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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The Schmooze Forbidden Auschwitz Art on the Move
“This is the second time I am here,” Poland’s ambassador to the United States, Ryszard Schnepf said from the bimah of Park East Synagogue at the November 12th launch of the New York exhibition of “Forbidden Art” created by prisoners of Auschwitz-Birkenau. to Holocaust survivor and Kristallnacht witness Rabbi Arthur Schneier, the assemblage and diplomats…
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The Schmooze Holocaust Selfies Are an (Awful) Thing
(JTA) — Smiley selfies from Auschwitz and Buchenwald? They’re trending, apparently Blogger Hektor Brehl, writing for the German version of Vice magazine, has a piece about the tendency of young travelers to post pics taken at Holocaust memorials in which they show off their new sneakers and crack “uncool” jokes. Brehl collected an array of…
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Fast Forward Hungarian Auschwitz Survivor Nobel Laureate Imre Kertesz Hospitalized After Fall
Hungarian novelist and Auschwitz survivor Imre Kertesz, 84, winner of the 2002 Nobel Literature Prize, had surgery on Thursday to repair a broken hip and was in stable condition, the medical director of the hospital said. Kertesz was admitted early on Thursday after falling in his home and hitting his right hip, Lajos Zsiros told…
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Fast Forward U.S. Holocaust Museum To Return Auschwitz Barracks To Camp
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington will return a section of wooden barracks which was given on long-term loan by the Auschwitz Museum 24 years ago. The barracks, the centerpiece of the U.S. Holocaust Museum’s permanent collection, will be replaced by another set from Birkenau, which will be owned by the museum. The…
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Fast Forward 93-Year-Old Auschwitz Guard Charged as No. 4 Nazi Killer
Video: Nate Lavey German prosecutors on Thursday charged a 93-year-old alleged former guard at the Auschwitz death camp as an accessory to murder, part of a renewed drive to bring lower-level Nazi collaborators to justice before they die. The prosecution service in the city of Stuttgart said the accused worked as a guard at Auschwitz…
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Fast Forward Germany Calling for Prosecution of Former Auschwitz Guards
LUDWIGSBURG, Germany- German justice officials called on Tuesday for 30 former Nazi guards to face prosecution for their role in facilitating mass murder at the Auschwitz death camp during World War Two. The Nazis killed some 1.5 million people, mostly Jews but also Roma, Poles and others, at Auschwitz in occupied Poland between 1940 and…
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The Schmooze When Selfies Get Out of Control
Sometimes, it’s good to be reminded of the destructive power of the selfie. A new Tumblr called “Selfies At Serious Places” does just that. It’s exactly how it sounds: people taking close up pictures of their faces with an incredibly inappropriate backdrop. Seriously though: what goes through your mind when you tweet a picture of…
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The Schmooze Auschwitz Survivor Crowned ‘Miss Holocaust’
Shoshana Colmer, 93, a survivor of Auschwitz, was crowned Miss Holocaust at a contest in Haifa. The second annual Miss Holocaust Survivor Beauty Contest was held Aug. 22 at the Municipal Sports Complex before an audience of thousands. More than 300 women from Israel and around the world applied to participate in the contest, according…
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