Slavery
Reparations helped Germany atone for its past. They can help America, too
When I visited Berlin a number of years ago, I was surprised by the number of plaques embedded in the city’s streets that contain the name of Jews sent to their death by the Nazi regime.
What really happened on Juneteenth — and why it’s time for supremacists and their sympathizers to surrender
The oft-repeated tale of Union soldiers arriving in Galveston, Texas to inform enslaved African Americans that they were free is pure fiction.
Evidence Reveals Hitler’s Hand In Mass Murder
I recently purchased at auction an important document consisting of an original draft order to expedite Nazi Germany’s slave labor program, with editing changes in Adolf Hitler’s handwriting.
Passover In Jamaica — Where The Legacies Of Slavery Linger
Maybe that’s all the seder is: A place to do the telling, to ask all of the bright and dangerous questions.
A Stunning Reminder Of The Holocaust Finds Its Way To Survivor’s Daughter
Yad Vashem has informed her that they have her father’s ID tag from a munitions factory in the Czestochowa Ghetto.
Dutch Holocaust Survivor Told To Pay Taxes On Child Slave Labor Pension
The Dutch tax authority is seeking payment from an 86-year-old Holocaust survivor for a pension from her stint as a child slave laborer for the Nazis.
A Troubling Atlantic Cover Story Tells Of Modern-Day American Slavery
While the story is complicated, the ethical question at its center is not.
Is This Sugarcane Plantation ‘America’s Auschwitz’?
The Whitney Plantation has been called “America’s Auschwitz,” and the story it tells shows parallels between the Jewish and African-American experiences.
David Frum: Donald Trump Worse Than Slaveholders
“At least Andrew Jackson was physically brave,” Frum said, dissing Trump as the worst president ever.
Delaware's First Jewish Governor Apologizes for Slavery
Delaware first Jewish Governor, Jack Markell, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery in the United States, announced on Sunday a resolution to officially apologize for his state’s role in slavery.