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 Jews Make Pilgrimage To Honor Portugal’s ‘Righteous’
Dozens of Jewish Holocaust survivors and their descendants have journeyed to Portugal to honor Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a relatively obscure diplomat who is credited with rescuing 30,000 Jews from the Nazis. Mendes was the Portuguese consul in Bordeaux, France, when the Nazis invaded and personally provided precious escape visas to Jews, allowing them to…
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Fast Forward Forgotten Nazi ‘Euthanasia Holocaust’ of Disabled To Get Memorial in Berlin
Berlin has laid the foundations for a memorial to a largely neglected group of Nazi victims – hundreds of thousands of mentally and physically disabled people murdered by Hitler’s regime under its “euthanasia” programme. A 30-metre blue glass wall will stand on the site of the former headquarters of the “euthanasia” scheme in the heart…
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Fast Forward Mennonite Is Righteous for Saving French Jews
Lois Gunden, an American Mennonite who helped save Jewish children in France during the Holocaust, was recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations. The Israeli Holocaust memorial made the announcement on Monday. Gunden becomes the fourth American to be named a Righteous Gentile. Gunden will be honored posthumously at a ceremony to take…
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News Blistering Report Slams Claims Conference — Two Members Object to Findings
The organization responsible for allocating billions of dollars in Holocaust restitution must commit to “a comprehensive restructure of…its culture structures, administration, management and governance,” according to a blistering 80-page report to board members of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany obtained by the Forward. Two members of the four-man committee presenting the investigation…
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Fast Forward Ahmadinejad Calls Holocaust Denial Major Achievement of His Presidency
Outgoing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said during a farewell ceremony that publicizing his Holocaust denial was a major achievement of his presidency. “That was a taboo topic that no one in the West allowed to be heard,” Ahmadinejad said in a speech Sunday, according to the Iranian Fars news agency. “We put it forward at…
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News Claims Conference at Crossroads as Fiery Meeting Looms for Holocaust Group
The annual board meeting of the organization responsible for allocating billions of dollars in Holocaust restitution money is a famously heated affair. But for Julius Berman, chairman of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, this year’s conference promises to be one of the most contentious; indeed, it may turn out to be one…
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Life Paula Deen and the Oppression Olympics
The website XOJane.com published a post by one of its regular contributors, India-Jewel Jackson, entitled “Let’s Talk Paula Deen and Apology Culture – Should Celebrities Be Forced to Apologize In Spite of Their Beliefs?” However, it wasn’t Jackson’s post on June 24 that caused controversy among the blog’s devoted followers – it was one of…
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News German Jews Push Claims Conference To Bare Report on $57M Holocaust Fraud
A leader of Germany’s Jewish community has called for the urgent release of a report into the handling of a $57 million fraud at the group that oversees restitution payments to Holocaust survivors. Stephan Kramer demanded that the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany release its ombudsman’s report on the fraud prior to the…
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