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"Morituri" is a lesser-known film from Marlon Brando's career where he plays a German engineer during World War II coerced by British intelligence into a spy...

The article lists nine Holocaust movies suitable to watch on Tisha B'Av, a Jewish day of mourning traditionally observed with fasting and reflection on destr...

"Shoah" by Claude Lanzmann is a groundbreaking film that delves deeply into the horrors of the Holocaust, offering a meticulous and unrelenting portrayal of ...

In this podcast episode, Don Futterman, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron discuss the controversial joint declaration by the Prime Ministers of Israel an...

Bernard Malamud's short story "The German Refugee" serves as a parable for the Jewish day of mourning, Tishah Be-Av, exploring themes of loss, suffering, and...

Mexico just elected a new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known for his anti-establishment and anti-corruption platform, in a sweeping victory. Dina ...

During the Holocaust in the Vilna Ghetto, Jewish inmates faced intense scrutiny at the ghetto gate, with some risking their lives to smuggle various contraba...

The French publishing house Gallimard's decision to republish three anti-Semitic pamphlets by the controversial author Louis-Ferdinand Céline, known for his ...

Jewish Life magazine engaged with prominent African American leader Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois in the late 1940s and early 1950s, seeking to connect the struggles ...

Professor Jeffrey Herf discusses the varying attitudes towards Israel held by East Germany and the radical left in West Germany from 1967 to 1989, within the...

In Japan, a unique connection exists between the Japanese Christian community and Israel, highlighted by the story of Reverend Makoto Otsuka and his Holocaus...

Anne Frank's diary continues to profoundly resonate with Japanese readers, particularly young women, despite the cultural differences and historical context....

The Auschwitz Jewish Center in Oswiecim, Poland, aims to preserve and teach about the rich Jewish history of the town, now primarily known for the Auschwitz-...

An Israeli reporter convinced Dr. Daniel Brown to share his story of being Hitler's nephew's grandson and a Jew, leading to public sensationalism and traumat...

In 1968, following an anti-Zionist campaign by the Polish government, over 13,000 Polish Jews fled to Denmark, including Marian Marzyski, a successful filmma...

The Austrian Mauthausen Committee, representing Nazi-era concentration camp survivors, has excluded the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) from a memorial service...

The poem "Neo-Poland" addresses the Polish government's restrictions on discussing the Holocaust, highlighting how societies often try to suppress dark aspec...

The text discusses the evolution of Holocaust research from the 1940s to the present day, highlighting key developments and challenges. It notes the initial ...

The article details the evolving commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising from its immediate aftermath during the Holocaust to contemporary observances. I...

"Hitler's Hollywood" by German documentarian Rdiger Suchsland delves into the world of Nazi cinema from 1933 to 1945, exploring the films made under the regi...

Rabbi Herschel Schacter, a young Orthodox rabbi, entered the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in April 1945 as part of the American Army after serving in variou...

Ben Frisch, a Jewish teacher of 34 years at Friends Seminary, a private Quaker school in Manhattan, was fired for making a Nazi joke during a math lesson, ca...

Poland's Law and Justice Party (PiS) passed a bill criminalizing accusations of Polish complicity in Nazi crimes and historical distortions, aiming to whitew...

Patrick Modiano, a French novelist and Nobel Prize winner, explores the themes of occupation and collaboration during World War II in his works, including "L...

"Adam & Thomas" by Aharon Appelfeld is a poignant novel about two young boys left in a forest during the Holocaust, embodying themes of Jewish survival and r...

Dr. Hillel Seidman, a Chassidic Jew, documented daily life in the Warsaw Ghetto in his diary from July 1942 to January 1943. The diary reflects the challenge...

Dr. Henry Abramson's "Torah from the Years of Wrath" delves into the historical context surrounding the Aish Kodesh, a collection of Torah homilies by Rabbi ...

"Before the Fall: German and Austrian Art of the 1930s" at the Neue Galerie is curated by Olaf Peters and focuses on art reflecting the cultural and politica...

Following Poland's controversial law that criminalizes attributing Nazi crimes to the country, some Jewish organizations, including Ezra led by Shaul de Mala...

In the podcast episode, Noah Efron, Charlotte Hall, and Don Futterman explore three pressing topics: the history and ethics of targeted killings in Israel as...

In a recent episode of AJC Passport, the focus was on the Munich Security Conference where Prime Minister Netanyahu issued a warning to Iran not to challenge...

The text delves into a mother's journey with her sleepless daughter, Zelda, and the challenges they faced with sleep studies, parenting approaches, and strug...

Poland has introduced a controversial bill just before International Holocaust Remembrance Day, aiming to make it illegal to blame Poland or Polish citizens ...

Dr. Oren Meyers from the University of Haifa, co-author of the book Communicating Awe, discusses the significant presence of Holocaust-related content in Isr...

The text explores the correspondence between two lesser-known female writers, Zenia Larsson and Chava Rosenfarb, both survivors of the Holocaust who were bor...

In preparation for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, an interview was conducted with Sandy Myers and Desiree Nazarian from Selfhelp Community Services...

In this episode of Unorthodox, the podcast highlights the work of Selfhelp Community Services in supporting Holocaust survivors in New York. As these survivo...

Selfhelp, a non-profit organization, focuses on aiding Holocaust survivors by providing various services. Apart from those who were in concentration camps, s...

The text delves into the complex and often cruel history of Jews in Poland, highlighting the strained relationship between Jews and Poles over the centuries....

Ernst Barbakoff, a former child prodigy turned elderly piano teacher, spends his mornings in the library recounting his past to Miss Virginia, the librarian....

Vandals recently desecrated the Holocaust Memorial in Athens by removing two out of three panels featuring an inscription by Elie Wiesel. The City of Athens ...

Members of the far-right AfD, including politician Bjoern Hoecke, have expressed disdain for Berlin's Holocaust memorial, suggesting a monument for German vi...

When Hitler rose to power in 1933, German Jews, who numbered 535,000, faced increasing violence and discrimination as the Nazi regime implemented anti-Jewish...

Robert Bank, President and CEO of American Jewish World Service, highlights the urgent Jewish responsibility to aid the persecuted Rohingya people, drawing p...

Despite the atrocities committed by Soviet Communism, many American Jews were deeply involved in and idealized the movement, with a significant Jewish presen...

In an episode of the PBS show Finding Your Roots, Larry David and Senator Bernie Sanders discovered they are cousins through shared DNA, despite not having a...

Ari Kaplan, a respected Sabermetrician in Major League Baseball, is also deeply involved in researching the fate of Holocaust rescuer Raoul Wallenberg, a Swe...

Holocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor, who was experimented on by Dr. Josef Mengele in Auschwitz, shared in a widely viewed video her decision to forgive Mengele ...

Dr. Rafael Medoff, from the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, discusses his book "Cartoonists Against the Holocaust" on how US editorial cartoo...

The art installation "4 x Sally" at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute explores the complex story of Salomon Perels, a Jewish man who had to adopt a Nazi alter...