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 German auction house calls off ‘shameless’ sale of concentration camp artifacts
Survivors objected to the sale of victims’ belongings and a yellow Star of David with “signs of wear"
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Looking Forward So, there was a swastika at my Airbnb
The way Indians handle the Nazi appropriation of a sacred symbol could be a lesson for Jews
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Culture Is the movie ‘Nuremberg’ about the wrong psychiatrist?
The movie stars Rami Malek as the psychiatrist Douglas Kelley — but what about Leon Goldensohn?
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Film & TV Is ‘Nuremberg’ the Holocaust movie we need right now?
A new film focuses on the relationship between Hermann Goering and his psychiatrist, Douglass Kelley
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Yiddish World A German museum aimed to honor Jewish wit. The result is downright demeaning.
The Haus der Kunst in Munich now has Yiddish insults mounted on its cornice
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Books She claims she saw Hitler’s ashes and danced with Goering. But is any of it true?
In a memoir about her adventurous mother-in-law, Terese Svoboda tries to separate truth from fiction.
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Fast Forward Yad Vashem says it has identified 5 million Holocaust victims with help of AI
The milestone was achieved through the use of artificial intelligence
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Opinion A sign in my neighborhood says ‘The Holocaust is fake’ — I wish I felt surprised
In a time of so-called 'fake news,' the truth doesn't seem to matter anymore
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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News Protesters picket Manhattan synagogue over Israel real estate sale, testing Mamdani and new law
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Opinion I’m an Orthodox student in NYC. I’m grateful Mamdani vetoed the school buffer bill
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Opinion I discovered anti-Zionism at the University of Michigan. I’m glad it lives on there
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Opinion An alarming new battleground in campus fights over Israel
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Looking Forward My artist grandmother nearly made aliyah. I don’t know what she’d think of Israel today
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.