The Holocaust

Missing Maurice Sendak

Brad Hirschfield | Posted 05.08.2012

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Brad Hirschfield

Sendack knew that we should never pretend about the potential danger of human rampaging, but neither should we lose hope about the possibility of returning home. We don't, as Reb Maurice teaches, escape to a better place, as much as we return to where we came from.

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Madeleine Albright’s Prague Winter Reveals Family Secrets (EXCERPT)

| | Posted 04.30.2012

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What does it feel like to be told your entire perception of your family and your childhood was wrong? Madeleine Albright, former U.S. secretary of sta...

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Why is This Generation Different From All Other Generations?

Michelle E. Goldberg | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: The Holocaust, Memory, History, Jewish History, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Crimes Against Humanity, Elie Weisel, College News
Michelle E. Goldberg

My plight is different than that of my mother's, the daughter of the survivor. I am part of an emerging group. I am a third generation Holocaust survivor.

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French Plumber Claims To Be Hitler's Grandson

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 04.17.2012

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Forty years ago, Philippe Loret's father, Jean-Marie, told his son and six other children some shocking news: that they were the grandchildren of Adol...

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Writing the Holocaust

Eve Keller | Posted 04.05.2012

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Eve Keller

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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Proxy Baptisms And The Jews: Let's Leave Romney Alone

Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie | Posted 05.23.2012

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Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie

There are many criteria that one might use to evaluate Mitt Romney's candidacy for President of the United States. But his position on the Mormon practice of proxy baptisms of Holocaust victims and survivors should not be one of them.

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Convicted Nazi Criminal Dies

AP | DAVID RISING | Posted 05.17.2012

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BERLIN — John Demjanjuk was convicted of being a low-ranking guard at the Sobibor death camp, but his 35-year fight on three continents to clear...

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Laura Paull

When Is The Past Not The Past? In The Hands Of 'Shoah' Director Claude Lanzmann

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Paull | Posted 03.16.2012

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The past, the past, le passé. Past perfect, past imperfect, passé composé...The past weighs heavy on 87-year-old Claude Lanzmann, director of the i...

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GOP Candidate Calls Holocaust 'Blackest Lie In History'

Oak Lawn Patch | Lorraine Swanson | Posted 04.30.2012

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A congressional candidate running as a Republican in the upcoming Illinois primary says the "Holocaust never happened." Arthur Jones, 64, a Lyons, ...

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Family Secrets: The Mystery My Mother Left Behind

Lev Raphael | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: The Holocaust, Mystery Writers, Buchenwald, Concentration Camps, Mystery Novels, Mothers, Family Secrets, Books News
Lev Raphael

Going through her things after the funeral, I found something shocking: My mother had kept the concentration camp uniform she was wearing when she was liberated by the Americans in 1945.

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The Odd Couple: Santorum and Ahmadinejad!

MP Nunan | Posted 04.15.2012

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MP Nunan

Have you noticed the whackiness shared by both Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Republican Primary candidate Rick Santorum? Both favor theo...

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How We Sugarcoat The Holocaust

Alan Elsner | Posted 04.07.2012

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Alan Elsner

A sad story approached a sad conclusion last week when a rabbi pleaded guilty to fraud for falsely selling what he claimed were Torah scrolls rescued from the Holocaust to synagogues and Jewish communities.

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Observant Survivors Keep The Faith After Holocaust

AP | By ARON HELLER | Posted 03.27.2012

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JERUSALEM -- It's a huge question for observant Jews: How can one still believe in a merciful God after suffering through the worst genocide in histor...

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Wannsee at 70: The Lessons of Hatred Endure

Abraham H. Foxman | Posted 03.19.2012

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Abraham H. Foxman

As we commemorate the anniversary of the Wannsee Conference, that infamous meeting where the Nazis formally adopted the "Final Solution", let us focus on what was unique about the Holocaust amid the other atrocities of the modern era.

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Those Who Desecrate the Holocaust Have No Place in Society

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 03.04.2012

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Menachem Rosensaft

We have reached the point when politicians and media commentators eager for a sound bite on the evening news think nothing of exploiting the Holocaust and Nazi terminology, and apparently the crasser the better.

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Two Cultures, Two Genocides, One Story

Bernard Starr | Posted 02.27.2012

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Bernard Starr

David's harrowing memories from Eastern Europe at the hands of the Nazis and Jacqueline's genocide experiences in Rwanda, although more than half a century apart, are hauntingly similar.

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Criminalizing Mass Murder: 65 Years After The UN's First Condemnation Of Genocide

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 02.14.2012

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Menachem Rosensaft

We must keep in mind that while posthumous justice for the victims of genocide is an important consideration, the most critical imperative has been the prevention of future carnages. One need only look at Darfur to realize that this goal is far from accomplished.

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The Miracle of Jewish Recovery After the Holocaust: The DP Camp Story

Bernard Starr | Posted 02.08.2012

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Bernard Starr

For survivors, of course, the memories and scars never fade. But there's another side of the story: In the aftermath of the Holocaust, an extraordinary drama of resiliency, rebirth and renewal took place in Austria and Germany: the creation of the Displaced Persons camps.

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Holocaust Survivor, Soldier Liberator Reunite For First Time

Posted 12.05.2011

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Sixty-six years after Rick Carrier liberated Irving Roth from the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945, the two men have been reunited for the first ...

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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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Three New Movies that Shed Light on the Holocaust

Deborah King | Posted 11.27.2011

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Deborah King

All three films will help you to remember to examine your own past, to ferret out the truth of your own self-betrayals, your own extermination of the parts of yourself you'd rather not accept.

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University Of Denver Dedicates Holocaust Memorial Social Action Site

Rothwell Polk | Posted 11.21.2011

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Rothwell Polk

The memorial is about remembering the Holocaust and the evils perpetrated against the Jewish people and others. It is also about remembering the events and circumstances that led to that horrific event.

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Why We Must Risk Getting Upset

Rebecca Tinsley | Posted 09.12.2011

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Rebecca Tinsley

If we fail to recognize genocide for what it is, whether it is on our doorstep or far away, then we don't deserve to call ourselves human. Like cancer, the longer we avoid it, the worse it gets.

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Memories Crowdsourced at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 08.01.2011

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Alan W. Silberberg

The World Memory Project allows people to both search and add stories, context and personal histories to complete the full picture of the Holocaust period and the dramatic loss and suffering of millions.

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I Will Shed No Tears for John Demjanjuk

Dorian de Wind | Posted 07.13.2011

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Dorian de Wind

While a five-year sentence may sound excessive for a 91-year-old man, I cannot ignore nor forget the fact that, because of monsters like John Demjanjuk, some of my surname never had the chance to even reach the age of nine.

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