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 40% Of Germans Think Jews Talk About The Holocaust Too Much
More than a quarter of Germans agree with several anti-Semitic statements and stereotypes, according to a study by the World Jewish Congress. The organization’s poll, which was conducted before the attempted Yom Kippur attack on a synagogue in the German city of Halle, found that 29% felt that Jews are more loyal to Israel than…
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The Schmooze Who Is Irena Sendler, The Catholic Holocaust Hero Who Gal Gadot Will Play In Upcoming Biopic?
When Germany invaded Warsaw in 1939, Irena Sendler was just a 29-year-old Polish social worker. By the end of the war, she had saved untold thousands of Jews. Even a death sentence and imprisonment did not stop Irena Sendler from saving Jewish children. That’s a true wonder woman. Gal Gadot, who dazzled the world as…
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The Schmooze ‘JoJo Rabbit,’ A Holocaust Comedy, Is Good For The Jews
German 10-year-old JoJo Betzler is a young boy with a simple dream: hunt Jews, make friends, get girls, blow stuff up. It’s the twilight of World War II and, from JoJo’s perspective, things are going most spiffingly. He lives in a tiny German town with buildings that look like iced buns, and spends his days…
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Fast Forward Florida Principal Who Denied Holocaust Still On Payroll With Six-Figure Salary
A Florida high school principal who was removed from his school in July after refusing to take a position on whether the Holocaust happened is still being paid his six-figure salary by his heavily Jewish school district despite not having any work responsibilities, the Palm Beach Post reported Wednesday. After a parent emailed him in…
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Culture Is Antwerp Finally Ready To Reckon With Its Role In The Holocaust?
As Europe remembers the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, the history of the Holocaust remains contested and challenged. Many Europeans are still reluctant to fully own their past. In Poland, despite ample evidence of Polish collaboration with the Nazis, a recent law forbade linking the term “Polish” to concentration camps or…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Survivors Reunited In Israel After 75 Years
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Holocaust survivors who were separated as children reunited in Israel after 75 years. Morris Sana, 87, and his cousin and friend Simon Mairowitz, 85, were convinced that the other had been killed by the Nazis, according to People magazine. They reconnected after their descendants found each other on Facebook. The men…
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Fast Forward Burning Man ‘Barbie Death Camp’ Installation Poses Dolls As Slaughtered Jews
Updated September 5 Burning Man is an annual gathering of 70,000-plus seekers, mystics, tech bros and influencers for nine days of zero inhibitions in the Nevada desert. Many attendees bring their own art installations, fitting in with the event’s principle of “radical self-expression.” One such installation, which has been present since at least 2000, is…
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Fast Forward Nadler Slams Tlaib, Omar For Sharing Art From Cartoonist Accused Of Antisemitism
NEW YORK (JTA) — Rep. Jerry Nadler criticized fellow Democrats Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib for sharing a cartoon that shows President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu covering their mouths. Omar, D-Minn., and Tlaib, D-Mich., were criticized for sharing it last week because the cartoonist Carlos Latuff participated in an anti-Semitic Holocaust…
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