Holocaust

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  7/23/2020
  

  Nazi Concentration Camp Guard Convicted over 5,232 Murders

  A 93-year-old former SS guard has been found guilty of accessory to the murder of 5,232 people at a Nazi concentration camp in the final days of the second world war.

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  7/19/2020
  

  The Holocaust Survivor Hoping To Change American Police Culture

  Psychologist Ervin Staub has pioneered active bystander training to limit violence between police and the public.

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• 7/3/2020
  

  New Novel "The Collaborator" Explores the Moral Ambiguities of a Holocaust Rescuer

  by Diane Armstrong

  Do we have the right to judge the actions of people in life and death situations? Are we honour-bound to keep promises, no matter to whom they were made, and in what situations? Can a man be a hero and a collaborator?

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• SOURCE: BBC
  6/17/2020
  

  Portugal Finally Recognizes Consul Who Saved Thousands from Holocaust

  Aristides de Sousa Mendes ruined his own diplomatic career by helping Jews acquire visas to leave Belgium ahead of Nazi persecution.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  6/3/2020
  

  How Crowdsourcing Aided a Push to Preserve the Histories of Nazi Victims

  With people around the globe sheltering at home amid the pandemic, the Arolsen Archives asked for help indexing them. Thousands joined the effort.

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• SOURCE: TIME
  5/29/2020
  

  Many Holocaust Survivors Are Struggling Amid the Pandemic. Here’s How Virtual Gatherings Are Helping

  Many survivors are finding that these virtual gatherings are meeting an important need — both for their own mental health, and for a world that needs to hear their perspective.

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• 5/17/2020
  

  What the New Evidence on Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust Means

  by Rafael Medoff

  In the end, whatever their respective reasons, the Pope and the president both opted to look away from the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  5/11/2020
  

  Victim or Executioner? Let the Computer Decide

  An interactive plan for a Holocaust museum envisioned sorting visitors into victims, executioners and collaborators. Backlash ensued.

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• SOURCE: TIME
  5/8/2020
  

  World War II in Europe Ended 75 Years Ago—But the World Is Still Fighting Over Who Gets to Say What Happened

  The Polish historian Jan Grabowski is one of many scholars whose work has been challenged and attacked by right-wing nationalists who wish to present a purely heroic version of how Poles acted during World War II. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  5/4/2020
  

  They Survived the Holocaust. Now They’re Confronting the Virus.

  The generation that endured Nazi death camps is especially vulnerable to the pandemic.

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• SOURCE: National Catholic Register
  5/1/2020
  

  Pope Pius XII Detractor Cries Wolf

  German historian and Catholic Priest Father Hubert Wolf has claimed that recently opened Vatican documents show Pope Pius XII was complicit with Nazi atrocities. Other Church historians dispute the novelty or veracity of his evidence.

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• SOURCE: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
  5/3/2020
  

  A ‘Holocaust Disneyland’? Historians Say a Controversial Film Director Wants to Turn a Ukrainian Museum into One.

  A Ukrainian filmmaker's controversial methods and subject matter have sparked criticism of his leadership of a memorial project for the massacre by Nazis and local collaborators of 150,000 people (including 50,000 Jews) at Babyn Yar, outside Kyiv.

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• SOURCE: New York Post
  5/3/2020
  

  German Catholic Bishops Admit They Were ‘Complicit’ In Nazi Crimes

  Germany’s Catholic bishops have acknowledged that they were “complicit” in allowing the Nazis to rise to power.

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• SOURCE: Huffington Post
  5/3/2020
  

  Auschwitz Museum Condemns Use Of Nazi Slogan At US Anti-Lockdown Protest

  The "work sets you free" sign repeated the inscription on the gates of Auschwitz and was aimed at the Jewish governor of Illinois.

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• 5/3/2020
  

  Lessons on Isolation and Humanity in a Family's Letters from Hiding

  by Daphne Geismar

  A virus doesn’t discriminate. But our social structures, systemic biases, and policy choices have made some populations particularly vulnerable. This pandemic has changed us. We must make changes so this tragedy, like the Holocaust, isn’t repeated.

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• SOURCE: Inside Sources
  4/29/2020
  

  Time to Reflect on 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of WWII Concentration Camps

  by Rick Halperin

  A human rights scholar uges us to honor the anniversaries of allied liberation of Nazi concentration camps by seeing our current individual travails through the perspective of our common humanity.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/29/2020
  

  Pope Pius XII, Accused of Silence During the Holocaust, Knew Jews Were Being Killed, Researcher Says

  A team of resesarchers led by Hubert Wolf discovered documents suggesting Pope Pius XII knew at an early stage of the Nazi efforts at genocide, concealed those facts from the United States government and others, and concealed documents to protect the Church's image.

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• SOURCE: Time
  4/21/2020
  

  The Holocaust Was an Attempt to Erase Millions of People. Today, the World Must Honor the Evidence That They Existed

  "Naming the great European void, recognizing its existence by remembering, is thus not only a moral duty but also the only way for us, as survivors, to maintain our own humanity," writes author Elisabeth Åsbrink.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  4/21/2020
  

  Coronavirus Lockdown Deepens Holocaust Survivors' Loneliness

  How one Holocaust survivor is honoring Holocaust Remembrance Day under quarantine.

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• SOURCE: The Hill
  4/21/2020
  

  Holocaust Memorial Event 'Zoom Bombed' with Hitler Images

  During an online event held by the Israeli Embassy in Germany, "Zoom bombers" interrupted a Holocaust survivor's speech.