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 ‘A Holocaust Memorial Day Macy’s sale’: Jewish faculty boycott James Madison University Holocaust event
Two dozen current and past Jewish James Madison faculty and staff sent a letter to the university president to inform him of the boycott
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Fast Forward Santos posted offensive remark about the Holocaust and made jokes about Jewish stereotypes, according to new report
'He'd always say that it was okay for him to make those jokes because he was Jewish,’ Santos’ former roommate said
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Opinion On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, remember the non-Jewish Holocaust victims too
Recognizing other groups persecuted by the Nazis does not diminish Jewish persecution, but gives necessary context
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Nazi collaborator monuments On Holocaust Remembrance Day, reflections on 2 years of documenting monuments to Nazi collaborators
For millions of people, especially in Europe, World War II never ended
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Film & TV How film brought Nazis to justice at Nuremberg
'Filmmakers for the Prosecution' shows how two Jewish brothers searched Europe for evidence of the Holocaust
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Fast Forward Almost half of Americans don’t know how many Jews died in the Holocaust, AJC survey says
Many lacked knowledge of other critical facts of the Shoah, a finding that's consistent with other recent surveys
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Culture How the horrors of WWII turned the righteous into heroes
In Richard Hurowitz's 'Garden of the Righteous,' normal, decent people face extraordinary dangers to become rescuers
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News At the UN, a ‘Book of Names’ invites visitors to touch the names of more than 4.8 million Jewish Holocaust victims
The idea is "to connect physically with their memories," said Simmy Allen, of Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Israel which created the exhibit
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