Ilana Kantorowicz Shalem is one of the youngest Holocaust survivors. International Holocaust Memorial Day is observed across the world on January 27.
The Jewish Family and Children's Services Holocaust Center in San Francisco has a vast archive with thousands of items related to the Holocaust and is focusing on education to make sure the stories of survivors are not forgotten.
It's been 80 years since the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated at the end of World War II, but surveys are showing that fewer people remember the Holocaust and the horrors that happened there. As Holocaust Remembrance Day approaches, the Jewish community is working to fight antisemitism and keep history alive.
This 200-year-old silver antique was stolen from a Jewish couple by Nazis during World War II. Now, it is back in the family's hands for the first time in 85 years.
Communities across the U.S. are remembering the atrocities of one of the worst acts of genocide in modern history for Holocaust Remembrance Day. But for the Jewish Family and Children's Services Holocaust Center in San Francisco, teaching the history of those events is what they do everyday.