World’s oldest Holocaust survivor dies aged 110

2014. február 25 13:12

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 25 February 2014

Lauder: New Ukrainian government must promote equal rights

WJC President Ronald S. Lauder: “No religious community must fear in a democratic Ukraine.”

World’s oldest Holocaust survivor dies aged 110

Alice Herz-Sommer, who was believed to be the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor and was a renowned concert pianist, died in London at the age of 110.

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Hundreds of copies of Anne Frank’s Diary defaced in Tokyo libraries

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