Holocaust

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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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…

By Gabe Friedman Jul 23, 2017 | 3 min read
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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,…

By JTA Jul 23, 2017 | < 1 min read
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She Keeps Memory Of The Holocaust Alive — One Tchotchke At A Time

For the past 26 years, Susan Goldstein Snyder, a curator at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, has traveled across the U.S. and Europe meeting with survivors (and, increasingly, their children and grandchildren), listening to their stories, and persuading them to donate their artifacts to the museum. Over the course of her career, she has…

By Aimee Levitt Jul 21, 2017 | 7 min read
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Why I Didn’t Fast On Tisha B’Av — And Why Now I (Kinda) Do

Until not too long ago, Tisha B’Av was an “eating day” for me. Every mouthful was a bid for God’s attention. “Look God! I’m drinking coffee! Over here — these blueberry waffles are delicious!” On Yom Kippur I fasted like a champ, but Tisha B’Av was my “un-fast.” “Look God, I’m eating!” It was an…

By Margie Newman Jul 20, 2017 | 3 min read
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Survivors’ Granddaughter Defends Snatching Auschwitz Relics: ‘Something I Had To Do’

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum located on the site of the former Nazi camp said it will file a complaint with the Polish prosecutor against an Israeli woman who removed relics from site. Rotem Bides, 27, an art student at the Beit Berl College, visited the Auschwitz site six times and removed…

By JTA Jul 19, 2017 | < 1 min read
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6 Reasons Why Emmanuel Macron’s Holocaust Speech Matters

PARIS (JTA) — It wasn’t the first time that a French president acknowledged his nation’s Holocaust-era guilt, but Emmanuel Macron’s speech Sunday was nonetheless groundbreaking in format, content and style. Delivered during a ceremony at the Vel d’Hiv Holocaust memorial monument exactly 75 years after French police officers rounded up 13,152 Jews there for deportation…

By Cnaan Liphshiz Jul 17, 2017 | 5 min read
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Rio Mayor Lays Cornerstone For Holocaust Memorial

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — The mayor of Rio de Janeiro laid the cornerstone of a long-awaited Holocaust memorial in Brazil’s second-largest city. “The greatest homage we can render to the six million victims of the Nazis is to shout to the world: Holocaust, never again!” said Rio Mayor Marcelo Crivella during Friday’s ceremony, quoting…

By JTA Jul 16, 2017 | < 1 min read
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Holocaust Survivor Skydives For The First Time At 89 — ‘I Loved It’

Elly Gotz, a Holocaust survivor, took to the skies earlier this month when he skydived for the first time, at 89 years old. Gotz, who was liberated from Dachau when he was 17, dropped from 13,000 feet in the air. “I’m very happy I did it,” Gotz told The Star shortly after landing in Cookstown,…

By Ari Feldman Jul 13, 2017 | < 1 min read

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Three Italian Brothers Try To Find The Cave They Lived In During The Holocaust

Israeli Student’s Art Project Contains Relics Taken From Auschwitz

She Keeps Memory Of The Holocaust Alive — One Tchotchke At A Time

Why I Didn’t Fast On Tisha B’Av — And Why Now I (Kinda) Do

Survivors’ Granddaughter Defends Snatching Auschwitz Relics: ‘Something I Had To Do’

6 Reasons Why Emmanuel Macron’s Holocaust Speech Matters

Rio Mayor Lays Cornerstone For Holocaust Memorial

Holocaust Survivor Skydives For The First Time At 89 — ‘I Loved It’

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