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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News After Documenting Holocaust Graves, This French Priest Takes on IS Crimes
She was 22 when she was sold to a high-ranking soldier in the Islamic State group. And she knew she was privileged, getting a high-ranking husband. After all, most Yazidi girls are sold 25 times at minimum. Being owned by a high-ranking official meant she would most likely be kept for longer. Every morning, her…
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Fast Forward Netherlands Builds Museum Out Of Former Nazi Tunnels
Dutch tourists can now roam former Nazi bunkers and tunnels for less than $10 per person. The new attraction in The Hague is made out of a restored Nazi fortification system, the Atlantikwall, which was made to prevent an invasion from the Allies. The bunkers were refurbished and opened to tourists in an effort to…
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Fast Forward Traveling Holocaust Exhibit Aims To Make History Accessible
The first traveling Auschwitz exhibit will bring artifacts to people around North America and Europe in an attempt to make Holocaust education more accessible, according to The New York Times reported Wednesday. The exhibit has been in the works for seven years. It may charge a small entrance fee but will be free for students,…
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News What It’s Like To Collect Holocaust Artifacts For A Living
Susan Snyder has been a curator at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for the past 26 years. She travels the country, and sometimes Europe, meeting with people who have collections of Holocaust artifacts and memorabilia. Last week, she came to Chicago on a collecting trip and took a few minutes to explain to Forward…
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Fast Forward Russian Gave Jared A Bag Of Soil From Grandparents’ Hometown
Everyone now knows Jared Kushner met with a Russian lawyer promising dirt on Hillary Clinton. Less known is that Kushner received a bag full of real dirt from another Russian he had met with. This dirt came from the the village of Nvgorod in Belarus, the hometown of Kushner’s grandparents. In his written statement to…
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News Why Are There Crosses On Eastern Europe’s Newest Holocaust Memorials?
When school principal Ivan Timoshko decided to do something to mark the spot in his village where dozens of Jews were executed by the Nazis, he did it the only way he knew how: He built a cross. Together with the children from his school in the village, he cut down an acacia tree, chopped…
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News Three Italian Brothers Try To Find The Cave They Lived In During The Holocaust
(JTA) — (JTA) — Renting a house in the Italian countryside and eating loads of pasta is about as blissful a vacation as they come. For the three Anati brothers, however, such a trip is a reminder of the horrors of the Holocaust. Yet the brothers — Bubi, 77; Andrea, 85; and Emmanuel, 88…
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Fast Forward Israeli Student’s Art Project Contains Relics Taken From Auschwitz
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The final project of an Israeli art student who said she used artifacts she removed from Auschwitz will go on display after she clarified that they came from outside the former Nazi camp. Beit Berl College announced late last week following a disciplinary hearing with student Rotem Bides, the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors,…
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