Holocaust Coverage

KATHERINE ROSMAN & GAYA GUPTA: Photographing the last of the Holocaust survivors

Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 -- The artist Gillian Laub has created a new photo archive of more than 200 survivors. Last Saturday some of those portraits were projected onto buildings and structures throughout New York City.

Moore Square vigil: 200 gather to remember Holocaust and advocate for peace in Gaza

A group gathered in Moore Square Saturday afternoon to mourn those who had died and to call for peace in Gaza.

Carly Haynes, WRAL reporter

Raleigh vigil mourns holocaust victims, denounces violence in Gaza

A group gathered in Moore Square Saturday afternoon to mourn those who had died and to call for peace in Gaza.

NC celebrates historic gift from Holocaust survivor

Many years ago, a Holocaust refugee gave the state of North Carolina a beautiful antique chandelier. State historians recently unearthed the story behind it, and celebrated it Tuesday with the son of the donor, a Holocaust survivor himself.

Historic chandelier in NC governor's mansion: Holocaust survivor recalls daring escape, gift to North Carolina

Many years ago, a Holocaust refugee gave the state of North Carolina a beautiful antique chandelier. State historians recently unearthed the story behind it, and celebrated it Tuesday with the son of the donor, a Holocaust survivor himself.

Laura Leslie, WRAL capitol bureau chief

Fact check: Are half of American high schoolers unfamiliar with the Holocaust?

Dean Phillips, the Minnesota U.S. representative who's taking on President Joe Biden in the Democratic primaries, decried a lack of knowledge about the Holocaust among American youth.

Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact reporter

Holocaust survivor living in Apex turns 100; shares life story

A 100-year-old Holocaust survivor celebrated his birthday in Apex Monday. The man is also hoping his story will inspire others to remember the past.

Apex man who survived Holocaust turns 100, shares story with the world

A man now living in Apex celebrated his 100th birthday, Monday July 17th. It's all the more significant given his early life in Poland.

Rick Armstrong, WRAL enterprise multimedia journalist

Holocaust controversy costs principal his job

Florida school board votes to rescind its decision to rehire a former principal who wrote to a parent in 2018 that he "could not state the Holocaust was a historical fact."

Principal fired after Holocaust denial

The Palm Beach County School Board voted Wednesday afternoon to fire the former principal of Spanish River Community High School in Boca Raton after he made controversial comments about the Holocaust.

Holocaust survivor shares story of his survival

A man who lives in the Triangle and survived the Holocaust recently invited people to hear about how he survived the Nazi's atrocities.

Holocaust survivor uses hospital stay to tell personal story

Holocaust survivor, Abe Piasek, used his hospital stay to tell his story and offer hope.

Mandy Mitchell

Holocaust survivor dies during educational trip to Auschwitz

Eva Mozes Kor, a Holocaust survivor who preached forgiveness, died Thursday in Poland while leading an educational trip to the Auschwitz concentration camp.

House debates Daylight Saving Time, beer, abortion bills

The House is expected to debate bills to put North Carolina on Daylight Saving Time permanently, allow universities to sell alcohol at sporting events, relax the beer distribution rules for craft brewers, require instruction on the Holocaust and genocide in public schools and create a felony offense for not trying to save the life of an infant who survives an attempted abortion.

High school Holocaust exhibit shines light on dark history

The darkness in the media center at Western Harnett High School is a metaphor for the darkness that radiated across Europe during the 1940s.

Bryan Mims, WRAL reporter

Anne Frank and her father

Anne Frank and her father

Anne Frank's Family Was Thwarted by U.S. Immigration Rules, New Research Shows

Attempts by Anne Frank's father to escape the Nazis in Europe and travel to the United States were complicated by tight U.S. restrictions on immigration at the time, one of a series of roadblocks that narrowed the Frank family's options and thrust them into hiding, according to a new report released Friday.

Mihir Zaveri, New York Times

Auschwitz concentration camp

A scene from the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Auschwitz concentration camp

An inventory of sorts at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Reflections from Auschwitz II-Birkenau: A real-life 'survivor' triumphs over Nazis

WRAL News anchor David Crabtree files this blog from Poland during a visit to the notorious Auschwitz death camp.

Auschwitz concentration camp

A scene from the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Auschwitz concentration camp

A picture from the Auschwitz concentration camp

Holocaust is fading from memory, survey finds

For seven decades, "never forget" has been a rallying cry of the Holocaust remembrance movement.

MAGGIE ASTOR, New York Times

Reflections from Auschwitz and Berkinau: Life is now

WRAL's David Crabtree visited Auschwitz and Berkinau on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Buchenwald concentration camp

A photo provided by the U.S. Army, taken April 16, 1945, of people in the Buchenwald concentration camp, including Elie Wiesel, seventh from left in the middle bunk, who went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize. A new survey found that many Americans lack basic knowledge of the Holocaust -- especially 18 to 34-year-olds, or so-called millenials. (United States Army via The New York Times)