This is the Forward’s coverage of the modern nation of Germany, the successor state to Nazi Germany, which perpetrated the Holocaust during World War II.
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Yiddish World ‘Faust’ author Goethe’s fascination with Yiddish
As a boy, Goethe visited Jewish schools in Frankfurt, and even attended a circumcision and a Jewish wedding
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Opinion As Trump officials cozy up to Germany’s far right, everything alt is neu again
As AfD continues to court Trump and his MAGA movement, how worried should American Jews be?
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Fast Forward German auction house calls off ‘shameless’ sale of concentration camp artifacts
Survivors objected to the sale of victims’ belongings and a yellow Star of David with “signs of wear"
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Yiddish World A Yiddish circus in a suitcase
German audiences are enthusiastic about the show “Tshemodan,” where circus artists perform to a live klezmer band
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Yiddish World A German museum aimed to honor Jewish wit. The result is downright demeaning.
The Haus der Kunst in Munich now has Yiddish insults mounted on its cornice
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Culture How Germany’s Holocaust remembrance culture kicked off a democratic crisis
Germany has made remembering the Holocaust central, but that commitment has been strained by Oct. 7 and the rise of the far-right. What happens if Germany loses its memory?
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Fast Forward German government pledges record $1B in funding for Holocaust survivor home care
The sum reflects a recognition that an aging survivor population has growing needs
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Opinion Germany excels at restoring synagogues destroyed by the Nazis. But can they foster new Jewish life?
Munich's Reichenbachstrasse Synagogue shines again. But unless it hosts regular prayer, it’s just a museum with a bimah
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