Holocaust

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/13/19
  

  They Resisted Hitler. They Were Executed. At Last, They Lie at Rest.

  “With this, we can give back some of their dignity to those who were murdered.”

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  4/30/19
  

  A Holocaust Story for the Social Media Generation

  Eva’s Instagram account, based on a diary kept by the real Eva Heyman in 1944, goes live Wednesday afternoon for the start of Israel’s annual Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day.

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• SOURCE: Time
  5/2/19
  

  Why Auschwitz Plays Such a Central Role in Holocaust Remembrance

  by Olivia B. Waxman

  Though it was just one of the half-dozen Nazi camps that scholars identify as “killing centers,” there’s a reason Auschwitz has become the focus of the history of the Holocaust.

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• 5/2/19
  

  The Template for the Holocaust- Germany's African Genocide

  by David Carlin

  In the 20th Century’s first genocide, Imperial Germany’s campaign of annihilation provided precedents for the racial ideologies and exterminatory tactics of the Holocaust. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  4/27/19
  

  Belarus Building Site Yields the Bones of 1,214 Holocaust Victims

  Most are believed to be the remains of Jews slaughtered by the Nazis after Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Belarus was then part of the Soviet nation.

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  4/22/19
  

  The Jewish Trumpeter Who Entertained Nazis to Survive the Holocaust

  For a while during his captivity, jazz kept Eric Vogel, a Jewish Czech trumpeter, useful to the Nazis—and therefore alive.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/10/19
  

  Anti-vaxxers are comparing themselves to Holocaust victims — who relied on vaccines to survive

  by Helene Sinnreich

  The comparison is offensive. It’s also historically wrong.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  4/11/19
  

  Teaching the Holocaust in Germany as a Resurgent Far Right Questions It

  As those who lived through it are dying off, and some people claim it never happened, what will happen to sites of remembrance?

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• SOURCE: NPR
  4/8/19
  

  A Look At The History Of The America Is 'Full' Phrase Trump Has Used A Lot Recently

  That line, our country is full, has a particular resonance for Jews. 

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• SOURCE: News Observer
  4/2/19
  

  ‘Never again.’ NC lawmakers consider requiring that the Holocaust be taught in schools.

  “The survivors are leaving us and along with their departures, we need to make sure that we live up to the mantra of ‘Never again,’” said Richard Schwartz, vice chairman of the N.C. Council on the Holocaust.

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• 3/31/19
  

  The Holocaust and the Christian World

  by Patrick Henry

  A new book offers reflections on the past of antisemitism and challenges for combatting it today. 

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• 3/27/19
  

  A Scorching Look at a Word War II Jewish Ghetto in Poland

  by Bruce Chadwick

  The play is a deep, rich and thoroughly frightening story of the Jews’ battle for survival in the city of Vilna.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  3/21/19
  

  Museum Curator In Florida Races Against Time To Preserve Holocaust Items

  "Truly, the clock is ticking. We need to meet eyewitnesses as soon as possible, before they are no longer with us."

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• 3/17/19
  

  Why the U.S. Bombed Auschwitz, But Didn't Save the Jews

  by Rafael Medoff

  Seventy-five years ago this week—on March 19, 1944—German troops marched into Hungary. The country’s 800,000 Jews, the last major Jewish community to have eluded the raging Holocaust, now lay within Hitler’s grasp.

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• SOURCE: Vice News
  3/8/19
  

  The Holocaust Prisoners Who Risked Their Lives to Sneak Evidence from Concentration Camps

  A new exhibition at London's Wiener Library tells the story of the men and women who enlightened the world as to what was happening in the extermination camps.

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• SOURCE: Time
  3/5/19
  

  Pope Francis Says Secret Archives On Holocaust-Era Pope Pius XII Will Be Opened Early

  “The church is not afraid of history,” Pope Francis said, announcing the move in a speech to members of the Vatican’s Secret Archives. 

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• SOURCE: A Night at the Garden
  Accessed 2/27/19
  

  Video of the Week: A Night at the Garden

  Watch the Oscar-nominated short documentary. 

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• SOURCE: Times of Israel
  2/27/19
  

  A ballad in the key of 4G

  by Edwin Black

  One family's history and intergenerational story of survival and hope. 

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• 2/24/19
  

  One Of The Greatest Cover-Ups Of The 20th Century

  by John Heminway

  A quest to learn more about a friend after her death revealed shocking secrets. 

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• SOURCE: AP
  2/10/19
  

  Report: Finnish SS volunteers likely killed Jews in WWII

  Finland’s move contrasts with the attitude of some eastern European nations that have sought to diminish their culpability in the Holocaust.