait of Abe Goldberg. Photo: Simon Shiff
November 13, 2025, 9:57 am
Preserving testimony and history through art
Portraits of Survival features 16 oil paintings of Holocaust survivors, each created through a careful process of video recordings and photographic references.
By Bruce Hill
Dr George Foster (left) with Holocaust survivor Eddy Boas.
May 8, 2025, 11:47 am
‘Joyous’ event to counter hate
"With this function, we hope to give them much sought-after relief and pleasure," says Dr George Foster.
By AJN STAFF
Scooter Braun and Joseph Alexander. Photo: Instagram
May 5, 2025, 1:27 pm
Celebrities joining Holocaust survivors
Borrowed Spotlight has been Bryce Thompson's passion project for years.
By Lior Zaltzman
A woman inmate of Belsen concentration camp kisses the hand of Army Film & Photographic Unit cameraman Lieutenant Martyn Wilson on liberation. Photo: Mike Lewis
April 17, 2025, 10:54 am
80 years since the Holocaust
Over 1000 people are expected to attend the event hosted by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies.
By AJN STAFF
Auschwitz survivor Tova Friedman speaks during commemorations at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland to mark 80 years since the liberation of the concentration camp on 27th January 1945. Picture date: Monday January 27, 2025.. See PA story MEMORIAL Holocaust.. Photo credit should read: Aaron Chown/PA Wire
January 30, 2025, 8:00 am
Never Again?
The memorial was held at the site where around a million Jews were murdered, among the six million Jews who were killed in the Shoah.
By Sharyn Kolieb
The new Hidden: Seven Children Saved exhibition at MHM.
November 28, 2023, 7:13 am
Engaging immersive experiences
Visitors will be moved by the history, provoked by its messages and yet inspired to do better in the world today.
By Carol Saffer
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (right) and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton at the opening of MHM. Photo: Peter Haskin
November 23, 2023, 10:30 am
Melbourne Holocaust Museum reopens
“Jewish Australians have been bearing a pain you should never have had to bear again," said Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
By Bruce Hill
Karel Fracapane delivers the Betty & Shmuel Rosenkranz Oration commemorating Kristallnacht. Photo: John Moss Photography
November 22, 2023, 6:35 am
Antisemitism ‘adopts new masks’
"[Antisemitism] evolves with time and context ... adopts new masks, learning how to hide and the different forms sometimes finding shelter behind freedom of expression".
By Peter Kohn
October 23, 2023, 6:35 am
Third-generation impact
While she tries to live a “normal” life, she finds herself weighed down by the unspoken grief of her grandmother, a Holocaust survivor.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Adam Marks. Photo: Supplied
October 11, 2023, 6:54 am
Advocating for Israel
"I'm looking forward to building up a strong network, recruiting and training the next generation of Israel advocates down under and connecting individuals and organisations to empower the community to stand strong for Israel and the Jewish people."
By AJN STAFF
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
Recording the stories of Holocaust survivors was empowering.
September 7, 2023, 1:29 pm
Rockman’s life governorship at MHM
In 1999 she was the first woman to join the museum's board.
By Carol Saffer
Neo-Nazis outside Parliament in Melbourne on Saturday, March 18. Photo: AAP Image/James Ross
August 31, 2023, 9:46 am
Holocaust survivors consulted over development of new laws
The Andrews government introduced a bill to ban the Nazi salute and other gestures in Victoria, with penalties ranging from fines of up to $23,000 to up to a year in jail.
By Bruce Hill
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