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News ‘I was sick to my heart’: Holocaust survivor, 94, returns to the Auschwitz cell block where he spent years of his childhood
No survivor had ever before returned to Cell Block 8
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Film & TV In a heart-wrenching film about life after the Holocaust, the makings of a taboo relationship
Set in Budapest, 'Those Who Remained' focuses on the friendship between a middle-aged man and a teenage girl
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Books How these Dutch Jewish artists aided the resistance with children’s books
While hiding from the Nazis, a husband and wife published dozens of children's books anonymously. Now, you can see them at a New York book fair
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Yiddish World The loving, complex relationship I had with my mother, a Holocaust survivor
My mother refused to send me to sleepaway camp, no matter how much I wanted it. For her, 'camp' could mean only one thing
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Books Jewish refugees stranded in Hollywood, and 4 other books you need to know this month
Plus, an author's case for a standing cocktail hour
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Books Cathleen Schine will convince you to move to Los Angeles
The author talks about her newest book, her writing routine and the importance of a standing cocktail hour
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Fast Forward Holocaust survivor reveals decades-old secret: He nabbed Hitler’s henchman
‘I arrested him,’ 98-year-old says, pointing at top Nazi’s photo on trip to a museum
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Film & TV The heroic WWII rescue story that Netflix’s ‘Transatlantic’ leaves out
The Jewish Labor Committee rescued more than a thousand Jews — so why hasn't anyone heard of them?
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