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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Culture Using previously unknown photographs, a new Holocaust documentary demands to be seen
In ‘From Where They Stood,’ harrowing images were taken by the concentration camp prisoners themselves
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Yiddish World The spa resort where European rebbes spent their summer vacations
Before World War I, the Marienbad resort had hotels for the rebbes, replete with glatt kosher restaurants and ritual baths
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Fast Forward René Slotkin, one of the few surviving ‘Mengele twins,’ dies at 84
Slotkin and his sister were among just 200 sets of twins to survive gruesome experimentation by the infamous Nazi physician Josef Mengele at Auschwitz
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Culture 750 artifacts of the Holocaust, each with its own tale to tell
At the Museum of Jewish Heritage, 'The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do' lacks focus, but spotlights powerful stories
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Books How a Jewish teacher uprooted and relocated her school to escape the Nazis
In a new book, the heroic story of Anna Essinger finally gets its due
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Culture How a Holocaust survivor helped win the fight for abortion rights
Five years after her death, Simone Veil is back in the news — in France and the US
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Books A new book explains Pope Pius XII’s silence during the Shoah — but does not excuse it
Using newly-opened Vatican archives, David Kertzer discovered the pope’s secret meetings with Nazis and refusal to confirm the mass murder of Jews to the Allies
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Opinion My dad stormed Normandy on D-Day — and relived the fight against Nazis every night
My father parachuted into France and fought during World War II on a personal mission to defeat Hitler
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Opinion A quiet diplomatic shift in the Middle East, with monumental consequences for Israel
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Fast Forward Mississippi fire suspect called the temple a ‘synagogue of Satan’
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News Why protests in Iran seem surprisingly pro-Israel
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News Synagogue arson suspect posted satirical antisemitic cartoon on day of the attack
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Fast Forward Nick Fuentes says his problem with Trump ‘is that he is not Hitler’
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Fast Forward Larry Ellison once renamed a superyacht because its name spelled backwards was ‘I’m a Nazi’
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Fast Forward Alex Bregman, who drew a Jewish star on his cap after Oct. 7, inks $175M deal with the Cubs
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