Holocaust
Poland and the Jews. It’s complicated.
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 27, 2022
(RNS) — Yes, these bones can live.
The joys and ironies of Purim echo through history
By Avi Shafran — March 16, 2022
(RNS) — On Purim, Jews celebrate having overcoming their darkest hours.
Auschwitz survivor Leon Schwarzbaum dies at 101 in Germany
By Kirsten Grieshaber — March 14, 2022
BERLIN (AP) — The German art and antiques dealer was the subject of director Hans Erich Viet's 2018 movie, 'The Last of the Jolly Boys.'
Putin’s claim to rid Ukraine of Nazis is especially absurd given its history
By Jeffrey Veidlinger — March 3, 2022
(The Conversation) — A Holocaust historian explains why Ukrainian history needs to be understood in terms of both past violence against Jews as well as the state’s pluralistic vision.
How will history judge Vladimir Putin?
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 24, 2022
(RNS) — In his hunger for Ukraine, Putin walks in the path of Hitler.
How should Jews think about Ukraine?
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 22, 2022
(RNS) — Like so much else in Jewish history, the story is one of light and darkness.
Let schoolkids read ‘Maus,’ lest they don’t read at all
By Karen Swallow Prior — February 7, 2022
(RNS) — The power books have is not in what they tell, but how they tell.
What Whoopi Goldberg got wrong about the Holocaust
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 2, 2022
Whoopi Goldberg was wrong about the Holocaust, But, the story is bigger than that.
Tennessee school board bans acclaimed Holocaust graphic novel, ‘Maus’
By Yonat Shimron — January 27, 2022
(RNS) — The move comes as school boards in politically conservative districts across the nation are reexamining their curriculums.
EU leaders worried by rise in antisemitism, Holocaust denial
By Samuel Petrequin — January 27, 2022
(AP) — According to Europe’s Fundamental Rights Agency, nine out of 10 Jews think antisemitism has increased in their country and is a serious problem.
UN chief decries antisemitism, urges stand against hatred
By Edith M. Lederer — January 26, 2022
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was alarmed to learn recently that barely half of adults worldwide have heard of the Holocaust.
Cold case team shines new light on betrayal of Anne Frank
By Mike Corder — January 17, 2022
AMSTERDAM (AP) — A cold case team that combed through evidence for five years in a bid to unravel one of World War II’s enduring mysteries has reached what it calls the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family. Their answer, outlined in a new book called “The […]
Polish official fired after calling Holocaust law ‘stupid’
By Associated Press — January 10, 2022
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish diplomat charged with improving contacts with Jews worldwide has been fired after he criticized his own government’s approach to regulating Holocaust speech, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. Jaroslaw Nowak, the plenipotentiary for contacts with the Jewish diaspora described a Holocaust speech law passed by his country’s ruling party as […]
Report: Holocaust denial persists on Facebook one year after push to stanch it
By Yonat Shimron — December 1, 2021
(RNS) — The ADL found that while dedicated Holocaust denial groups have been removed from the platform, public and private groups as well as personal profiles still contain links to such sources.
