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 Far-right Polish lawmaker draws outrage after calling Israel the ‘new Third Reich’
Konrad Berkowicz held up a modified Israeli flag that replaced the Star of David with a blue swastika during Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Fast Forward Congress removes deadline for Holocaust-looted art claims, setting stage for more restitution battles
A 2016 law required all claims to be made by the end of this year
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Culture A chance for the descendants of Holocaust victims to reclaim a piece of the past
The Center for Jewish History's 'Histories and Mysteries' project seeks to solve Nazi-era cold cases
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Music In Elie Wiesel’s latter years, he and I discussed the effects of the Holocaust. Those conversations are now an opera.
'The Dialogue of Memories,' based on conversations between Wiesel and Howard Reich premieres next month in Seattle
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Fast Forward South Korean president compares IDF actions to the Holocaust, drawing Israel condemnation
The Israeli Foreign Ministry wrote that South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's comments were "unacceptable and warrant strong condemnation."
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian activists are banned from Buchenwald, where survivors vowed to fight for peace
An oath made by 21,000 survivors of the Nazi camp has been reinterpreted ever since it was uttered
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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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