This is the Forward’s coverage of the Holocaust (also called the Shoah), the genocide of Europe’s Jews committed by the Nazis during World War II.
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The Schmooze The Jewelry Brand Making Necklaces Out Of Concentration Camp Numbers
Dana Rogozinski, founder of Jakob Ella jewelry, always knew she wanted to find a way to carry on her grandmother’s Holocaust legacy, but she didn’t quite know where to start. Dana always kept her grandmother’s story close to her heart, even as she studied fashion and jewelry in New York, and felt an even stronger…
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Fast Forward China Is Creating A Global Registry Of Minorities
As a way to monitor its ethnic minorities, Chinese authorities are creating a global registry of Uighurs — a Turkic ethnic group — who live outside of China, The Daily Beast reported. Those on the list are required to provide personal information to Chinese police, or else their relatives will be detained. The Chinese government…
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Fast Forward Auschwitz Survivor Laments Holocaust Denier’s Run For Congress In Her District
An Auschwitz survivor can’t believe a Arthur Jones, a Holocaust denier, is running to represent her district in Congress, the Chicago Tribune reported. Stasia Dorna was fourteen when she was transported to Auschwitz. She remembers the sour soup, the icy barracks and her friend who was badly beaten for sneaking a bite of potato. Dorna…
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Fast Forward Israelis Caught Dancing Naked At Nazi Death Camp
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Israeli students were caught on video dancing naked at the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland over the weekend. Workers at the camp made the video and the students were subsequently expelled from their trip by their school, Haaretz reported. It was the latest in a series of incidents involving bad behavior…
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Community Poland Must Reckon With How It Treated Jews During WWII, For Good And For Bad
The “Polish Death Camp Law” has stirred many feelings across Poland and Israel, and among Diaspora Jewry. Jail time has been removed for making a claim that “the Polish nation or the Republic of Poland is responsible or co-responsible for Nazi crimes committed by the Third Reich,” but the law remains on the books. Many…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Should Not Go ‘Unchallenged,’ Says Chicago Write-In Candidate
A former Republican congressional staffer is launching an independent write-in campaign in the Chicago-area district where a neo-Nazi will be on the ballot in November, Politico reported. Lawyer and former congressional aide Justin Hanson said he felt compelled to join the race for the 3rd Congressional District after learning Holocaust denier Arthur Jones was the…
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Fast Forward Poland Accesses WWII-Era Archives Proving Efforts To Save Jews During Holocaust
(JTA) — Poland has obtained a World War II-era archive that documents efforts by Polish diplomats to get Jews out of Europe by issuing fake passports from Latin American countries. The Eiss archive shows that 330 people survived the Holocaust due to the efforts of the Polish diplomats based in Switzerland, and another 387 were…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Denier Running For Mayor Of South Carolina Town
A self-proclaimed “Holocaust revisionist” is running for mayor of Hilton Head, South Carolina, and says his views won’t impact his policies as mayor, The Island Packet reported Tuesday. Michael Santomauro has no previous experience in government, according to The Island Packet. He worked as the editorial director of U.S. operations for the Theses and Dissertations…
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