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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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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Fast Forward 3 suspected Hamas members arrested in Germany for plotting attacks on Jews, Israelis
Mossad said it had coordinated on the arrests as part of a broad effort in Europe
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Opinion A Reichstag fire is blazing in Trump’s America and we know exactly who is fanning the flames
The question isn't whether authoritarianism has arrived in our country; the question is what we're going to do about it
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Sports An op-ed compared an NBA team to Israel as underdog success stories. Then the threats poured in.
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Opinion In Trump’s assault on democracy, echoes of Nazi Germany but new glimmers of hope that America will be different