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 Ohio auction house halts sale of paintings looted during the Holocaust and billed as ‘unclaimed property’
The Monuments Men and Women Foundation linked the 17th-century works to Adolphe Schloss, a German Jew whose collection was seized by the Nazis
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Fast Forward LA Holocaust museum retracts social media post that said, ‘Never again can’t only mean never again for Jews’
The museum rejected criticism that the post had been meant as a condemnation of Israel in Gaza
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Fast Forward David Schaecter, Holocaust survivor who founded Miami Beach memorial and led survivors’ advocacy group, dies at 96
Schaecter lost 105 relatives during the Holocaust and spent his life pushing for restitution, Holocaust education and vigilance against antisemitism
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Film & TV How the world transformed Elie Wiesel — and how he transformed the world
'Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire' traces its subject's journey from Holocaust survivor to international hero and human rights leader
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Opinion In the rush to vilify Israel, genocide scholars ignored the truth
This week, the International Association of Genocide Scholars passed a resolution stating Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
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Yiddish World Opera about a unique Yiddish dictionary to have its world premiere
The plot involves two Jewish scholars determined to revitalize the language after its near destruction in the Holocaust
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Culture He escaped the Holocaust and ‘Matzoh Island,’ but America was no promised land
In the graphic memoir 'The Art of Being a Stranger,' Karen Bermann tells the story of her father Fritz, who became a maven of maintenance in New York
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Art For an ‘adventuress’ who memorialized the Holocaust in art, a long-awaited revival
A new exhibit at Indiana University is bringing Anna Walinska's work to a new audience
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Culture Charlie Kirk kept a ‘Jewish Sabbath.’ What did he mean by that?
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Antisemitism Decoded Israel is being blamed for Charlie Kirk’s death. Here’s what that conspiracy theory says about the far right’s divide
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News Who was Horst Wessel, and why are people comparing Charlie Kirk to him?
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Fast Forward ‘Murdered for speaking truth’: Netanyahu and US Jewish leaders mourn Charlie Kirk
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Fast Forward Two synagogues and Chabad building in Halifax, Canada, targeted with antisemitic graffiti
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Fast Forward Ohio auction house halts sale of paintings looted during the Holocaust and billed as ‘unclaimed property’
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Fast Forward Israeli conductor calls for end to Gaza war in London concert: ‘What’s happening now is atrocious’
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Fast Forward Is this hotel Elul-washing? A rabbi blows the whistle on Qatari High Holiday hosts
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