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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News At Holocaust museum, a million victims are still nameless
A new installation at Yad Vashem records the names of 4.8 million Holocaust victims on large pages that let visitors search for lost family members. The work is still underway to add new names and fix errors
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Fast Forward ‘How Saba Kept Singing,’ Holocaust doc produced by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, to air on PBS for Yom Hashoah
David Wisnia survived Auschwitz thanks to his operatic singing voice — and a relationship with a lover with whom whom he reunited nearly 75 years later
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Culture A Japanese diplomat saved this cellist’s father-in-law from the Shoah. Now she’ll honor him at Carnegie Hall
Kristina Reiko Cooper conceived 'A Concert for Sugihara' while grappling with the 'mass displacement of refugees' today
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Opinion As antisemitic hate crimes rise, I see alarming parallels to my grandmother’s childhood during the Holocaust
Just two generations ago, my family was torn apart
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Opinion Clarence Thomas’ close friend Harlan Crow collects Nazi artifacts. The reason why could be even darker than it seems
The justice's friendship with the billionaire Republican donor raises ethical questions about Nazi memorabilia
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Fast Forward Billionaire’s Nazi memorabilia and connection to Justice Thomas raises questions
Under fire for his ties to Clarence Thomas, many people want to know why Texas real estate mogul Harlan Crow has a signed copy of ‘Mein Kampf’
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Film & TV In a gripping new thriller series, neutral Switzerland isn’t so neutral after all
Superbly acted, 'Labyrinth of Peace' explodes myths about World War II
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News Israel concedes to ‘disturbing’ demand by Poland: Students should visit memorials to murderers of Jews
Experts slam it as ‘a dream come true for Holocaust deniers’ that glorifies ‘Poles who were involved up to their necks in the murder of Jews’
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Culture RFK Jr.’s poems to Olivia Nuzzi are peak cringe — so were King Solomon’s
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News DNA test kits spark a surge of online conversions to Judaism in the U.S.
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Opinion What does Mamdani’s response to synagogue protests mean for Jews? No one will like the answer.
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Opinion More than 25% of Israelis want to leave the country. How did we get here?
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