This is the Forward’s coverage of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a concentration and extermination camp in Poland run by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
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Community What It’s Like To Wear A Yarmulke In Europe
“Traitor!” Each baseball season, I occasionally get this slightly amusing accusation from a few friends and my younger sisters. After all, I have lived in Baltimore for almost 18 years, and I still cannot bring myself to root for the Orioles. Instead, I am a huge Red Sox fan. This is true even though I…
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Fast Forward Davidson College Basketball Team’s Visit To Auschwitz, Inspired By Ray Allen
The Davidson College men’s basketball team will fly to Poland on Saturday to visit Auschwitz, in hopes of keeping alive the tragic memory of the Holocaust and its victims. The four-day trip grew out of an invitation from a Davidson alumna involved with the Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust, a non-profit focused…
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The Schmooze Mira Sorvino Owns Sexist Holocaust Mansplainer On Twitter
Mira Sorvino has taken enough crap. The Oscar-winning actress and Harvard graduate has said she was attacked by Harvey Weinstein. She has put her reputation on the line, becoming a prominent face of the #MeToo movement. Her career was likely negatively impacted by her interactions with Weinstein. She has dealt with a lot of pain…
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Fast Forward Former CIA Chief Compares U.S. Immigration Policies To Nazi Germany
(JTA) — Former head of the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency Michael Hayden compared the Trump administration’s immigration policies to Nazi Germany. In a tweet posted on Saturday, Hayden wrote: “Other governments have separated mothers and children,” under a black and white photo of the front of Auschwitz as seen from the railroad…
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Fast Forward Doomed Woman Wrote Letter Moments Before Being Murdered In Auschwitz. Now We Can Read It.
An Indianapolis man avoided for decades reading the letter his mother wrote moments before she entered an Auschwitz gas chamber — but now it is displayed in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Frank Grunwald, 85, survived the Holocaust. His mother Vilma and his disabled brother had a different fate. Moments before…
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Fast Forward German Rappers Who Mocked Auschwitz Prisoners Agree To Visit Nazi Camp
(JTA) — The rappers who brought down a prestigious German music prize over songs containing anti-Semitic lyrics will visit Auschwitz. Kollegah and Farid Bang accepted an invitation from the International Auschwitz Committee to visit the former Nazi death camp next month, Germany’s Bild newspaper reported. On April 12, they won an Echo Award in the…
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News The Little-Known Gay Hero Who Tried To Save The Children Of Auschwitz
In 1940, an article appeared in Prague’s Jewish newspaper entitled, “Healthy Youth – Healthy Homeland.” “Which do you prefer,” it began, “a proud and tall suntanned lad, or a flabby, nervous youngster with drooping shoulders? Probably the first. But what are you doing about emulating him? Nothing!” The piece was written by Alfred (Fredy) Hirsch,…
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Fast Forward Israeli Teen Fined For Urinating On Auschwitz Memorial
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — A 19-year-old Israeli was detained at the Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum after he was caught urinating on a memorial commemorating the victims of the camp. He was questioned for several hours and released on Wednesday after voluntarily accepting a fine as punishment, according to local reports. According to Polish law those who…
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