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 VIDEO: A song about a Jewish girl, Khaye, who died in Treblinka
Binem Heller wrote the poem about his sister who, before the war, would watch over him and his brothers while their mother worked
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Film & TV He saved dozens of kids in Auschwitz — and kept it a secret for nearly the rest of his life
The PBS documentary ‘The Last Twins’ tells the story of Erno Spiegel, who was targeted by Josef Mengele and protected the young people subjected to the Nazi doctor's experiments.
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Books A new book explores the vibrancy of pre-war Warsaw
'The Last Woman of Warsaw' follows two women as antisemitism begins to rise in Poland
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Culture In 1989, Harold Pinter and Jerry Schatzberg made the perfect Holocaust movie for 2026
Almost four decades after its premiere, 'Reunion' is a masterful look at how civil society disintegrates
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Looking Forward What I learned at a Holocaust survivors’ Purim party
The undisguised joy of dancing together
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Fast Forward Man who stabbed Spanish tourist at Berlin Holocaust memorial sentenced to 13 years in prison
The assailant was convicted on multiple charges, including attempted murder and attempted membership in a foreign terrorist organization
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Fast Forward Poland returns 91 Jewish objects to Greece, decades after they were stolen by the Nazis
This marks the first time Poland has repatriated cultural property held under its care that was illegally taken from another country
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Fast Forward The real Holocaust history behind ‘Papillon,’ the Oscar-nominated short about a star Jewish swimmer
A painterly animated film revives the memory of French Olympic hero Alfred Nakache, a Jewish survivor of Auschwitz
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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News Protesters picket Manhattan synagogue over Israel real estate sale, testing Mamdani and new law
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Opinion I’m an Orthodox student in NYC. I’m grateful Mamdani vetoed the school buffer bill
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Looking Forward My artist grandmother nearly made aliyah. I don’t know what she’d think of Israel today
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.
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Film & TV Is this Apple TV thriller hasbara — or societal critique?
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Fast Forward Israeli man indicted in attack on Catholic nun in Jerusalem’s Old City