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 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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Film & TV A new Miep Gies show hails Anne Frank’s protector — but ignores the collaborators
Though the Gieses risked their life to save Jews, 'A Small Light' looks away from the many citizens who did nothing
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Film & TV Why ‘Succession’ gave us a Holocaust meme
In ‘Living+’ the show reveals the billionaire class’ affinity for Nazi comparisons
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Books ‘When did you learn your grandfather was a Nazi?’ — Burkhard Bilger’s redemptive journey through a complex family history
In 'Fatherland,' the acclaimed New Yorker writer considers the case of an elementary schoolteacher named Karl Gönner
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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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News What We Know About Jeffrey Epstein’s Childhood
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Culture The PBS series ‘Black and Jewish America’ gets it right — except the Black and Jewish part
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Fast Forward Jewish congresswoman storms out of Epstein hearing after Pam Bondi raises her record on antisemitism
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Culture Why Bad Bunny’s halftime show delighted New York Jews of a certain age
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