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.
Holocaust
The Latest
-
Books In the Warsaw ghetto, where disease, cold weather and violence all exerted heavy tolls
Lauren Grodstein's 'We Must Not Think of Ourselves' focuses on glimmers of hope amid overwhelming catastrophe
-
Fast Forward Barbra Streisand, Billy Crystal, Jamie Lee Curtis and more headline Claims Conference Hanukkah event for Holocaust survivors
“This year has more significance than others, perhaps, because the seeds of antisemitism are growing around us once again,” said Billy Crystal
-
Culture ‘Life is Beautiful’ hit US theaters 25 years ago. The film’s Holocaust humor raised issues that linger today.
Robert Benigni’s Oscar-winning comedy, set in a concentration camp, was polarizing from the get-go
-
Film & TV ‘The Zone of Interest’ asks: Why would a family want to live at Auschwitz?
Jonathan Glazer’s masterpiece follows the life of Nazi Commandant Rudolf Höss
-
Art Can art help us process the atrocities committed by Hamas on Oct. 7?
In different ways and in different eras, the work of three artists imagines the unimaginable
-
Culture Two Holocaust survivors, reunited after 80 years apart, tell their tale in a new short documentary
A Manhattan museum screens “Jack and Sam,” about Polish Jews who met in a labor camp and reconnected in their 90s
-
Theater A jam-packed history of wartime Yiddish song leaves you wanting both more and less
The Folksbiene’s ‘Amid Falling Walls’ is a grand showcase that’s often hard to follow
-
Yiddish World New musical of Yiddish ghetto songs reminds us why Israel was founded
One great hope expressed by many Jews during the Holocaust was the dream of returning to their ancient homeland
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Opinion The Iran war ended terribly for the US, and even worse for Israel
- 2
Film & TV In ‘Disclosure Day,’ Steven Spielberg finds himself at odds with Jewish thought about aliens
- 3
Sports This year’s biggest World Cup upset came from its most Jew-ish team
- 4
News Who is Gadi Eisenkot, the Israeli politician who could dethrone Netanyahu?
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Years after a boycott fight, Ben & Jerry’s Israel debuts a flavor celebrating Israeli resilience
-
Fast Forward Mamdani calls AIPAC ‘monsters’ in rally ahead of NY primaries
-
Fast Forward Jewish groups push back against Trump’s Iran deal — but more quietly so far than in 2015
-
News Who is Gadi Eisenkot, the Israeli politician who could dethrone Netanyahu?