Auschwitz

Remembering The Past, Building The Future

Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Majdanek Concentration Camp, Holocaust, Prayer, Auschwitz, Nazis, Concentration Camp, Judaism, Rabbi, Genocide, Religion News

We wandered through this concentration camp in the blazing sun. It was uncharacteristically hot for this time of year. It somehow didn't seem right.

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Revealing Family Secrets

Aby Sam Thomas | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Second World War, Auschwitz, Italian Jews, Slidepollajax, Genocide, Holocaust Remembrance, Judaism, Holocaust, World War II, Slideexpand, Religion News

"We are leaving for the concentration camp, maybe the one in Carpi, Modena. Once I get there, if it is possible, I will write to you. We are all fine, and full of courage."

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On Yom HaShoah, Remember The Innocents

Lea Lane | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Nazis, Judaism, Genocide, Auschwitz, Yam Hashoah, Cecilie Klein, Gender and Religion, Anti-Semitism, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Holocaust, Elie Weisel, Religion News

I met Cecilie Klein in the early 1980s. Fragile, intelligent, in her 50s, she was a Holocaust survivor finally ready to tell her experiences. I never forgot her remarkable story.

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PHOTOS: Exhibit Of 18 Violins Tells Story Of The Holocaust

AP | MARTHA WAGGONER | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Jews, Holocaust, Wwii, Judaism, Violins, Auschwitz Violin, Jewish, UNC Charlotte Center City, Auschwitz, Violins of Hope, Religion News

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- When a musician plays a violin long enough, the instrument is imprinted with its owner's way of making sound. If someone else picks...

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Writing the Holocaust

Eve Keller | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Holocaust, Holocaust Survivors, World War Two, The Holocaust, Holocaust Book, Wwii Book, Eve Keller, Holocaust Survivor, WWII Survivors, Millie Werber, Auschwitz, Books News

I sat on a pillowed bench in the Catskills. It was mid-July in the mountains: the trees were ridiculously green; the hummingbirds sipped sugar water. The prospect before me -- attempting Millie's experience at Auschwitz -- it seemed simply absurd.

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Poland, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Tussle Over Auschwitz Barracks

AP | VANESSA GERA | Posted 04.24.2012

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WARSAW, Poland — Polish and U.S. officials are engaged in intense talks to determine the fate of a sensitive object: a barrack that once housed ...

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Their Denial And Our Silence Mock International Holocaust Memorial Day

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Holocaust, Hitler, Auschwitz, Genocide, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Holocaust Denial, Religion News

If the grandchildren of the victims of Hitler's Final Solution are to have hope for the future, they'll need the international community to go beyond annual moments of silence.

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At the United Nations, Pictures Taken by Jewish Photographers in the Lodz Ghetto Are Shown in America for the First Time

Martha Flumenbaum | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Photography, Lodz, Holocaust Photos, Holocaust, Lodz Ghetto, United Nations, NY Around Town, The Face of the Ghetto, Auschwitz, Photography Exhibition, New York News

Tuesday night marked the opening of an exhibit entitled The Face of the Ghetto, Pictures Taken by Jewish Photographers in the Lodz Ghetto 1940-1944, at the United Nations.

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Gym Uses Auschwitz Picture To Promote Weight Loss (PHOTO)

Posted 01.09.2012

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A gym in Dubai has apologized after releasing an advertisement featuring an image from a German concentration camp to motivate clients to lose weight....

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Auschwitz Sees Record Number Of Visitors

AP | Posted 01.06.2012

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WARSAW, Poland -- The memorial site of Auschwitz-Birkenau says it saw more than 1.4 million visitors in 2011, a record high for the former death camp....

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Are There Limits to Forgiveness?

Michael Sigman | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Kim Jong Il Mourned, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Saddam Hussein, Karma, Kim Jong Il Dead, Auschwitz, Dharma, Kim Jong Il Mourning, The Fourth Moment, Adolf Hitler, Buddhism, Forgiveness, Kim Jong Il, Culture News

I love Buddhism and I'm all for forgiveness among us flawed humans. But only after unrepentant mass murderers who outstrip every definition of evil Webster's can muster are, to paraphrase President Obama, taken off the field.

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Our Fallout Shelter: Scary Places That Still Haunt Us

John Blumenthal | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Nuclear War, Nazi Germany, Candy Store, Stewart Air Force Base, Fallout Shelter, Hitler, Cold War, Auschwitz, Nostalgia, Swastika, Heart Attack, Radiation, General Practitioner, Fifty News

These papers, unpleasant as they were, we kept. They are part of the family history. They will be passed down to our children and then to their children. That is the hope anyway.

