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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Yiddish World They tried to steal our language, too
Catalogues of Yiddish books kept by the Nazi-controlled Hungarian regime are being translated into English
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Yiddish World Hiding from the Nazis in Japan
Meyer Zucker was one of more than 2,000 Jews saved by diplomat Chiune Sugihara exactly 85 years ago
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Opinion Why museums should be leading the fight for Holocaust art restitution, not resisting it
Museums are lobbying against a bill that's essential for righting historical wrongs
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News His grandfather’s Holocaust stories didn’t add up — so he set out to tell the fact-checked version
In 'Stolen Headstones,' Ari Schneider writes the official account of his family’s Holocaust story
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Yiddish World A story of a child who fought the Nazis his own way
For Yiddish educators, creating child heroes was an emotionally safe way to relate Holocaust history to their students
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Music ‘No matter what, I will always be a Jew.’ Billy Joel opens up about his family’s Holocaust history
The singer-songwriter speaks in depth about antisemitism in new HBO documentary 'And So It Goes'
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Fast Forward ‘Alligator Auschwitz’: ICE’s Florida Everglades detention facility evokes Holocaust comparisons
Critics have a controversial nickname for ICE’s Everglades detention facility
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Fast Forward Trump’s Social Security Administration cuts are hurting Holocaust survivors, advocates say
Attorneys for survivors say DOGE’s slashing of staffers and field offices may make it harder to correct a longtime glitch that can cause them to lose their benefits
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Culture Charlie Kirk kept a ‘Jewish Sabbath.’ What did he mean by that?
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Antisemitism Decoded Israel is being blamed for Charlie Kirk’s death. Here’s what that conspiracy theory says about the far right’s divide
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Fast Forward ‘Murdered for speaking truth’: Netanyahu and US Jewish leaders mourn Charlie Kirk
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News Who was Horst Wessel, and why are people comparing Charlie Kirk to him?
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Books To play in the orchestra in Auschwitz was a gruesome affair, but it was better than the alternative
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Fast Forward Will NY Gov. Kathy Hochul’s endorsement of Zohran Mamdani cost her Jewish support?
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Fast Forward In Israel, public tributes to Charlie Kirk include a street naming, a mural and a missile in Gaza
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Opinion Amid terror in Jerusalem, a cab driver’s brave gesture showcased the Israel I’ve always loved
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