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Fast Forward ‘Unspeakable evil’: Vice President Vance tours Dachau on first international trip
Vance visited the former concentration camp with a Holocaust survivor and pledged to remember the atrocities committed against the Jewish people
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Fast Forward JD Vance to visit Dachau on Thursday, the latest VP to tour the Nazi camp
He’s the latest in a string of senior U.S. officials to travel to the former Nazi camp
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News A US soldier sent home bones from Dachau. They’ve just been buried in a Jewish cemetery
The remains have been hidden since the Holocaust. No one knows who they belong to
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Culture He fled Jim Crow — then risked his future for two Holocaust survivors
Lieutenant John Withers had every reason to say no. The army, though segregated, was his only realistic shot at a better life. As an aspiring professor, Withers hoped the GI Bill would help him get a Ph.D., and maybe — just maybe — escape the fate that America had written for him. But a dishonorable…
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Culture Making His Mark, Cartoons From Dachau To Miami
Recently the Forward received a donation of 66 cartoons drawn by a survivor of Dachau. And they are a lot of fun! The more accurate way of saying it, I guess, is that 66 drawings by the Forward’s in-house cartoonist were returned to our archive. Lillian Silver, daughter of former editor Simon Weber, brought us…
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Opinion Trump’s Effort Against Anti-Semitism Is No Longer ‘Too Little, Too Late’
After months of negative press and justifiable criticism for a campaign plagued by anti-Semitic dog whistles, both President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are finally making amends. Last week, Trump forcefully responded to the shocking increase in anti-Semitic incidents, condemning such attacks and threats as “horrible” and “painful.” Meanwhile, Pence and his wife, Karen…
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Fast Forward Dachau’s Stolen Front Gate Reading ‘Work Makes You Free’ Returned To Site
(JTA) — The iron gate of the Dachau Nazi camp, which bears the message “Arbeit macht frei,” or “Work sets you free,” was returned to the site after being stolen more than two years ago. At a ceremony Wednesday, the gate was welcomed back to Dachau, where a replica was installed since the original was…
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Fast Forward Mike Pence Visits Dachau Concentration Camp Site
(JTA) — Vice President Mike Pence visited the site of a Nazi concentration camp in Germany. Pence, his wife Karen, and their daughter Charlotte arrived at Dachau, located near Munich, on Sunday morning. Pence was attending the Munich Security Conference, and was scheduled to travel on to Brussels later Sunday for meetings with NATO and…
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