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What Does the Holocaust Mean in 2025?

JL;DR SUMMARY As the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation prompts reflection on Holocaust remembrance, this article examines how its memory is evolving amidst a dwindling survivor population. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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AuschwitzHolocaustEducationSurvivorsHolocaust RemembranceMoral ResponsibilityHistorical MemoryCultural InterpretationIlana Cone KennedySeattle Holocaust Center

Places mentioned

Auschwitz, Lesser Poland, Poland
"This past Monday marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and International Holocaust Remembrance Day."
New York, United States
"Just this month, a replica of Anne Franks annex and hiding place opened in New York."
Germany
"And an AI-powered educational Anne Frank chatbot launched, which a German historian called grave-digging."
Seattle, Washington, United States
"With this on my mind, I turned to the new executive director of Seattles Holocaust Center for Humanity, Ilana Cone Kennedy, for her thoughts."
United Kingdom
"He escaped to England on his own just the next year in 1939."

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