On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a powerful call for remembrance and action echoed across the world. Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas stood alongside world leaders and Holocaust survivors, urging the world to remember the past while fighting for the release of those still in captivity.

“We need to make sure that this isn’t forgotten, that the 90 remaining hostages are freed,” said Yasmin Magal, whose cousin Omer Neutra—a 22-year-old American-Israeli soldier and grandson of Holocaust survivors—was kidnapped and murdered in Gaza. “The live ones to recover, and the dead to a proper burial in our homeland.”

Lessons from the Past, A Cry for the Present

The horrors of October 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists massacred 1,200 civilians and abducted 251 hostages, have been likened to the atrocities of the Holocaust. Omer Lifshitz, whose 84-year-old father remains a hostage, reflected on the...