Olga Horak
Released hostage Omer Shemtov.
November 20, 2025, 8:00 am
The responsibility of bearing witness
Telling a survivor's story is a privilege, but perhaps more importantly it is also a responsibility.
By Carly Adno
Olga Horak. Photo: Sydney Jewish Museum
April 23, 2025, 2:38 pm
Olga Horak’s visual voice
Olga Horak was one of Australia’s most prominent Holocaust survivors. She was also a brilliant artist. Now, her closely guarded works are finally being exhibited for the public to see.
By Jessica Abeslohn
Olga Horak at a Sydney Jewish Museum Holocaust memorial ceremony.
August 22, 2024, 8:00 am
Vale Olga
Her last months on earth were spent during a time that has seen hatred against Jews explode – a sad fact that she was acutely aware of.
By AJN STAFF
Olga Horak. Photo: Sydney Jewish Museum
August 22, 2024, 8:00 am
A Communal Treasure
"The best way to continue her legacy is by speaking out and fighting back at the mere sniff of antisemitism, whether you are Jewish or not," says Horak's grandson Jonathan Sankey.
By Carly Adno and Gareth Narunsky
Olga Horak AM will share her story at this year's Yom Hashoah commemoration.
August 15, 2024, 4:44 pm
‘Please keep the memory alive’: Holocaust survivor Olga Horak passes away
Born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia in 1926, she survived Auschwitz and was liberated from Bergen-Belsen on April 15, 1945
By AJN STAFF
The Fire and Rescue NSW firefighters at the SJM.
June 22, 2023, 12:26 pm
Firefighters deeply moved by doing course
"There wasn't a dry eye in the room when 96-year-old survivor, Olga, shared her story – and that's from a group who, as firefighters, are used to going to horrific situations," Vaysbakh said.
By Shane Desiatnik
Alice Zaslavsky
May 30, 2023, 8:39 am
Sharing books, writing and ideas with Writers’ Festival
This year, the line-up includes a number of Jewish voices, joining some of the world’s best novelists, poets, journalists, public intellectuals, economists, politicians, podcasters and scientists.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Holocaust survivor Olga Horak was the keynote speaker at the Sydney Jewish Museum's annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day event.
February 2, 2023, 9:34 am
‘To deal with the past is not easy’
Olga Horak delivered a moving address at the Sydney Jewish Museum to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day.
By Carly Adno
Holocaust survivor Olga Horak. Photo: Giselle Haber.
January 26, 2023, 8:36 am
‘Being alive, I find this a personal triumph’
Auschwitz survivor Olga Horak will be the keynote speaker at the Sydney Jewish Museum to commemorate IHRD.
By Carly Adno
Olga Horak AM will share her story at this year's Yom Hashoah commemoration.
April 14, 2022, 10:08 am
‘Keep the memory alive’
Olga Horak to speak at Yom Hashoah event.
By Carly Adno
April 14, 2021, 1:17 pm
Memorialising destruction with creation
Remembrance can take many forms. With the community marking Yom Hashoah last week, The AJN explores three unique and creative ways Holocaust memory is being kept alive.
By Sophie Deutsch
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg at a press conference at Studley Park in Kew,Melbourne, Friday, May 3, 2019. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
January 25, 2021, 12:12 pm
Prime Minister to join virtual commemoration
PM Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will address a first-ever Australia-wide online event commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
By Peter Kohn
Olga Horak at a Sydney Jewish Museum Holocaust memorial ceremony.
June 4, 2020, 9:51 am
SJM’s pandemic pen pals
School students across Sydney have been exchanging letters with Holocaust survivors through the Sydney Jewish Museum’s pen pal project.
By Sophie Deutsch
NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman. Photo: Noel Kessel
April 23, 2020, 7:20 am
NSW govt to investigate swastika ban
'To flaunt the emblem in today's Australia is a sickening promotion of what the Nazis stood for ... it is imperative to explore the possibility of outlawing this symbol'.
By Gareth Narunsky
Olga Horak.
December 17, 2019, 10:44 am
‘Be the mensch our world needs’
The Sydney Jewish Museum has launched the 'Be a Mensch' campaign that encourages people to practice small acts of kindness on an everyday basis.
By AJN STAFF
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