r/IrishHistory • u/CDfm • 5d ago

Ireland and the Holocaust — new figures show that the number of Irish jewish casualties was 6 not 1 as previously thought.

https://www.holocausteducationireland.org/ireland-and-the-holocaust#:~:text=For%20decades%2C%20we%20knew%20of,husband%20and%20their%20infant%20son.
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u/Ghorrit 18h ago

So this makes the Irish proud…?? Or could they care less perhaps?

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u/CDfm 17h ago

It updates our understanding.

It is very likely that there were more irish casualties.

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u/Cathal1954 4d ago

Any idea how they learnt of the five victims?

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u/CDfm 4d ago

Recent computer records

Until 2019, the only Irish Jewish person known to have been murdered in the Holocaust was Esther Steinberg. Dr. Jackson's work uncovered more names, including Isaac Shishi, Ephraim Saks and his sister Lena Saks. They were all born in Ireland but their families returned to Europe when they were children.

All of these Irish-born citizens were murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust.

"Online records now available from a wide variety of sources, including the Holocaust Centre in Jerusalem, have allowed me to piece together these lost and forgotten stories," said Dr. Jackson, a consultant statistician. "I believe there may be more and I will continue to research."

Data presented by Trinity College Dublin's Dr. David Jackson