Posts Tagged: holocaust
The Arab Chapter of the Holocaust
JNS.org - The Holocaust is naturally perceived as a fundamentally European event. It’s customary to approach it as the “Holocaust of European Jewry,” whose perpetrators were...
Will the Holocaust on Instagram Teach Remembrance?
JNS.org - To say that the impact of social media on society and popular culture has not been entirely beneficial is the understatement of the...
German Nazi Camp Guard, 92, Charged as Accessory to Thousands of Murders
German prosecutors have charged a 92-year-old former concentration camp guard with being an accessory to murder, in what will be one of the last ever...
Brazil President Raises Eyebrows Saying Holocaust Can Be Forgiven
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro drew veiled rebukes from Israel on Saturday after saying the Nazi genocide of the Jews during World War II could be...
US Vice President Pence at Auschwitz: We Must Not Be Silent in Face of Evil
US Vice President Mike Pence visited the former German Nazi death camp of Auschwitz in Poland on Friday, amid a four-day trip to Europe. Around 1.1...
Survivors of Nazi Genocide Speak at Annual UN Holocaust Memorial Ceremony in New York
Two survivors of the Nazi genocide took part on Monday in the UN's annual Holocaust Memorial Ceremony in New York. In remarks at the event, 92-year-old Marian Turski...
What I Learned From Following Auschwitz on Facebook
JNS.org - I follow Auschwitz on Facebook. That’s a strange concept. If Facebook had existed when Auschwitz was operational, perhaps history would have been different. Today,...
Ahead of International Holocaust Memorial Day, Germany’s Merkel Calls for ‘Zero Tolerance’ of Antisemitism
German Chancellor Angela Merkel underscored the urgency of combating antisemitism, racism, and hatred more than 70 years after the Holocaust, calling for new ways to...
Distortion of the Holocaust Mars Another Holocaust Remembrance Day
Many people equate Holocaust distortion exclusively with its denial and minimization. This is incorrect. The latter two examples are only one category of Holocaust distortion...
In New Initiative, Yad Vashem Tackles 21st Century Antisemitism
JNS.org - It is American teachers like Lori Fulton who, with their commitment to Holocaust education, are poised to be potent forces for holding back...
How to Teach the Holocaust Going Forward
JNS.org - Imagine that you are a Jewish doctor in a Nazi concentration camp. About 100 of your fellow inmates suffer from diabetes, and you...
Last Surviving Fighter From Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Remembered for Heroism After Passing Away at Age 94
Simcha Rotem -- the last surviving fighter from the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising -- died in Jerusalem on Saturday at the age of 94. Rotem, also...
The Story of Joseph, the Holocaust, and Why Forgiveness Requires Closure
In 1976, the famous Holocaust survivor and Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal published a small book called The Sunflower. The book was inspired by a troubling and...
Dutch National Train Company to Pay Reparations to Descendants of Jews It Transported to Concentration Camps
The Dutch national train company Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) has agreed to pay reparations to the descendants of Jews it transported to concentration camps during the Holocaust. NS...
