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 Bulgaria’s ambassador to Israel condemned for skipping Holocaust history conference
Organizers said the move displays her government’s attempts to whitewash the country's mixed World War II history, which includes the rescue of tens of thousands from deportation
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Art The Met will start policing its collections for looted art. Holocaust restitution paved the way
The New York City museum announced an initiative to research provenances and return artifacts to countries including Nepal, Egypt and India
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Culture In praise (and defense) of Elie Wiesel, who spoke with ‘the aura of a prophet’
Concisely chronicling the life and legacy of the Nobel laureate, Joseph Berger's new biography is an indispensable touchstone
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Yiddish World The tragic fate of a young Jewish children’s orchestra in 1933
This rare glimpse of a happy moment in prewar Jewish community life offers no hint of what lay ahead
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Fast Forward Holocaust items, including Zyklon B can and concentration camp patch, listed for auction
Several items from the Holocaust are listed in a New York estate sale, which also includes Nazi uniforms and propoganda
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Politics Doug Mastriano likens his failed PA gubernatorial bid to Jews during the Holocaust
Mastriano trafficked in antisemitic tropes in last year’s race and has in the past compared abortion to the Holocaust
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Books Descendants of Holocaust perpetrators are writing about their history — what can we learn from them?
Writing about their Nazi heritage, journalists Burkhard Bilger, Linda Kinstler and Géraldine Schwarz showcase a new kind of Holocaust testimony
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Film & TV A new Nazi revenge film from Finland is called ‘Sisu’ – is that Finnish for ‘chutzpah’?
The movie glosses over Finland’s complicated World War II history — but that shouldn’t keep you away
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Opinion The ICE shooting in Minneapolis shattered my Holocaust survivor father’s American dream
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Fast Forward NYC’s first Jewish City Council leader could govern as a check on Mamdani. Here’s her plan to fight antisemitism
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Culture The Department of Labor told us to embrace ‘Americanism.’ What’s that?
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Yiddish די פּרעכטיקע אַטקריסע אינעם ייִדישן פֿילם „על חטא“The exceptional actress in the Yiddish film ‘I Have Sinned’
רחל האָלצער, וואָס איז פֿריִער געווען אין דער ווילנער טרופּע, שפּילט דאָ אַ ראָלע וואָס איז דעמאָלט געווען אַ פֿאַרבאָטענע טעמע
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