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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News Saul Kagan, Claims Conference Founder, Was Too Humble To Speak of Achievement
When Judge Edward R. Korman asked us to assist him, as special master and deputy special master, with the allocation and oversight of the $1.25 billion Swiss Banks Settlement, we knew that there were lessons we needed to learn from those who had devised and administered earlier Holocaust compensation programs. We remain ever grateful that…
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News Who Is Hungary’s Real Holocaust Hero?
(Haaretz) — Two Jews set out from Budapest: One was Hannah (Anna) Szenes, a native of the city, pioneer and poet, who left at age 18 and immigrated to Mandatory Palestine but returned to her hometown under unusual circumstances during World War II. The other was Israel (Rudolf) Kastner, a native of Cluj in Transylvania…
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Fast Forward Saul Kagan, Founder of Holocaust Claims Conference, Dies at 91
(JTA) — Saul Kagan, the founder and a longtime chief of the Claims Conference, died Saturday at age 91. Kagan helped found the organization in 1951 to be the main vehicle for negotiating with Germany over restitution for Holocaust survivors. In a statement announcing his death, the Claims Conference credited Kagan with securing tens of…
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Forward 50 2013 Sara Bloomfield
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum stands out as a notable collaboration between the Jewish community and the federal government: It is a national museum, mandated by Congress and located on the National Mall, with a triple mission of commemorating the death of European Jews, preventing future genocides, and serving as a top Holocaust research…
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Forward 50 2013 Julius Berman
Julius Berman, 78, chairman of the organization that distributes millions of dollars in German reparation funds to Holocaust survivors, has long been seen as one of American Jewry’s most capable lay leaders. But that reputation was called into question this year. An internal probe by the Conference for Material Claims Against Germany found that he…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis Calls Jews ‘Big Brothers’ of Church on Kristallnacht Anniversary
Pope Francis described the Jewish people as the “big brothers” of his Roman Catholic flock on Sunday in words of solidarity marking the 75th anniversary of the Kristallnacht attacks on Jews and their property in Nazi Germany. Francis said the state-sponsored ransacking of Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues, on the night of Nov. 9, 1938,…
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News German Owner of $1.3B Looted Jewish Art Trove Hid in Plain Sight for Decades
On the doorbell of the apartment in Munich’s bohemian Schwabing district is a name once distinguished for architecture and music but infamous since the Nazi era by association with the plundering of art works owned by Jews: Gurlitt. The discovery of hundreds of priceless paintings and drawings within has raised questions about how a man…
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Fast Forward U.S. Asks Germany to Publish Complete List of Nazi-Looted Artwork
The United States has asked Germany to publish a list of 1,400 Nazi-looted works of art that were found in a Munich apartment last year during a German tax evasion probe, U.S. officials said on Thursday. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said U.S. diplomats had contacted the German federal government about the vast…
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