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 Inside a forgotten camera, a time capsule
After my father – a Holocaust survivor — passed away in 1991 I found an old leather valise he had brought with him from Germany. Inside were hundreds of still photographs he had taken right after liberation with a Leica IIIc. They included scenes around Germany; in particular, Lubeck, where I was born in 1949….
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Fast Forward First, Auschwitz researchers found a name written in a child’s shoe. That led them to the father’s suitcase.
A note found in a child’s shoe at the Auschwitz museum this summer has led researchers to a suitcase that likely belonged to the child’s father. In July, employees of the Auschwitz museum discovered the name of Amos Steinberg written in a shoe. Amos Steinberg was born in Prague in 1938 and killed with his…
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Fast Forward Auschwitz Museum employees discover notes in shoes of children
WARSAW (JTA) — Employees of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum discovered handwritten inscriptions in shoes belonging to children who were sent to the Nazi death camp in Poland. The discoveries were made in the course of efforts to preserve the shoes on display at the museum. One inscription identified a shoe as belonging to Amos Steinberg,…
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Fast Forward Auschwitz Museum says preserved site is different from statues honoring controversial figures
(JTA) — The Auschwitz Memorial and Museum waded into the current debate over tearing down statues of historical figures, noting that there’s a difference between preserving a historic site and statues meant to honor historic figures. “We can see a lot of ‘Auschwitz’ mentions recently,” the museum tweeted on Sunday. “Remember that a preserved historic…
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Fast Forward ‘They’re all sons of bitches’: Auschwitz survivor voices support for Chicago protesters
As protests against police brutality took place in hundreds of cities over the weekend, a candid photo of an Auschwitz survivor voicing support went viral. Noah Toly, an urban studies professor who originally posted the photo, was attending a protest in his hometown of Wheaton, Ill., when a passing car flagged him down. In the…
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Fast Forward Minnesota teens mock Jews being sent to Auschwitz in TikTok video
(JTA) — Two Minnesota high school students were criticized for sharing a video titled “Me and the boys on the way to camp,” which photoshops them dancing in a Nazi boxcar and happily skipping into Auschwitz, on the video social media platform TikTok. The video contains humorous music whose lyrics include “Tell everybody I’m on…
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Fast Forward Auschwitz Memorial closes to visitors over coronavirus fears
(JTA) — The Auschwitz Memorial and the site of the former Nazi camp are closed to visitors due to concerns over the coronavirus. The memorial announced on Wednesday that it would shut down until March 25. The announcement comes on the heels of the decision by the Polish government to close all museums and cultural…
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Fast Forward Senior Saudi leader and Muslim religious leaders visit Auschwitz
(JTA) — A senior Muslim leader from Saudi Arabia visited Auschwitz with a delegation from the American Jewish Committee. Mohammed al-Issa, the secretary-general of the Mecca-based Muslim World League and a former Saudi justice minister, joined a delegation of Muslim religious leaders from several countries at the site of the former Nazi camp on Thursday,…
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