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 In the Oscar race: Bob Dylan and Laszlo Toth face the limits of Jewish reinvention
'The Brutalist' and 'A Complete Unknown' show men whose masterpieces can’t escape their past
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Fast Forward Belgium’s railway should apologize but not pay for sending Jews to Nazi death camps, government panel concludes
One member of the commission, the son of Holocaust survivors, excoriated the conclusion
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Film & TV From WWII Amsterdam, a deeply disturbing story of Dutch complicity with the Nazis
Willy Lindwer's Holocaust documentary 'Lost City' unearths a gruesome chapter in Dutch history
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Yiddish World Psychologist, writer and Yiddish culture activist Michael Fox has died
In addition to a memoir, Fox authored two plays, a children's book and three novels.
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Film & TV How the discovery of a secret tunnel inspired a film about Jewish resistance
The PBS documentary ‘Resistance’ surfaced the often unsung stories of how Jews fought back against the Nazis
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Fast Forward His home did not survive the Eaton Fire. But one precious family heirloom did.
The Eaton Fire claimed Josh Kotler’s home but his grandmother’s menorah survived
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Opinion My grandmother fled Hitler in 1938. She’d be skeptical of panic over antisemitism today
Yes, antisemitism is on the rise — but that doesn't always mean what we might think
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Books This devastating story of a hidden child during WWII will change how you think about France and the Holocaust
In 'Adieu,' Alfred Lakritz tells the powerful story of his own survival
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Opinion The Iran war ended terribly for the US, and even worse for Israel
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Film & TV In ‘Disclosure Day,’ Steven Spielberg finds himself at odds with Jewish thought about aliens
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Opinion Cultural boycotts of Israel just reached peak absurdity
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Sports This year’s biggest World Cup upset came from its most Jew-ish team
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Fast Forward Years after a boycott fight, Ben & Jerry’s Israel debuts a flavor celebrating Israeli resilience
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Fast Forward Mamdani calls AIPAC ‘monsters’ in rally ahead of NY primaries
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Fast Forward Jewish groups push back against Trump’s Iran deal — but more quietly so far than in 2015
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News Who is Gadi Eisenkot, the Israeli politician who could dethrone Netanyahu?