Bergen-Belsen, Lower Saxony, Germany

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As the last generation of Holocaust survivors die, is AI the future of Holocaust education?

Hannah Feuer in Forward · 16 Feb

With the aging population of Holocaust survivors posing a challenge to traditional Holocaust education, new initiatives are leveraging AI technology to preserve these vital personal testimonies.

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German trains brought Jews to their death at Bergen-Belsen. They can’t be allowed to disturb the site.

Menachem Z. Rosensaft in JTA · 26 Jan

Deutsche Bahn's proposal to establish a new high-speed train route close to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp loading ramp is drawing significant opposition due to its potential to disrupt Holocaust memorial integrity.

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How the world transformed Elie Wiesel — and how he transformed the world

Simi Horwitz in Forward · 5 Sep 2025

Exploring Elie Wiesel's life, the documentary "Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire" delves into his transformation from a Holocaust survivor to a global moral icon.

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In this Holocaust story, there are few words, no swastikas, no yellow stars — just movement, passion and empathy

Stav Ziv in Forward · 20 Jul 2025

Suki John's film "Shma: A Story of Survival" utilizes dance to narrate her mother's Holocaust survival story.

0 Communities History

This Might Be the Smallest Synagogue in the World

György Polgár in Hadassah · 30 Jun 2025

The Szanto Synagogue in Szentendre, Hungary, is possibly the smallest synagogue globally, with just 130 square feet of space yet capable of hosting a minyan.

0 Politics Holocaust

Critics of Trump’s US Holocaust Memorial Council firings run the risk of trivializing the cataclysm

Menachem Z. Rosensaft in JTA · 15 May 2025

Menachem Z. Rosensaft, a former member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, critiques the reaction to Donald Trump's firing of several Biden appointees from the council.

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Let each of us view ourselves as though we personally had emerged from the Shoah

eJewishPhilanthropy · 24 Apr 2025

The keynote address delivered at the Yom HaShoah commemoration in Paramus, NJ, highlights the personal and collective responsibility to remember the Holocaust through the lens of individual and family experiences.

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Notes of Defiance: Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Diana Blumenfeld, and the Question of Cultural Genocide

Alia Saphier in Lehrhaus · 22 Apr 2025

Alia Saphier's article explores the concept of cultural genocide during the Holocaust, focusing on the impact on Jewish music through the lives of Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and Diana Blumenfeld.

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This Canadian soldier helped liberate Bergen-Belsen—80 years ago today

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 15 Apr 2025

Eighty years after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, Jack Marcovitch's daughters recount their father's experiences as a liberator and the subsequent impact on his life.

0 Music History

Jewish Masterpiece: ‘Hatikvah’

Sapir · 3 Apr 2025

During an open-air service in April 1945, survivors at Bergen-Belsen sang "Hatikvah," captured by a BBC reporter, illustrating hope amidst despair.

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12 Holocaust survivors share their stories on a Times Square billboard

Joseph Strauss in JTA · 24 Jan 2025

Twelve Holocaust survivors, including Hungarian-born Judith Frydman, are being featured on a Times Square billboard in an initiative by the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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The first-ever full-scale replica of Anne Frank’s secret annex opens in NYC

Jackie Hajdenberg in JTA · 22 Jan 2025

A groundbreaking exhibition at the Center for Jewish History in New York City offers visitors a full-scale replica of Anne Frank's secret annex.

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Brave New Words: Taking God To Task For The Shoah

Gary Rosenblatt in Between The Lines · 22 Jan 2025

Menachem Rosensaft's book, "Burning Psalms: Confronting Adonai After Auschwitz," challenges the traditional portrayal of God through a series of 150 psalms that express deep anger and a sense of abandonment during the Holocaust.

0 Holocaust Philosophy

Where was God in the Holocaust? A NY poet and activist asks the question in a book of ‘psalms’

Andrew Silow-Carroll in JTA · 21 Jan 2025

Menachem Rosensaft, a poet and Holocaust survivor born in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp, explores the profound theological question of God's presence—or absence—during the Holocaust in his new collection, "Burning Psalms: Confronting Adonai After Auschwitz."

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The Lie of Viktor Frankl

David Mikics in Tablet · 10 Sep 2020

The article critiques the legacy of Viktor Frankl, focusing on his controversial medical experiments on suicidal Jewish patients during the Holocaust and his philosophical approach to surviving suffering, which gained him fame.

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Everything you need to know about Anne Frank

Forward · 25 Jun 2020

The article explores the enduring legacy and profound impact of Anne Frank, highlighting her life, her diary, and her tragic fate during the Holocaust.

0 Literature Holocaust

Men Explain Anne Frank To Me

Talya Zax in Forward · 16 Dec 2018

Talya Zax explores the persistent cultural fascination with imagining alternative narratives for Anne Frank, focusing on the trend where male authors depict her surviving the Holocaust.

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