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An attendant opens the section of the Vatican archive dedicated to Pope Pius XII on Thursday. The March 2 unsealing of the archives of Pope Pius XII, the controversial World War II-era pontiff whose papacy lasted from 1939 to 1958, has been awaited for d

Vatican Opens Archives Of World War II-Era Pope Pius XII

Mar 02, 2020
After decades of pressure from historians and Jewish groups, the Vatican on Monday began allowing scholars to access the archives of Pope Pius XII, who remained publicly silent during the Holocaust.
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Auschwitz survivor Alina Dabrowska, 96, shows her Auschwitz prisoner number tattoo at her home in Warsaw. She was sent to Auschwitz after she was caught by the Nazis helping the Allied forces in German-occupied Poland during World War II.

75 Years After Auschwitz Liberation, Survivors Urge World To Remember

Jan 27, 2020
"People should look at this place and think about our moral responsibility," says Pawel Sawicki, a longtime guide at the Auschwitz museum in Poland.
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National
A photograph of Vladimir Munk, (center), taken in March 1938 before the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia. After being imprisoned in concentration camps for years, Munk returned to his hometown of Pardubice, Czechoslovakia in May 1945 (right).

Holocaust Survivor Returning To Auschwitz: 'It's Like Going To The Family Cemetery'

Jan 23, 2020
Vladimir Munk left Auschwitz 75 years ago after the concentration camp was liberated by Soviet soldiers. Now, for the first time, he's going back to a place he calls a burial ground for his family.
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StoryCorps
Dena Kohleriter and Jori Kohleriter at their StoryCorps interview in Dallas, Texas on Nov. 8, 2019.

A Single Mother And Her Child Continue A Circle Of Life Disrupted By The Nazis

Jan 03, 2020
When Dena Kohleriter was 36, she decided to start a family on her own. At StoryCorps with her daughter, Jori, Dena describes how her grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, responded to the news.
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Europe
German Chancellor Angela Merkel walks toward the main railway entrance to Birkenau, the largest of the camps that made up the Auschwitz complex in Poland. It was the German chancellor's first visit to the former Nazi death camp, an enduring symbol of the

Merkel Tours Auschwitz With 'Sense Of Shame' And Warns Of Resurgent Anti-Semitism

Dec 06, 2019
It was the German leader's first official trip to the Nazi concentration camp. "These crimes are and will remain part of German history," she said, "and this history must be told over and over again."
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World
Liliana Segre waves at the end of a meeting with students in Milan, Italy, in 2018. For decades, Segre, 89, was reluctant to discuss her time in the Auschwitz concentration camp. But in the 1990s, she began speaking to schoolchildren throughout Italy abo

Italian Holocaust Survivor Faces Threats After Calling For Investigation Into Hate

Nov 11, 2019
"This is a real crisis for all of us, of all the system, of all the democracy," says the head of Rome's Jewish community. "That means that she must be protected from the hate as it was in the past."
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Las Vegas Teacher Aims To Increase Holocaust Knowledge Among Students

Aug 27, 2019

Many remember learning about the Holocaust for the first time.

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Newscast headlines

MGM Changing Security Uniforms After Complaints About Holocaust Imagery

Jul 25, 2019

MGM Resorts International will change the look of its security uniforms at some of its properties after complaints that the logo resembled Holocaust imagery.

The security team uniforms in question include a yellow shirt with a six-pointed star on the upper corner.

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Europe
Volunteers bury the remains of more than 1,000 Holocaust victims at a cemetery just outside Brest, Belarus, on Wednesday.

More Than 1,000 Holocaust Victims Are Buried In Belarus After Mass Grave Discovered

May 22, 2019
The remains emerged at a construction site in January. "I think it's very late, but better late than never," said Marcel Drimer, an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor.
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StoryCorps
Pauline and Judel Schuster on their wedding day in Stalingrad in April 1945. Judel died in 1997; Pauline died in 2011.

'We Were Lucky': Kids Of Holocaust Survivors Learned Their Parents' Life Philosophy

May 03, 2019
At StoryCorps, Abe and Esther Schuster remember their parents' joyful outlook, even as Holocaust survivors. "They never were kids," Abe said. "So sometimes you can make up for things later."
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Europe
Members of a group of French women from diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds lay a wreath near the Auschwitz gas chambers earlier this month. After learning more about the horrors of the Holocaust, they hoped to bring greater understanding to their c

To Counter Anti-Semitism, French Women Find Strength In Diversity At Auschwitz

Feb 28, 2019
With recent incidents of anti-Semitic vandalism in France, a group of women from different religious and ethnic backgrounds sought greater understanding by learning about the horrors of the Holocaust.
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World
The long-delayed opening of the House of Fates Holocaust museum in Budapest, whose entrance is marked by a Star of David, is expected this spring.

