In 1516, a 7-acre section of Venice, Italy was designated as the area where Jews would be required to live. As it was located where a copper foundry had been, it was called by the word for ‘foundry’ ...

While working to repair Nazi helmets, Smuss stole material for Jewish resistance needed to make Molotov cocktails; he ...

Poland commemorated the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising on Sunday, replacing its annual official ceremonies with low-key gatherings on site or online as the coronavirus pandemic prevented any big events.

Michael Smuss, a Holocaust survivor and painter, passed away at 99. Born in 1926 in Poland, he fought in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, later using art to process trauma. His resistance efforts included ...

Michael Smuss, the last surviving fighter from the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, has died in Israel at the age of 99, The ...