Israel’s Oldest Holocaust Survivor Dies at Age 109 on Yom Hashoah

Israel’s Oldest Holocaust Survivor Dies at Age 109 on Yom Hashoah

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Nechama Grossman, Israel’s oldest Holocaust survivor, died at the age of 109 on Thursday, coinciding with Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day. Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email Her granddaughter Luba told Kan News, “I am in shock—I have no words. Honestly, we thought she’d […]

Israel’s oldest Holocaust survivor dead at 109 on Yom Hashoah

"I am in shock—I have no words. Honestly, we thought she'd make it to 110," her granddaughter said.The post Israel’s oldest Holocaust survivor dead at 109 on Yom Hashoah appeared first on JNS.org.

Born in a ghetto, one day before it was sealed: Her story moved St. Louis to tears

“I was born Erika Hornstein on April 23, 1944, in the Nyíregyháza, Hungary ghetto. Two weeks later, all of the women and children in my family were transported to Auschwitz to be murdered.” – Erika Schwartz The St. Louis Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) drew a full audience at Temple Israel on Sunday, April 27 to pay tribute to the six million Jews killed, their descendants and survivors. The program included Erika Schwartz’s survivor tes…

Israel’s Oldest Holocaust Survivor Passes Away at 109 on Yom Hashoah

'I am in shock—I have no words. Honestly, we thought she'd make it to 110,' her granddaughter said.

The cultural units, in the region west of the capital, receive the free exhibition "Revelations Revealed ? Survivors of the Holocaust". The exhibition is reshown in photographs and stories of people who survived one of the most shadowed by the 20th century and star in the fourth (20). Read more (04/27/2025).