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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
April 8 is a Day of Remembrance for victims of the Holocaust. 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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Holocaust Survivors, Loved Ones Commemorate Auschwitz Liberation
Monday marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
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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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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
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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 After Liberation
Shortly before they were rounded up by Nazi troops in Belgium and deported to Auschwitz in 1942, the parents of three-year-old Maurice Gluck placed their only child in the care of a local Christian family. Gluck forgot his Yiddish mother tongue and that he even had parents of his own.
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Europe's Bishops Mark Auschwitz Anniversary Denouncing Hate
Europe’s Catholic bishops are marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz with a statement denouncing anti-Semitism and the “manipulation” of the truth for political aims.
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Owners of Krispy Kreme, Panera, Pret a Manger to Donate Millions Over Family's Nazi History
One of Germany’s richest families, which owns Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Pret A Manger and other international brands, is giving millions to support Holocaust survivors as it seeks to atone for its use of forced laborers during the Nazi era and its enthusiastic support of Adolf Hitler, The Associated Press has learned.
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Rep. Tlaib Says GOP Spreading ‘Lies' About Her Comments on Holocaust and Israel
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., on Monday defended recent remarks she made about the Holocaust and Israel and lashed out at President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers for “spreading outright lies” about her, NBC News reported. During an interview on Yahoo News’s “Skullduggery” podcast released Friday, Tlaib was asked about her support for a one-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians. Tlaib...
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Lawyer Ben Brafman Fights for Harvey Weinstein, in Court and Out
A powerful public figure is accused of sexual assault in a Manhattan hotel room. There’s media frenzy. Enter go-to defense attorney Ben Brafman.
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Poland Marks 75th Anniversary of Uprising in Warsaw Ghetto
Sirens wailed, church bells tolled and yellow paper daffodils of remembrance dotted the crowd as Polish and Jewish leaders extolled the heroism and determination of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighters on the 75th anniversary of their ill-fated rebellion. Polish President Andrzej Duda and World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder said the hundreds of young Jews who took to arms in...
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Anne Frank's Diary Read Out to Combat Soccer's Anti-Semitism
The Italian soccer federation says a passage from Anne Frank’s diary will be read before matches this week to condemn the acts of anti-Semitism by Lazio fans and to keep alive memories of the Holocaust. The FIGC also says a minute of silence will be observed before Serie A, B and C matches this week, plus amateur and youth games...
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‘Pizzagate' Figures to Fundraise for Supporter, a Would-Be Senator
Two right-wing activists who Ohio Republican Josh Mandel defended this summer against labeling by an anti-hate group have launched a super PAC backing his bid for U.S. Senate. Mike Cernovich and Jack Posobiec are among founders of the political action committee launched Monday. Both men were involved in the conspiracy theory dubbed “pizzagate,” which suggested Hillary Clinton was running a...