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The Holocaust

Michael Flynn, former President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, interacts with members of the audience after a speech to about 200 people in Venice, FL on July 12, 2023. Flynn spoke at the Venice Community Center to the Republican Club of South Sarasota County.

Former Trump adviser Michael Flynn blamed Jews for boarding trains to Auschwitz 

Beth Harpaz, Jacob Kornbluh, The ForwardPublished August 14, 2023

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Former Trump adviser Michael Flynn used a recent speech to blame Jews for their own deportations at the hands of the Nazis,...

The home of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Understanding the importance of YIVO and how it’s saving 1,000 years of Jewish history

Menachem Wecker, JNSPublished August 8, 2023

(JNS) When a young man wanted to go study with a great rabbi in Poland-Lithuania, his father balked since there was no money for a train and thieves would surely accost the boy as he walked. Better to stay home and read the rabbi’s books, the father...

"Arbeit macht frei" sign at the main gate of the Auschwitz I-Main Camp

St. Louis Holocaust Museum team returns home with new perspectives after visiting Holocaust sites

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished August 8, 2023

What the Holocaust means to a person can change after a visit to the Jewish Ghetto of Lodz in Poland or crossing under the "Arbeit macht frei" sign at the main gate of the Auschwitz I-Main Camp. One's understanding of what Jewish life was like in Krakow...

Roseanne Barr

Roseanne Barr says ‘nobody died in the Holocaust’ but ‘they should have’

By Rebecca SalzhauerPublished June 27, 2023

Roseanne Barr, the controversial Jewish comedian and former star of the working-class family sitcom Roseanne, denied the Holocaust and espoused other conspiracy theories on a recent episode of the podcast “This Past Weekend” hosted by comedian...

“Chemnitz. Luisen Haus. Synagogue. Stephansplatz. Verlag u. Photographie Edm. Papezik. Posted on 14 April 1908, 13.8 x 8.7 cm. The Luisen Haus was a prestigious private clinic.”

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Postcards keeping memories of old German synagogues alive in new e-book

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 19, 2023

More than a century before the first emails and texts were sent electronically, postcards were a very popular way of communicating. The first postcards became available with the advancement of photography, and the years between 1890 and 1915 are considered...

How symbols and synchronicity brought this Nazi Eagle to St. Louis

How symbols and synchronicity brought this Nazi Eagle to St. Louis

Sharon Berry, Special To The Jewish LightPublished June 19, 2023

My friend Katya was recently helping Rebekah organize her home. As part of her process, Katya asks about various objects and how people feel when they are in their presence. She then brings to their attention how objects can affect their lives. Upon...

Hannah Pick-Goslar, on right, is seen with her friend Anne Frank

‘My Friend Anne Frank’ tells the incredible story of how Anne’s best friend survived the Holocaust

Shira Li Bartov, JTAPublished June 16, 2023

(JTA) — One spring morning in 1934, two little girls followed their mothers to a corner grocery store in Amsterdam. The mothers, hearing each other speak German to their daughters, discovered they were both Jewish refugees who had recently fled Nazi...

​​Claims Conference delegation for negotiations with the German government on behalf of Holocaust survivors in Berlin, Germany, May 8, 2023. (Courtesy of Claims Conference)

Germany agrees to record $1.4 billion in annual Holocaust reparations as survivors age

Published June 14, 2023

(JTA) – Conditions didn’t seem favorable in early May as Stuart Eizenstat entered annual negotiations with the German government over reparations for the estimated 240,000 remaining Holocaust survivors around the world. Eizenstat had served as...

A new version of the Holocaust’s most famous diary is being called ‘Anne Frank pornography’

A new version of the Holocaust’s most famous diary is being called ‘Anne Frank pornography’

Published June 13, 2023

(JTA) – Among the many books that conservative parents have recently asked their children’s schools to remove is a lushly illustrated version of the most famous Holocaust diary. The graphic adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary, published in English...

Toronto’s first Holocaust museum looks to the post-survivor era

Published June 13, 2023

(JTA) — Toronto is home to one of the world’s largest Jewish communities, nearly half of the 335,000 Jews in Canada. But until last week, the city did not have a dedicated Holocaust museum. The Toronto Holocaust Museum opened its doors on Friday,...

The importance of Anne Frank

The importance of Anne Frank

Joe Winkler, JTAPublished June 11, 2023

Today is the 94th birthday of Anne Frank, as well as the anniversary of the first post in her diary in which she famously wrote, “I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will...

Harvey Keitel to star in TV adaption of The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Iconic Jewish actor Harvey Keitel to star in TV adaptation of ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’

Published June 11, 2023

From “Poker Face” to “The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning,” Peacock TV has been bringing us a lot of excellent TV, and in 2024, it is taking on a newly popular TV trend: the limited Holocaust series. Next year, along with Sky TV, Peacock...

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