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Yom Hashoah 2023

The true meaning of freedom

The Warsaw ghetto uprising took place on erev Pesach 80 years ago. What did we learn?

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A group of Jewish civilians being held at gunpoint by German SS troops after being forced out of a bunker where they were sheltering during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in German-occupied Poland, World War II, 19th April - 16th May 1943. The photograph is from an official report from SS and Police Leader JÃ¼rgen Stroop to SS commander Heinrich Himmler, entitled 'Es gibt keinen jÃ¼dischen Wohnbezirk in Warschau mehr!' ('There is no Jewish Quarter of Warsaw Any more!"). The SS man on the right is SS-RottenfÃ¼hrer Josef BlÃ¶sche, who was executed for war crimes, in East Germany in 1969. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

My mother was a fantasist. Schindler’s List helped me understand who she really was

Steven Spielberg

My mother was a fantasist. Schindler’s List helped me understand who she really was

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Jewish Nuremberg prosecutor Ben Ferencz dies at 103

Jewish Nuremberg prosecutor Ben Ferencz dies at 103

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Obituary: Alfred Huberman

Obituary: Alfred Huberman

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The U.S. and the Holocaust,09-01-2023,Nazi Party meeting or rally. Sign in back reads "Kauft nicht bei Juden" - Don't buy from Jews.,National Archives and Record Administration NARA,Unknown

Finally, The end of the German Reich in sight at last

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My Father’s House book review: Irish priest who defied Nazis in Rome

My Father’s House book review: Irish priest who defied Nazis in Rome

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Ukraine Holocaust memorial damaged by missile strike

Ukraine Holocaust memorial damaged by missile strike

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