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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Culture Romance Novel About Nazi Guard and Concentration Camp Inmate Has Everyone Angry
(JTA) — German thinker Theodor Adorno famously stated that it’s barbaric to write poetry after Auschwitz, but he said nothing about romance novels. For author Kate Breslin, the Holocaust apparently provided just the right amount of narrative tension for her new book “For Such a Time,” inspired by the Book of Esther. The novel, which…
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Fast Forward Natalie Portman Says Jews Need To Stop Focusing on Holocaust
(JTA) — Natalie Portman has more ties to the Holocaust than some of her fans might realize. Portman’s great-grandparents were killed in Auschwitz and the Jewish actress played Anne Frank in a 1997 Broadway adaptation of “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Her latest project, a Hebrew-language adaptation of Amos Oz’s memoir “A Tale of Love and…
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Fast Forward Ohio State Slams Marching Band’s Holocaust Spoof
Ohio State University condemned the behavior of students who wrote and distributed doggerel that ridiculed the Holocaust. The song, titled “Goodbye Kramer,” appeared in a book of parodies updated in 2012 and circulated privately by members of the Ohio State University marching band, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The lyrics, to be sung to…
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The Schmooze Remembering Samuel Pisar, Holocaust Survivor and Tortured Soul
I first met Samuel Pisar, Holocaust survivor, lawyer, and presidential advisor who died on July 27 at 86, at the December 4, 1988 Israel Bonds International Elie Wiesel Holocaust Remembrance Award Dinner at the New York Hilton at which he was the honoree. Applauded by 1,100 guests, Pisar — with wife Judith Pisar at his side…
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News This Baby Was Born in Auschwitz — and Survived
Barbara Puc is a survivor of Auschwitz, yet she has no memory of ever having been there. Sitting in her home, Puc, a sturdy woman with short gray hair and a warm face, warned me before we even sat down, “All I know is what my mother told me.” Now 72 years old, Puc, whose…
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Fast Forward Munich Keeps Ban on Stumbling Blocks Holocaust Memorials
The City Council voted Wednesday to keep the ban on the memorials, known as stumbling blocks, ignoring a petition signed by 100,000 people calling for a lifting of the prohibition in the German city. Some local Jewish groups have joined the council in opposing the memorials, which are set into the street, saying they are…
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The Schmooze David Strathairn Channels Holocaust Hero Jan Karski
Having known Polish World War II hero Jan Karski, I watched a gaunt Oscar-nominated David Strathairn amazingly bring to life this Catholic Holocaust messenger to the free world in the Jan Karski Theater Project’s “My Report to the World” by Clark Young and Derek Goldman showcased at The Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial…
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Fast Forward Oklahoma City Jews Bury Holocaust Victim’s Skull
Members of the Oklahoma City Jewish community buried the remains of a Jewish Holocaust victim at a local cemetery. The traditional Jewish funeral was held Sunday at the Fairlawn Cemetery in the Oklahoma capital, The Oklahoman reported. A local minister had received the remains of the woman, a skull, from the daughter-in-law of a Jewish…
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