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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Film & TV How the master builder behind ‘The Brutalist’ was inspired by her hometown synagogue
Oscar nominee Judy Becker talks about bringing László Tóth's designs to life
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Fast Forward Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denies comparing CDC to ‘Nazi death camps’
The embattled nominee for HHS secretary has made controversial remarks about Nazis and vaccines in the past
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Culture Anne Frank didn’t live here — she never had the chance
A full-scale recreation of the 'Secret Annex' opens in New York, a place the Frank family sought vainly to reach
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News Holocaust distortion more dangerous than denial, warns departing IHRA chief Kathrin Meyer
Meyer, a non-Jewish researcher, has helmed the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance at a time when its definition of antisemitism grew controversial
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Fast Forward The only Jew in Oświęcim, Poland, can see Auschwitz from her bedroom window
Hila Weisz-Gut’s grandmother survived Auschwitz. In 2023, Weisz-Gut moved to the town where the concentration camp is located.
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Opinion Why Israel should have little to do with Holocaust Remembrance Day
The memory of this atrocity doesn't belong to any one nation state
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Fast Forward Jews removed from Irish Holocaust memorial event for protesting president’s remarks on Gaza
The incident comes as tensions between Ireland and Israel are at a high
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Books What we write about when we write about Anne Frank
In the latest entry in the 'Jewish Lives' series, Ruth Franklin explores the 'Many Lives' of the most famous witness to the Holocaust
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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News Protesters picket Manhattan synagogue over Israel real estate sale, testing Mamdani and new law
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.
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Looking Forward My artist grandmother nearly made aliyah. I don’t know what she’d think of Israel today
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.