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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Fast Forward Auschwitz ‘Portraitist’ Dies at 95
Wilhelm Brasse, known as the “Portraitist of Auschwitz,” has died. Brasse died Tuesday in Zywiec, Poland. He was 95. At the Auschwitz death camp, he took pictures of prisoners and photos for the experiments of Josef Mengele and Eduard Wirths. He had been sent to Auschwitz for refusing to register with the Volksliste, which classified…
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Books Némirovsky’s ‘Wine of Solitude’ Confirms Her Place
The Wine of Solitude By Irène Némirovsky Vintage, 256 pages. $15 When we first meet Hélène Karol, she is an 8-year-old girl growing up in Ukraine. She dislikes, and is disliked by, her mother, an exceedingly unhappy member of the morally and financially bankrupt bourgeoisie. Hélène loves and admires her father, who doesn’t care much…
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Fast Forward Oldest Ex-Auschwitz Prisoner Dies at 108
The oldest known former prisoner of Auschwitz reportedly has died at the age of 108. Antoni Dobrowolski died Sunday in the northwestern Polish town of Debno, The Associated Press reported, citing Jaroslaw Mensfelt, a spokesman for the Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum. Dobrowolski was arrested and sent to Auschwitz in 1942 for holding secret lessons past the…
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News George McGovern, Peace Candidate Who Knew When War Was Needed
George McGovern is widely remembered for advocating immediate American withdrawal from Vietnam and sharp reductions in defense spending. Yet despite his reputation as a pacifist, the former U.S. senator and 1972 presidential candidate, who died Sunday at 90, did believe there were times when America should use military force abroad. Case in point: the Allies’…
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Fast Forward Google Online Institute Highlights Jewish Themes
Google introduced a new online historical collection of digitized material, highlighting several Jewish themes, events and institutional partners in its first wave of exhibits. At least 13 of the Google Cultural Institute’s inaugural collection of 42 featured exhibits consist of materials from the Anne Frank House, the Polish History Museum, the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Foundation…
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Fast Forward Yad Vashem Chair Named to Auschwitz Council
The chairman of Yad Vashem has been appointed the deputy chairman of the International Auschwitz Council. The appointment of Avner Shalev by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was announced by Yad Vashem on Tuesday. The International Auschwitz Council was established by Poland in 2000. It is an advisory body to the prime minister on issued…
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Fast Forward Weight-Loss Ad Mocks Holocaust Victims
An Estonian weekly newspaper ran a mock ad for weight loss pills using a photo of prisoners at a Nazi concentration camp, raising the ire of the country’s Jewish community. The fake ad appeared in the humor section of the Eesti Ekspress, according to reports. It was designed to make fun of a recent ad…
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Fast Forward Estonian Gas Company Uses Auschwitz Image
An Estonian gas company used a photo of Auschwitz to advertise their products. The website of the Estonian company GasTerm Eesti on Aug. 23 published a photograph of the front gate of the Nazi camp Auschwitz with the famous inscription “Arbeit macht frei,” or work makes you free. The caption of the photo read: “Gas…
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