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 A summer reunion in the country, Jewish socialist style
Camp Hemshekh, which closed in 1978, was the summer home for hundreds of campers, many of them children of Holocaust survivors
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Fast Forward Newly discovered document lists more than 3,000 Jews the Catholic Church sheltered from Nazis
The discovery sheds new light on the Vatican’s actions during the Holocaust, but some historians have questions
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Fast Forward The Holocaust wasn’t fueled by antisemitism, Hitler hated Jews for their money, says Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
Speaking at a conference, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas voiced an antisemitic justification for Hitler and the Nazis
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Fast Forward 98-year-old German man charged with accessory to murder at Nazi concentration camp
Because he was under 21 years old at the time of the crimes, the suspect is being charged under juvenile criminal law
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Fast Forward Holocaust gravesites identified in Latvia and Netherlands using contemporary technology
The grave in Latvia was located using technology created by American researchers
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News A Holocaust museum is launching in Fortnite. Can video games fight antisemitism?
Luc Bernard has spent 15 years trying to bring Holocaust education into the mainstream gaming space
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Culture She survived the Holocaust in Lublin and became a scholar and symbol of Jewish resilience and resistance
Nechama Tec's history of Jewish partisans in Belarus inspired the 2008 film 'Defiance'
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Culture In New York, migrants crowd into hotels seeking shelter — just like Jewish refugees did after WWII
At the Roosevelt, the Park West and the Belnord, echoes of Holocaust survivors' stories
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Opinion The ICE shooting in Minneapolis shattered my Holocaust survivor father’s American dream
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Opinion A quiet diplomatic shift in the Middle East, with monumental consequences for Israel
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News Why protests in Iran seem surprisingly pro-Israel
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Culture Bob Dylan warned us about guys like Stephen Miller
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