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Fast Forward Newly discovered letter shows Pope Pius XII almost certainly knew about Nazi death camps
Pius’ actions during the Holocaust have been the subject of debate for decades
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News A Jewish man was charged in a plot against synagogues. His parents want you to know the whole story
Matthew Mahrer, who’s descended from a famous Holocaust survivor, desperately needed help. He’s finally getting it
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Fast Forward Church moves to cover Philadelphia monument to a Nazi military formation — temporarily
The decision follows the Forward’s reporting last month on the existence of the monument in a local cemetery
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Fast Forward Andy Samberg plays a famous Jewish WWII photographer in upcoming biopic
In 'Lee,' the Jewish comedian plays David E. Scherman, who along with Lee Miller captured the early horrors of the Holocaust
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Culture How I stumbled upon thousands of Holocaust-era letters and traced the stories behind them
The letters were hidden in plain sight at Yad Vashem. Most of their writers’ families had never seen them. Until now.
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Culture This editor helped thousands of Holocaust survivors. But he rarely talked about it.
Isaac Metzker was the driving force behind the Forward's Seeking Relatives and Bintel Brief columns
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Culture How one newspaper column saved lives, reunited families and changed the course of Jewish history
During the Holocaust and its aftermath, the Forward's Seeking Relatives helped thousands when no one else could
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Yiddish World A summer reunion in the country, Jewish socialist style
Camp Hemshekh, which closed in 1978, was the summer home for hundreds of campers, many of them children of Holocaust survivors
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