{
  "id": 7293027,
  "title": "Israel's oldest Holocaust survivor dies at at 107 on Rosh Hashanah",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/israels-oldest-holocaust-survivor-dies-at-at-107-on-rosh-hashanah",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T10:20:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-908506"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Yehuda Aharon Widawski, the oldest Holocaust survivor in Israel, passed away at the age of 107 on Rosh Hashanah. Widawski endured the brutal Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz-Birkenau, losing his parents and most siblings. Alongside his brother, he survived Josef Mengele's selection and was liberated by the Red Army in 1945. After the war, Widawski dedicated decades to restoring Jewish cemeteries in Poland, lightening a torch at Yad Vashem in 2012 and becoming a prominent witness and role model in the Sochatchov and Modzitz Hasidic communities. President Isaac Herzog expressed his condolences, noting Widawski's life as a testament to the victory of life, memory, and revival.",
  "summary": "Born in Poland in 1919, Widawski was imprisoned with his family in the Lodz Ghetto following the Nazi invasion. He was later deported to Auschwitz, where he lost his parents and most of his siblings.",
  "key_points": [
    "Yehuda Aharon Widawski, Israel's oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at 107",
    "Widawski endured Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, losing family",
    "Widawski dedicated post-war life to Polish Jewish cemeteries restoration"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Remains of British Jew discovered in forest near Uman during Rosh Hashanah holiday",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/remains-of-british-jew-discovered-in-forest-near-uman-during-rosh",
        "published": "2026-09-14T08:50:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}