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Poland Reopens Auschwitz Investigation

AP | By VANESSA GERA | Posted 12.27.2011

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WARSAW, Poland -- Polish authorities have reopened an investigation into World War II crimes committed at Auschwitz and its satellite camps that was c...

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Nazi Death Camp Art On Show At Auschwitz Museum

AP | By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA | Posted 12.18.2011

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WARSAW, Poland -- Photos of 20 drawings and other artifacts clandestinely made by inmates at Nazi death camps during World War II are on show at the A...

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Reflections on a Visit to Germany

Diane Ravitch | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Nazi Germany, Germany, Berlin, Jewish, Holocaust, Judaism, Auschwitz, Religious Persecution, Berlin Wall, Travel News

Being Jewish is part of my identity. So, the question I asked myself as I packed for the trip was whether I could see Germany as it is now, not as the homeland of the Third Reich.

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WATCH: 'Maus' Author On His Unconventional Masterpiece

Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Spiegelman, Holocaust, Art Spiegelman, Satire, Holocaust Literature, Graphic Novel, Maus, Metamouse, Auschwitz, Pulitzer, Jewish Literature, Cartoon, Mouse, Anniversary, Memorial, Video, Arts News

In any retelling of an event as unspeakable as the Holocaust, much will be lost in translation. With Art Spiegelman's 'Maus,' the retelling is in the ...

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Michele Bachmann In 2002: Education Reform And Another Holocaust?

Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Michelle Bachmann, Michael Chapman, Minnesota Schools, Video, Michelle Bachmann Education, Bachmann Education, Elections 2012, Auschwitz, Education Reform, Anoka-Hennepin Schools, Education News

A 2002 film that focuses on Michele Bachmann's education activism alludes to her support for filming partner Michael Chapman and his message that stat...

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Ephemera and Experience: Ori Gersht

Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Art, Israeli Artist, Japanese Culture, Holocaust, Nazis, Hitler, Holocaust Survivors, Slidepollajax, Cherry Blossoms, Auschwitz, Japan, Israel, Arts News

Israeli artist Ori Gersht has two new shows at Angles Gallery in Los Angeles, which both examine cultural heritage and memory. "Falling Petals" examin...

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Boston Museum To Pay Restitution To Holocaust Victim Heir

AP | Posted 08.27.2011

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BOSTON — The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has determined that a 17th century Dutch painting in its collection was once owned by a Jewish art de...

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The Meaning and the Rhetoric of Evil: Auschwitz and Bin Laden

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 08.27.2011

Is there an alternative to ideological illusion and the rhetoric of evil? Yes, there is. We must remember our common human vulnerabilities and bring them into a collective conversation within which our existential anxiety can be held and better borne.

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Holocaust Victims Honored With March To Auschwitz

Posted 07.02.2011

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WARSAW, Poland (AP) – About 7,000 Jews marched to the former German Nazi death camp of Auschwitz on Monday in memory of the 6 million Holocaust vict...

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Elie Wiesel On Holocaust Remembrance (VIDEO)

Posted 07.01.2011

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Elie Wiesel is a Holocaust survivor and author of more than 50 books. He is most famous for Night, the autobiographical story of his experiences in th...

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Veteran Accused Of Fabricating Parts Of Auschwitz Heroics Story

Yahoo! News | Mike Collett | Posted 06.26.2011

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LONDON (Reuters) – A British World War Two veteran and his publisher have defended his account of smuggling himself into Auschwitz concentration cam...

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Exodus From Exile, Ourselves And Hatred

Carol Smaldino | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Hero's Journey, Holocaust, Passover, Exodus, Judaism, Jewish Holidays, Pesach 2011, Senseless Hatred, Passover 2011, Etty Hillesum, German, Auschwitz, Religion News

It is not as easy as it might seem to move away from hatred, since it can feel like giving up or giving in. When we are tied by hatred, whether to our stories or our religion, we cannot be free.

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What Does Auschwitz Have to Do With Benghazi?

Moisés Naím | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Libya, Obama Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Libya No Fly Zone, Auschwitz, Benghazi, Barack Obama, World News

The defense of fundamental humanitarian principles should be part of the national interest of any decent country. Fortunately for the Libyan rebels in this case decency prevailed. It is a risk worth taking.

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