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Israel Observes Holocaust Remembrance Day
People in Israel observed the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day with sirens halting life for two minutes.
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Survivors Unite to Deliver Message on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Holocaust survivors across the world are uniting to deliver a message on the dangers of unchecked hate and the importance of remembrance at a time of rising global antisemitism.
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Comedian Jimmy Carr Denounced for ‘Abhorrent' Holocaust Remark in Netflix Special
The Auschwitz Memorial and other anti-hate organizations have condemned British-Irish comedian Jimmy Carr for a remark in his latest Netflix special.
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Tennessee School Board Bans Graphic Novel About the Holocaust
The McMinn County School Board voted to ban Pulitzer prize-winning graphic novel, “Maus” by Art Spiegelman from eighth grade language arts curriculum.
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Graphic Novel Illustrates Jewish Teen Life Through Writings Once Thought Lost During World War II
A new graphic book depicts the autobiographies written by six Jewish teenagers just before World War II. It is being published as a major archive of prewar documents about the Jews of Eastern Europe are reunited online.
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School Leader in Texas Tells Teachers to Balance Holocaust Books With ‘Opposing' Views
A top administrator with the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, Texas, advised teachers last week that if they have a book about the Holocaust in their classroom, they should also offer students access to a book from an “opposing” perspective, according to an audio recording obtained by NBC News. Gina Peddy, the Carroll school district’s executive director of curriculum and...
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Roman Kent, Holocaust Survivor Who Fought to Ensure It's Not Forgotten, Dies at 92 in NYC
Roman Kent, who survived the Holocaust and helped make sure the world never forgot its horrors, died at 92 in his Manhattan home, his daughter said.
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Florida Woman Thought Friend Was Lost in Holocaust; Now, They Zoom
The 9-year-old girls met in the schoolyard near their Berlin homes to say goodbye. Ilse Betty Grebenschikoff and Anne Maria Wahrenberg were best friends who leaned on one another during the early days of the Nazi’s anti-Jewish campaign. In 1939, both of their families were preparing to flee Germany for different destinations. Grebenschikoff and Wahrenberg embraced, cried and promised to…
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WATCH: Israelis Stop Traffic for Holocaust Remembrance Day
Israelis stood in silence for two minutes on Thursday to remember the six million people who died in the Holocaust.
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#ItStartedWithWords: How Hate Speech Spiraled into the Holocaust
The Claims Conference, an organization that seeks restitution for victims of the Holocaust, launched a social media campaign explaining the speech and words that were said prior to the Nazi-led genocide of millions of people, including 6 million Jewish people.
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Auschwitz Survivor Shared Her Bread, and it Saved Her Life
Dr. Edith Eger speaks about “The Gift,” her book that mentions grief as a force for positive change, inspired by her story surviving the Auschwitz concentration camp, and her healing process from the trauma.
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‘We Owe This to Them': Shoah Survivors in Vaccine Spotlight
Hundreds of Holocaust survivors in Austria and Slovakia have received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine 76 years after Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz death camp
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Why a Lack of Holocaust Knowledge Among Millennials and Gen Z Puts Us at Risk of Repeating History
A new study showed how disconnected younger generations have become from the realities of the Holocaust. Professor of Modern Jewish History Deborah Lipstadt explains why that is so dangerous.
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Holocaust Survivors Call on Zuckerberg to Delete Deniers
The rise of Holocaust deniers on social media platforms has been deeply painful to the elderly survivors of the genocide. These survivors are now taking to Facebook with the hashtag #NoDenyingIt to call on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to remove Holocaust deniers from the company’s platforms
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Holocaust Survivors Call on Mark Zuckerberg to Delete Deniers From Facebook
The rise of Holocaust deniers on social media platforms has been deeply painful to the elderly survivors of the genocide. These survivors are now taking to Facebook with the hashtag #NoDenyingIt to call on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to remove Holocaust deniers from the company’s platforms.
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German Court Convicts Nazi Guard 75 Years After WWII
A court in Hamburg, Germany, convicted former Nazi guard Bruno Dey of being an accessory to the murder of over 5,200 prisoners during World War II.
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CT Marks Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary
People across Connecticut held somber ceremonies on Monday to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
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Holocaust Survivors, Loved Ones Commemorate Auschwitz Liberation
Monday marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
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Auschwitz Survivors Return 75 Years After Camp Liberation
Survivors of the Auschwitz death camp tell their harrowing stories as they gather at the site to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp – some of them for the first time.
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Auschwitz Survivors Warn of Rising Anti-Semitism 75 Years on
Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp prayed and wept as they marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp by the Soviet army