Ben Ferencz, last living Nuremberg prosecutor, dies at 103

Ferencz secured convictions for 22 former Nazi commanders who were charged with murdering over 1 million Jews, Gypsies and others.

• Apr 8, 2023

Ben Ferencz | 60 Minutes Archive

In 2017, 60 Minutes spoke with Ben Ferencz about his far-reaching message of peace for today’s world.

• Mar 9, 2020
• 13:46

Auschwitz Memorial criticizes WWE for using image of concentration camp

"Exploiting the site that became a symbol of enormous human tragedy is shameless and insults the memory of all victims of Auschwitz."

• Apr 7, 2023

Re-creating the taste of a childhood lost in the Holocaust

Researching dishes in the archives of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, chef Alon Shaya found a Hungarian family cookbook whose recipes, recreated, brought back memories for a member of that family, Holocaust survivor Steven Fenves.

• Apr 2, 2023

Schwarzenegger urges haters and antisemites not to "throw away their futures"

"Hate burns fast and bright. It might make you feel empowered for a while, but it eventually consumes whatever vessel it fuels," Schwarzenegger said.

• Mar 7, 2023

Holocaust survivors keep Jewish recipes alive

In an effort to keep their stories alive 78 years after the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp, Holocaust survivors across the country have teamed up to create a cookbook that shares their favorite family recipes and their stories of survival. CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan reports.

• Jan 27, 2023
• 07:17

Holocaust survivors share recipes in cookbook: "It reminds you of your family"

Friday marks 78 years since the liberation of Auschwitz.

• Jan 27, 2023

Zelenskyy and Putin's starkly different messages on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Zelenskyy's message on Holocaust Memorial Day stood in stark contrast to that of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

• Jan 27, 2023

Woman accused of defrauding Holocaust survivor out of $2.8 million

While the Florida woman was able to buy herself a new home, cars and luxury goods, the 87-year-old Holocaust survivor from Manhattan lost his life savings, prosecutors say.

• Jan 26, 2023

Whoopi Goldberg apologizes again after latest Holocaust comments

"I believe that the Holocaust was about race," Goldberg said in an apology, adding that she's still "learning a lot."

• Dec 27, 2022

Volunteers pack Hanukkah food boxes for Holocaust survivors

Volunteers with Met Council, New York City's largest Kosher food network, helped pack Hanukkah food boxes for Holocaust survivors in need — so everyone can celebrate the holiday.

• Dec 23, 2022
• 03:11

Robert Clary, last of the "Hogan's Heroes" stars, dies at 96

The French-born survivor of Nazi concentration camps during World War II died of natural causes at his home in the Los Angeles area.

• Nov 17, 2022

Lithuania and World War II

“One of the worst slaughters during the Holocaust. Some 90% to 95% of the Jewish population of Lithuania was murdered brutally, cruelly, sadistically,” YIVO’s Jonathan Brent tells Jon Wertheim.

• Nov 15, 2022
• 01:26

ICYMI: A look back at Sunday's 60 Minutes

Investigating the Surfside condo collapse; Saving Jewish artifacts during the Holocaust; Sona Jobarteh: The 60 Minutes Interview

• Nov 14, 2022

The Paper Brigade: Rescuing cultural artifacts during and after WWII

A group of writers and intellectuals living in what is now Vilnius, Lithuania, risked their lives to save Jewish culture and history.

• Nov 13, 2022

Paper Brigade | Sunday on 60 Minutes

Jon Wertheim reports from Lithuania on a group of resistance fighters who risked their lives to save a trove of Jewish artifacts during and after the Holocaust.

• Nov 10, 2022
• 00:33

Newly discovered photos show horror of Nazi's Kristallnacht up close

The violence of the pogrom exactly 84 years ago is widely considered a starting point for the Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews were murdered.

• Nov 9, 2022

Josh Gad: "Silence is no longer an option" after Kanye West comments

"My people are now under attack in a very disturbing and real way," he wrote. "...Speak out now and speak out loudly."

• Oct 26, 2022

Directors discuss new Holocaust documentary

Co-directors Ken Burns and Lynn Novick join "CBS Mornings" to discuss their new PBS documentary "The U.S. and the Holocaust." The film looks at how U.S. policies impacted Nazi Germany and Jewish people trying to escape.

• Sep 14, 2022
• 06:42

Sisters who survived Holocaust die days apart in Alabama

Sisters Ruth Scheuer Siegler, 95, and Ilse Scheuer Nathan, 98, died just 10 days apart.

• Sep 7, 2022

America's failures in response to the Holocaust

A new PBS documentary series by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, "The U.S. and the Holocaust," examines how United States policy was not always an open door for Jews in Europe who sought to flee Nazi persecution before and during World War II.

• Sep 4, 2022

Rep. Byron Donalds on Greene controversy

Republican members of Congress are condemning GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene after she compared pandemic-related health measures to the Holocaust. Congressman Byron Donalds, a Republican from Florida, joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with his reaction. He also discusses police reform, Florida's new election laws, and the role former President Trump will play in the GOP going forward.

• May 25, 2021
• 10:17

Teachers weep recalling students killed in Parkland shooting

Eyewitnesses to the killings of 17 people by Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are giving heart-wrenching testimony at his penalty trial.

• Jul 20, 2022

Biden arrives in Israel for start of first Middle East trip

The president begins the visit with a three-day stop in Israel, where officials say Iran's quickly evolving nuclear program is at the top of their agenda.

• Jul 13, 2022

Israel demands apology after Russian official says Hitler had Jewish roots

"This is an unforgivable and outrageous statement and a terrible historic mistake and we expect an apology," Israel's foreign minister said.

• May 2, 2022

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