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Holocaust

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
A bust of Chiune Sugihara is seen near the Sugihara Chiune Memorial Hall in Yaotsu, Japan, his purported hometown. (Photo/JTA-Jordyn Haime)
Posted inNews

Researchers say Japan has exaggerated the story of Chiune Sugihara, the ‘Japanese Schindler’

by Jordyn Haime July 19, 2023July 19, 2023
Remains of Munich's former main synagogue, seen at left on the eve of its destruction by the Nazis in 1938, were pulled from the Isar River on July 4, 2023.
Posted inWorld

Nazis destroyed Munich’s main synagogue in 1938. Parts of it were just found in the city’s river.

by Toby Axelrod July 7, 2023
Dianna Agron stars in "Clock." (Photo/JTA-Hulu)
Posted inUncategorized

‘Clock’: A Hulu horror movie influenced by the post-Holocaust pressure to have children

by Taylor Speyer June 22, 2023June 22, 2023
​​The Claims Conference delegation for negotiations with the German government on behalf of Holocaust survivors meets in Berlin, May 8, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of Claims Conference)
Posted inWorld

Germany agrees to record $1.4 billion in annual Holocaust reparations as survivors age

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev June 15, 2023
a graphic of the Wikipedia article "The Holocaust in Poland" with a magnifying glass superimposed on it
Posted inTech

Wikipedia disciplines editors in Holocaust distortion dispute but sidesteps debate over Polish complicity

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev May 23, 2023
Jan, played by Joe Cole, and Miep, played by Bel Powley, embrace in "A Small Light." (Photo/Courtesy National Geographic)
Posted inTV & Film

A new Miep Gies show hails Anne Frank’s protector — but ignores the collaborators

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward May 9, 2023
Two pictures. On the left, a color photo of an ornate silver cup. On the right, a vintage photo of a woman smiling outside, sitting on a bench.
Posted inYom HaShoah

Nazi-looted silver cup comes home to Bay Area descendant after 80 years

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz April 17, 2023April 18, 2023
A group of Jewish young men pose while on an excursion in the Macedonian woods in 1941. The man seated in the front row, far left, has been identified as Nissim Kassorla by Numbers To Names according to Daniel Patt. (Photo/United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Gabriel Albocher)
Posted inBay Area

Once just faces, these Holocaust victims now have names

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 13, 2023April 27, 2023
The defendants in the dock at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. (Photo/United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy Gerald Schwab)
Posted inNews

Stanford releases full digital archive of Nuremberg trials

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 11, 2023

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