Holocaust Survivor

Shlomo Perel survived the Holocaust by concealing his Jewish identity and living among the Nazis. His extraordinary true story continues to inspire generations.

For her 100th birthday, Holocaust survivor Mina Boyar asked to mark the occasion with the blessing of Shehecheyanu and the recitation of “A Psalm of Thanksgiving,” surrounded by dozens of her descendants.

Decades after losing everything, Rabbi Zalman stood at his great-grandson's bar mitzvah in Israel and reflected on the miracle of survival and renewal.

At five, Tamar Hirschl fled for her life, endured imprisonment, hunger, and hiding, and rebuilt in Israel, holding on to hope until her art carried her forward.

MS 447 cited “political” concerns to deny Sami Steigmann in November, then reversed course after backlash

A baby’s smile in Auschwitz led to an incredible miracle. That child later became Dr. Ephraim Wasservogel.

Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt"l left prayers early because of severe pain, yet he still found the strength to help someone in need.

As matzah returns to our tables this Passover, one survivor’s story from Auschwitz reveals how a single mitzvah can illuminate a lifetime and beyond.

A sixteenth birthday. A Rebbe’s furrowed silence. A forgotten act of bread in the Łódź Ghetto that returned decades later to save a life.

After surviving Auschwitz and losing his sight, Rabbi Shalom Yosef Taub continued learning Torah for up to sixteen hours a day. His quiet joy and perseverance continue to inspire.

Ronit Friedman always knew her grandmother’s survival was extraordinary. An open door in Krakow returned her to a family story hidden for eighty years.

Resistance fighter and national table tennis captain in two countries whose life spanned the Holocaust, postwar Europe and modern Ireland

Captured, imprisoned, and silenced for decades — her powerful memoir brings the forgotten voices of Ravensbrück back to life

How Jewish fighters resisted the Nazis in 1943, and the story of survivor Ewa Kracowska who lived to tell it

From performances for Nazi soldiers to rebuilding her life in Israel, Hana Rosbruch’s story is one of survival, resilience, and hope

From Auschwitz and Dachau to Jerusalem, a doctor and artist dedicated his life to caring for the elderly and preserving Holocaust remembrance

From surviving World War II to building a family in Israel, his life story and legacy of strength continue to inspire