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 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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Fast Forward The new trailer for Ben Shapiro and Gina Carano’s film collab has violence, no Holocaust comparisons
‘Terror on the Prairie’ marks the ‘Mandalorian’ star’s comeback after Disney fired her after a social media post
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Books How a once-neglected Slovenian writer survived the Nazis camps to live to 108
Boris Pahor was the author of ‘Necropolis,’ which fictionalized his experiences in WWII
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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