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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Opinion The shocking truth about Wikipedia’s Holocaust disinformation
Why Wikipedia cannot be trusted: It repeatedly allows rogue editors to rewrite Holocaust history and make Jews out to be the bad guys
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Politics Gubernatorial candidate who has trafficked in antisemitism likens current politics to Nazi Germany
Mark Robinson, a North Carolina Republican, also compared himself to a young naval officer battling Hitler during World War II
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Fast Forward The latest landmark on Boston’s Freedom Trail? A Nazi railcar
Plans for a Boston Holocaust museum include an exhibit, visible to passerby, centered on a Nazi car used to transport Shoah victims
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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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Opinion Mamdani has made ample efforts for Jews. How come no one is telling that story?
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News Nearly half of young U.S. Jews want to replace Israel with binational state, poll finds
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Film & TV Woody Allen’s biggest fans were easy marks for a fake monologue about antisemitism
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News Floyd Mayweather showered cash on Jewish causes — and now he’s suing their ‘Robin Hood’ alleging $175 million got diverted
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Fast Forward NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani missed the Israel Day Parade. Many who went didn’t miss him.
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Fast Forward NY Democratic stalwarts show support for Israel even as Mamdani skips parade
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Fast Forward For the first time, a kosher restaurant has won a Michelin star
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Fast Forward London police are ‘reviewing’ video of Helen Mirren being called ‘an evil Zionist’