Holocaust

In his account of liberating Ahlem concentration camp, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger reflects on the deplorable conditions he encountered, describing the skeletal figures of inmates and the blurred lines between life and death.
Comedian Nathan Fielder created Summit Ice, an outerwear company, to promote Holocaust awareness after discovering that a previous jacket he wore paid tribute to a Holocaust-denier.
The excerpt portrays a young boy on a school trip to a Holocaust museum where he grapples with his personal connection to the Holocaust.
Bruno Schulz, a renowned writer and illustrator from pre-war Poland, met a tragic end during the Holocaust.
Howard Jacobson's novel "J: A Novel" delves into a fictional world where a past atrocity, known as WHAT HAPPENED, is deliberately suppressed, akin to historical erasure.
"Love in the Shadow of Death" tells the heartbreaking story of Valy and Karl, two young lovers separated by the events of World War II and the Holocaust.
The author reflects on her journey to finally learn how to drive, facing struggles and encountering various driving instructors with distinct teaching styles.
"Dancing on Tisha B'Av" by Lev Raphael is a collection of short stories intertwining Jewish and gay themes.
Professor Alon Confino discusses the Nazi vision of eliminating Jews from every aspect of existence in his book "A World Without Jews: The Nazi Imagination from Persecution to Genocide."
Dr. Stefan Ihrig's book "Atatürk in the Nazi Imagination" explores how Turkish nationalism after WWI influenced the Nazis in the early Weimar era and beyond.
Tibor Rubin, a Hungarian Jew and Holocaust survivor, endured horrors at Mauthausen concentration camp before immigrating to the U.S. where he enlisted in the Army during the Korean War.
Holocaust survivor and Schindler's List producer Branko Lustig, aged 83, is donating his Oscar statuette to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem, stating that it is where the award should be kept after his death.
The discussion on Jewish perspectives on nuclear weapons and deterrence highlights the historical ambivalence among Jews towards the atomic bomb, influenced by experiences of WWII and the Holocaust.
The author, reflecting on the recent shooting in Charleston targeting African Americans, draws parallels to the historical Jewish experience of oppression and displacement.
The article discusses the controversy surrounding the absence of Stolpersteine, or stumbling stones, commemorating the 19 Jewish residents of Villingen who were persecuted during the Holocaust in Germany.
Dr. Michal Aharony from Beit Berl Academic College discusses her book "Hannah Arendt and the Limits of Total Domination" with host Gilad Halpern, focusing on how Arendt's theories on totalitarianism are analyzed through the perspective of Holocaust victims and survivors.
This text explores the theories of Jewish-German philosopher Hannah Arendt on totalitarianism by examining testimonies from Holocaust victims and survivors.
The documentary "Forbidden Films" by Felix Moeller highlights the controversial and toxic legacy of Nazi-era cinema, revealing the propaganda and hate-mongering themes prevalent in over 1,200 films made in Germany between 1933 and 1945.
Bernadette O'Connell recently donated photographs taken by her grandfather, Pinckney Glasgow McElwee, during the liberation of Dachau in 1945 to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Seventy years after the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, descendants of survivors gathered to share their memories and emphasize the importance of Holocaust remembrance.
Two assassins, Soghomon Tehlirian and Sholem Schwartzbard, sought justice for their peoples in acts of vengeance.
Jewish involvement and support for recognition of the Armenian Genocide is deeply rooted, with figures like Henry Morgenthau, Sr., Franz Werfel, and Raphael Lemkin playing pivotal roles in documenting and condemning the atrocities.
Jewish organizations in the United States are being urged to stop denying the Armenian genocide, especially as its 100th anniversary approaches.
The article discusses the author's decision to pay $120 to see the Canadian prog/hard rock band Rush in concert, possibly for the last time, despite the high cost and his wife's dislike for the band.
The legal battle over Oskar Schindler's suitcase, containing valuable documents including his famous lists of Jewish workers saved during the Holocaust, has sparked a contentious dispute between Prof. Erika Rosenberg and Yad Vashem.

Top authors in Holocaust

account_boxAndrew Lapin
account_boxRon Kampeas
account_boxAndrew Silow-Carroll
account_boxJulia Gergely
account_boxLior Zaltzman
account_boxJacob Gurvis
account_boxJackie Hajdenberg
account_boxPJ Grisar
account_boxShira Li Bartov
account_boxToby Axelrod