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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Fast Forward Germany’s Merkel Opens Holocaust Art Exhibit in Berlin
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the biggest exhibition of Holocaust art outside Israel in Berlin on Monday, after pledging to take concerns about rising anti-Semitism seriously. The “Art from the Holocaust” show features 100 works from Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust memorial center, which were created by Jewish inmates at concentration camps, labor…
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Fast Forward David Stoliar, Sole Survivor of the Torpedoed Struma, Remembered
David Stoliar, the only survivor of the Struma, which was carrying 800 Jews fleeing the Holocaust in Romania, died in 2014, but his death was not widely or nationally reported. Stoliar was on board the Struma, which was barred from entering then-Palestine, held in Turkey for several months, then set adrift without power and torpedoed…
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Fast Forward Trump-Promoted Twitter That ‘Gassed’ Sanders Now Pro Bernie — Not
That @WhiteGenocideTM Twitter that Donald Trump retweeted from? It’s now morphed into a mock “Bernie 4 Prez” feed. Trump retweeted a deprecating post about Jeb Bush last week from the Twitter, but critics quickly noted that by doing so he was promoting a site filled with anti-Semitic ramblings directed at Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders,…
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Fast Forward Auschwitz Ceremony To Mark 71st Anniversary of Camp’s Liberation
WARSAW, Poland — President Andrzej Duda of Poland and Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic of Croatia are expected to attend the ceremony at the Auschwitz memorial marking the 71st anniversary of the concentration camp’s liberation. Dozens of survivors and their relatives will also be on hand for Wednesday’s commemoration. Red Army troops liberated Auschwitz on Jan. 27, 1945…
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Fast Forward Polish Town Remembers Its Jewish Residents Murdered in Holocaust
WARSAW, Poland – A Polish town unveiled a monument to thousands of its Jews murdered in the Holocaust. The monument unveiled Friday in Suwalki is at the site of the northeastern town’s synagogue destroyed in 1956 after being severely damaged by the Germans during the Nazi occupation. Its inscription reads, in Polish, Hebrew and English:…
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Fast Forward Is Candy-Making Holocaust Survivor World’s Oldest Man at 112?
A Holocaust survivor in Haifa is believed to be the oldest man in the world. Yisrael Kristal, 112, achieved that status this week after Yasutaro Koide of Japan, also 112, died, Haaretz reported Thursday. Kristal’s grandson, Oren, received an email this week from the Gerontology Research Group, an international organization that tracks the world’s over-110…
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Fast Forward Israeli Flag From ‘Exodus’ Ship Is Donated to Holocaust Museum
The Israeli flag that flew over the SS Exodus carrying Holocaust refugees to Palestine reportedly was donated to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The flag was delivered to the museum by one of the donors, Bill Silverstein of Chicago, on Tuesday, the New York Times reported. Some 4,500 Holocaust survivors and other refugees were on…
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News George Weidenfeld, Inspirational Holocaust Survivor Who Funded Rescue of Christians From ISIS, Dies at 96
George Weidenfeld, a Holocaust survivor who famously repaid the debt of honor to those who saved him by bankrolling the rescue of Christians from Islamic State, has died at 96. The Jewish publishing magnate credited Christians with helping him escape the Nazis and went on to build one of the most influential publishing houses in…
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