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Holocaust

Countess Maria von Maltzan, Germany, 1988 (Photo/Gay Block)
Posted inPhotography

Gay Block’s portraits of non-Jewish Holocaust rescuers on view at S.F. gallery

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene September 7, 2022September 12, 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
Jewish refugees arrive in San Francisco from Shanghai on the USS General M.C. Meigs, 1949 (Photo/Courtesy U.C. Berkeley Bancroft Library)
Posted inFrom the Archives

75 years ago this week: San Francisco was ‘Port of Hope’ for Jewish refugees from Shanghai

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 17, 2022August 17, 2022
Patients lay in beds in the “Syndrome K” unit at Fatebenefratelli Hospital. (Photo/JTA-“Syndrome K”-Freestyle Digital Media)
Posted inCulture

To save Jews and keep the Nazis away, these doctors invented a fake infectious disease

by Stephen Silver and JTA August 12, 2022August 12, 2022
Eugenio Pacelli’s coronation as Pope Pius XII on March 12, 1939.
Posted inBooks

‘The Pope at War’: A new book explains Pius XII’s silence during the Shoah — but does not excuse it

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward August 2, 2022August 2, 2022
Polish actress Zuzanna Surowy in "My Name Is Sara." (Photo/Courtesy Strand Releasing)
Posted inFilm

A Jewish girl disguises herself as a Christian to evade the Holocaust in ‘My Name Is Sara’

by Andrew Lapin and JTA July 26, 2022July 26, 2022
(From left) Shoshana Fendel, Gabie Berliner Yossi Fendel and Lord Mayor of Hanover Belit Onay sign a document formally donating a family cabinet (right, behind Onay) stolen by the Nazis back to the city of Hanover to be used for educational purposes.
(Photo/Courtesy City of Hanover)
Posted inNews

Bay Area family visits Germany to reclaim, then donate, Nazi-looted heirloom

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 21, 2022
Abe Mazliach (right) with son Steven in front of a former Displaced Persons camp in Bad Reichenhall, Germany.
Posted inNews

Fremont man visits his birthplace: a DP camp in Germany

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 15, 2022
Jason Van Tatenhove, who served as national spokesman for the Oath Keepers and as a close aide to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, appears for testimony during the seventh hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on July 12, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Photo/Forward-Kevin Dietsch-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Why did a former Oath Keeper leave over Holocaust denialism? Because of his Jewish family.

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward July 15, 2022July 20, 2022
“You can hear a pin drop when I tell my story,” says Sy Karfiol.
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

‘My childhood ended’: Sacramento Holocaust survivor Sy Karfiol recounts harrowing tale for spellbound audiences

by Dan Pine June 30, 2022June 30, 2022

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