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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Community I Survived The Holocaust — And Pittsburgh Brought The Old Fears Rushing Back
My name is Johanna Reiss. You may already know it; I am the Author of the memoir The Upstairs Room and other books about my experiences as a Jewish child hidden in Holland during World War II and how I managed to live through it. Since 1945, I thought I was done with my old…
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Fast Forward Lithuania Defends Nazi Collaborator Accused Of Killing Jews
(JTA) — Lithuania’s state historical institute on the Soviet domination of the country defended in court a deceased collaborator with Nazi Germany who is accused of murdering Jews. The Center for the Study of the Genocide and Resistance of the Residents of Lithuania defended Jonas Noreika against the allegations by numerous historians last month in…
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News Jewish Students Honor Pittsburgh’s Victims At Homemade Holocaust Memorial
A Jewish school in Pittsburgh boasts one of the city’s landmarks: a Holocaust memorial sculpture, created by an artist from 6 million aluminum tabs that the students collected over almost five years. When the Community Day School dedicated the sculpture, called “Keeping Tabs,” the feeling was that such an elaborate effort was necessary to help…
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News Holocaust Survivor Cheated Death At Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre By 4 Minutes
Judah Samet was four minutes late to synagogue. Services at Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh start at 9:45 A.M. Samet, who is 80 years old, pulled into a handicapped spot in front of the building on the morning of October 27 at 9:49. “Somebody knocked on my window,” Samet said the next day. “There…
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Fast Forward GOP Rep. Met With Nazi-Linked Group On Trip Funded By Holocaust Memorial Org
Rep. Steve King had an interview with members of a far-right Austrian party with Nazi ties, while on a trip funded by a Holocaust memorial group, The Washington Post reported Thursday. The Iowa Republican also criticized billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros in his interview, while lamenting that white Europeans will be replaced by immigrants….
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi GOP Candidate Used Arab-American Group’s Logo In Ad Trashing Israel
The Arab American Institute Foundation sent neo-Nazi congressional candidate Arthur Jones a cease and desist letter after learning the Republican was using one of its logos to promote his campaign, the organization announced. Jones, a former leader of the American Nazi Party who is running a longshot campaign in the Chicago suburbs, used the name…
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Art In Skokie, Memories Of Genocide Retold In Stories Of Everyday Objects
Objects and images, linking memory and history, are a mainstay of museum exhibitions. They are the embodiment of synecdoche, the part standing in for the whole. A photo album, a china set, a teddy bear — even the most quotidian of artifacts — all resonate with special poignancy when associated with stories of persecution and…
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Fast Forward Italian Jews Enraged Over Mussolini’s Granddaughter Threatening Tweet
ROME (JTA) – The granddaughter of Italy’s Nazi ally fascist dictator Benito Mussolini unleashed a storm of protest from the Jewish community with a tweeted threat to sue anyone who posted “pictures or phrases” that were “offensive” regarding her grandfather. Alessandra Mussolini, a longtime right-wing politician and currently an Italian member of the European Parliament,…
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