Hungary's New Holocaust Museum Isn't Open Yet, But It's Already Causing Concern

Feb 08, 2019
The government-funded House of Fates, set to open this year, has been criticized by Holocaust survivors, scholars and others for presenting a distorted view of Hungary's role during the Holocaust.
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World
<em>Le Mémorial de la Déportation des Juifs de France</em> names Jews deported in the Holocaust. Some got word this week they are receiving payments from the French government in reparation.

Holocaust Survivors And Victims' Families Receive Millions In Reparations From France

Feb 07, 2019
Survivors, who were deported via French trains to German death camps, are getting around $400,000 in compensation.
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World
Alice Dwyer plays the young Hanni Lévy in <em>The Invisibles, </em>which focuses on the lives of four German Jews who stayed in Germany during World War II and survived.

'The Invisibles' Reveals How Some Jews Survived Nazi Germany By Hiding In Plain Sight

Jan 29, 2019
"You just had to ignore the fear in your gut and push it away, become someone else," recalls one Jewish survivor, now 94. "I had to act like a regular Berliner. And this is what saved me in the end."
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Europe
Holocaust survivors visited the former Auschwitz concentration camp on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Survivors Mark Holocaust Remembrance Day On 74th Anniversary Of Auschwitz Liberation

Jan 27, 2019
Former prisoners gathered at the site of the former concentration camp to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Obituaries
Jakiw Palij, a former Nazi concentration camp guard, immigrated to America in 1949, claiming he had worked on his father's farm during World War II.

Last Known WWII Nazi Living In U.S., Deported To Germany Last Year, Is Dead at 95

Jan 11, 2019
The United States stripped Jakiw Palij of his citizenship in 2003, but it was difficult finding a country to take him. He was never charged for his involvement in the Holocaust.
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Europe
The German government has agreed to make a one-time payment to Kindertransport survivors, commemorated by a statue in Berlin, Germany.

Germany Agrees To Pay Kindertransport Survivors Who Escaped Nazis As Children

Dec 17, 2018
About 10,000 Jewish refugees under the age of 17 were relocated through the rescue operation. Most never saw their parents again. The Claims Conference estimates there are about 1,000 still living.
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World
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in July during a joint press conference in Jerusalem.

Israel's Netanyahu Embraces European Leaders With Controversial Views On Holocaust

Dec 17, 2018
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has befriended nationalist and far-right leaders who tend to be staunchly pro-Israel. But some Israelis say he's too lenient about their views on Holocaust history.
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History
Uri Berliner stands with Swedish journalist Claes Furstenberg in front of the former Furstenberg family home in Kalmar, Sweden.

The Cost of Courage: The 2 Couples Who Rescued My Family From The Nazis

Nov 14, 2018
Two couples sheltered Uri Berliner's family when the Nazis came to power. One thrived; the other paid a terrible price.
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Europe
Gert Berliner, 94, tied the little stuffed monkey to his bicycle when he was a child in Berlin.

A Toy Monkey That Escaped Nazi Germany And Reunited A Family

Nov 14, 2018
Gert Berliner packed a stuffed monkey when he fled the Nazis as a child. He kept the toy for more than a half century before donating it to a museum, an act that led to a remarkable discovery.
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Europe
Defendant Johann Rehbogen, a 94-year-old former SS guard, appears at the regional court in Münster, Germany, on Tuesday.

94-Year-Old Ex-Nazi Guard Goes On Trial Over Mass Killings At Concentration Camps

Nov 06, 2018
In court in Germany, Johann Rehbogen is charged with being an accessory in the murders of several hundred Jewish and Polish prisoners at the Stutthof concentration camp in the early 1940s.
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Book Reviews
A page from<em> Belonging</em>, by Nora Krug.

'Belonging' Explores The Notion Of Homeland And Inherited Guilt

Oct 06, 2018
In its searching honesty and multi-layered, visual and verbal storytelling, Nora Krug's memoir investigates mixed feelings about being German and her family's role in the Holocaust.
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Books
Enric Marco stands next to a Spanish Republican flag at Mauthausen camp in Austria in May 2003. Marco, who was chairman of an association of Spanish Republicans deported from France to Nazi concentration camps during World War II, admitted in May 2005 th

Javier Cercas Uncovers The Truth Behind Spain's 'Impostor'

Sep 20, 2018
In his new book, The Impostor, Javier Cercas unravels the lies that created the life of Enric Marco — a man who for years portrayed himself as a Holocaust survivor and Spanish Civil War hero.
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Memoir
Why I smile

The Reason I Smile

Aug 24, 2018

Life lessons and laughter from a Holocaust survivor

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Remembrances
French filmmaker Claude Lanzmann posed for this portrait in Los Angeles in 1986, one year after the release of <em>Shoa</em><em>h.</em>

'Shoah' Filmmaker Claude Lanzmann, Seeker Of Truths Without Name, Dies At 92

Jul 05, 2018
The French documentarian died Thursday in Paris. He leaves behind his monumental 1985 film on the Holocaust, which bears a Hebrew name as elusive of definitions as the historical truths he sought.

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