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Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate lights up in solidarity with Israeli terror victims
Israeli ambassador welcomes gesture, says Israel and Germany will face evil together Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate lit up in the colors of the Israeli flag…
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Celebrities to Gather for Reading of Elie Wiesel’s ‘Night’
The author Elie Wiesel, left, in 1985. David Hyde Pierce, center, and Sheldon Harnick will be among those reading…
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Non-Jewish Poles don yarmulkes to protest anti-Semitism
A kippah-clad man man taking part in a silent march in Berlin to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Kristallnacht…
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The Holocaust Survivor Who Hated Anne Frank
The last Holocaust survivor died last week. Well, Trudy (not her real name) wasn’t literally the last survivor – though that day is…
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YAFFE ELIACH, HOLOCAUST SCHOLAR, REMEMBERED
We sat together, both students of history at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY)…
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This Day in Jewish History 1945: The Nazis Murder a Former Mayor of Berlin
Jewish only in origin, Fritz Elsas had been a good German, but was arrested after the attempt to kill Hitler and died in a concentration camp.
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School Parade in Taiwan Featuring Swastikas and Nazis Unleashes Uproar
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A high school parade in Taiwan in which students dressed…
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Calling from the darkness: Music written by Holocaust victims recorded in new album
University of Iowa music associate professor Rachel Joselson (left) poses for a portrait with professor of piano Rene Lecuona…
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Why Didn’t the Swedes Mobilize to Save Holocaust Hero Raoul Wallenberg?
The very belated confirmation of the death of the Swedish diplomat raises new questions about economic and political interests – of the Swedish government and of his family –…
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