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A timely New York exhibition immerses listeners in voices from the Holocaust

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 02:04:31 +0000

Rare, unheard recordings collected by Claude Lanzmann for his monumental film 'Shoah' feature testimonies that still demand to be heard - and now can be, at the New York Historical

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A trailblazing filmmaker, Jean-Luc Godard was a polarizing figure to Jews offscreen

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 23:26:18 +0000

The French New Wave pioneer who died Tuesday long faced accusations of antisemitism, but while his opposition to Zionism was clear, his views on the Jewish people were more complex

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Holocaust survivors condemn Putin’s ‘denazification’ claim in Ukraine

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 08:12:02 +0000

Signatories to statement say Russian leader's unacceptable justification of invasion as action against Nazis and alleged genocide only serves to 'tarnish' the words

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Auschwitz survivor, 92, takes over @Israel for Holocaust Remembrance Day

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 16:36:55 +0000

Foreign Ministry gives its Twitter account to Itzik Yaakobi, prisoner B-11057, to recount his experiences during the Shoah and answer questions from around the world

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Stunning posthumous release from ‘Shoah’ director resonates post-Pittsburgh

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 19:10:30 +0000

Filmmaker Claude Lanzmann died this past July, but a new work, 'Shoah: Four Sisters,' compiled from past footage to debut in NY, is chillingly applicable today

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France plans tribute to late filmmaker Lanzmann

Wed, 11 Jul 2018 01:35:04 +0000

Thursday ceremony for acclaimed director of Holocaust documentary 'Shoah' to take place before burial at Montparnasse cemetery in Paris

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Long before Israel, Claude Lanzmann stirred Poland’s wrath

Thu, 05 Jul 2018 18:38:25 +0000

The eminent filmmaker, who died Thursday at 92, railed against the 'Polish lobby' undercutting his groundbreaking Holocaust work that tarnished the narrative of Polish victimhood

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The lost diary of Poland’s ‘Anne Frank’: An untold testament of a truncated life

Thu, 12 Apr 2018 16:33:40 +0000

For decades, few people knew of Renia Spiegel or her journal. The Holocaust victim's sister and a determined filmmaker are working to change that

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New Holocaust museums draw connections to local history to inspire ‘upstanders’

Mon, 26 Feb 2018 20:03:35 +0000

From Skokie to Skopje, newly designed memorials encourage visitors to 'participate in repair' -- by looking within themselves

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How artist beat ‘foolproof’ Nazi system to forge Dutch ID papers, save 350 lives

Wed, 03 Jan 2018 03:02:27 +0000

Resistance work of Alice Cohn, expertly faking documents while in hiding, detailed in exhibit at National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam

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When slavery and the Holocaust visited American living rooms

Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:59:42 +0000

Aired on television within months of each other, 40 years ago 'Roots' and 'Holocaust' broke cultural taboos by depicting some of history's worst atrocities

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At former Nazi death camp Sobibor, a post-Holocaust construction boom

Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:49:03 +0000

After decades of obscurity, a one-time Nazi-built extermination center is being transformed to commemorate Jewish victims and attract more visitors

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Boston Holocaust memorial rededicated after vandalism

Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:16:21 +0000

After one of the Shoah memorial's glass towers was shattered last month, community leaders gather to unveil repairs and praise Boston's response to the incident

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Publication of Anne Frank’s diary saved her ‘Secret Annex’ from destruction

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 04:21:36 +0000

60 years ago, the Netherlands avoided 'national scandal' when activists rescued the wartime hiding place

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Did stimulants fuel Nazi Germany’s war of annihilation?

Wed, 10 May 2017 17:26:37 +0000

A probe into drug and alcohol use during Nazi Germany's 'blitzkrieg' assault on Europe opens a Pandora's box of coverups and accusations

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