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Auschwitz

Stephen Lang and Elsie Fisher star in a film about Holocaust survivor Herbert Heller of San Rafael
Posted inFilm

‘The Optimist’ unfurls life story of San Rafael Holocaust survivor who touched hearts

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 11, 2026February 18, 2026

Updated Feb. 13 The life of Herbert Heller, the longtime San Rafael resident and Holocaust survivor who died in 2021, was a sobering one. Born in Czechoslovakia, he survived the […]

Community leaders stand next to lit memorial candles during the International Holocaust Remembrance Day event at the Menorah Center SF on Jan. 25. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inHolocaust Remembrance Day

‘Never again’ must be ‘something we do’: S.F. event commemorates Holocaust

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi January 26, 2026January 26, 2026
Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry visit Auschwitz in "Treasure," a 2024 tragicomedy set in the 1990s. (Bleecker Street)
Posted inFilm

Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry take a father-daughter trip to Auschwitz in tragicomedy ‘Treasure’

by Toby Axelrod June 17, 2024June 17, 2024
Seeing triple. (Photos/Courtesy of Harper, Amsterdam Publishers)
Posted inBooks

This Auschwitz book trend has got to stop — the sooner the better

Talya Zax by Talya Zax June 13, 2024June 13, 2024
Maya Lasker-Wallfisch, Kai Höss and Hans-Jurgen Höss visit Auschwitz. (Photo/Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)
Posted inTV & Film

‘The Commandant’s Shadow’ tells the true Holocaust story behind ‘The Zone of Interest’

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg May 29, 2024
Varun Dhawan (left) and Janhvi Kapoor in a scene from "Bawaal" set at Auschwitz. (Photo/Amazon Prime)
Posted inCulture

In Amazon’s new Bollywood movie, a couple visits Auschwitz to heal their marriage

by Andrew Lapin July 26, 2023
Women at Auschwitz, May 1944. (Photo/Forward-Yad Vashem Archives-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Did Nazis make these Jewish women at Auschwitz infertile?

by Hallie Lieberman and Forward September 14, 2022
Eugene Ginter makes the chocolate sandwich that his mother made for him after he was liberated from Auschwitz. (Photo/Ellen Silverman)
Posted inFood

New cookbook showcases Auschwitz survivors’ recipes — and resilience

by Rachel Ringler and JTA September 1, 2022
Hungarian Jews arrive at Auschwitz in 1944. (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inLocal Voice

I say their names. Every night. Not just on Yom HaShoah.

Anastasia Torres-Gil by Anastasia Torres-Gil April 27, 2022April 27, 2022
Irish author John Boyne's "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" has been heavily criticized by Holocaust historians and educators in the years since its release. (Paul Faith - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)
Posted inBooks

‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,’ Holocaust novel decried for inaccuracies, is getting a sequel

by Andrew Lapin and JTA March 16, 2022

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