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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News His grandfather’s Holocaust stories didn’t add up — so he set out to tell the fact-checked version
In 'Stolen Headstones,' Ari Schneider writes the official account of his family’s Holocaust story
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Yiddish World A story of a child who fought the Nazis his own way
For Yiddish educators, creating child heroes was an emotionally safe way to relate Holocaust history to their students
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Music ‘No matter what, I will always be a Jew.’ Billy Joel opens up about his family’s Holocaust history
The singer-songwriter speaks in depth about antisemitism in new HBO documentary 'And So It Goes'
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Fast Forward ‘Alligator Auschwitz’: ICE’s Florida Everglades detention facility evokes Holocaust comparisons
Critics have a controversial nickname for ICE’s Everglades detention facility
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Fast Forward Trump’s Social Security Administration cuts are hurting Holocaust survivors, advocates say
Attorneys for survivors say DOGE’s slashing of staffers and field offices may make it harder to correct a longtime glitch that can cause them to lose their benefits
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Opinion Israeli leaders are using Holocaust comparisons to justify attacks on Iran. Is that kosher?
Many of the same voices who have decried invocations of the Holocaust in unrelated conflicts are suddenly going silent
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BINTEL BRIEF What would you do with gold teeth said to be from Holocaust victims?
Bintel says you’ll never be certain of their origin. But what to do with them is clear
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Fast Forward Holocaust survivor burned in Boulder attack speaks out: ‘What the hell is going on?’
Barbara Steinmetz, 88, was among those injured at an event to raise awareness for hostages in Gaza
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