This is the Forward’s coverage of World War II, the global conflict during which Nazi Germany perpetrated the Holocaust.
World War II
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian activists force Milan Jewish group out of parade marking end of WWII in Italy
The mayor of Milan and the National Association Partisans of Italy said the Jewish Brigade had provoked tensions by bringing Israeli flags
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Looking Forward Stumbling across Jewish history in a vintage store
Abram Krol, a Polish-Jewish artist, explored his experience of Judaism and the Holocaust in his art
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Culture An astonishing history of wartime Berlin that reads like a thriller
Ian Buruma's 'Stay Alive' is at once panoramic and intimate, dispassionate and deeply moving
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Opinion During WWII, a heroic Jewish lawyer warned against the dangers of a dual state — is it coming true in Trump’s America?
Ernst Fraenkel would have recognized the way our legal system is splintering
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Opinion My university wants me to sign a loyalty oath — am I in America or Vichy France?
An unsettling memo from a Texas university recalls France's lurch into authoritarianism during WWII
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Culture Created in hiding during WWII, a Jewish artist’s underground ’zines are finally rising to the surface
From 1943 to 1945, Curt Bloch produced 96 editions of a satirical publication he called 'The Underwater Cabaret'
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Culture What will become of the Dutch farm school that saved my father from the Nazis?
A plan to create housing and a new memorial center on the site of Holland's 'Werkdorp Wieringermeer' is drawing mixed reviews
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Fast Forward 82 years after his plane was shot down in China, Jewish WWII pilot Morton Sher is laid to rest at home
Sher's remains were buried in Greenville, South Carolina
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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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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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
