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An undated photo of Dr. Rafael Medoff, founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies in Washington, DC, teaching high school students. (Courtesy)
July 14, 2026, 11:45 pm
Author says US publisher nixed Holocaust book after he refused to condemn Israel
Dr. Rafael Medoff says editor at Dark Horse Comics demanded book on Nazi genocide include anti-Israel genocide charges
By Luke Tress
The Hasmonea Lwow team in 1924. Zygmunt Steuermann is standing on the far left. (Public domain)
July 4, 2026, 3:43 pm
‘Digging Deep’ for legacies, author finds missing Jewish soccer players killed in Holocaust
David Bolchover’s dark detective journey unearths a star footballing ‘team’ whose memories were erased by the Nazis, and shows that the dearth of Jewish greats in the sport today is no accident
By Lianne Kolirin
Liesbeth Heenk at a Holocaust Survivor Conference in Paris, October 2025 (Courtesy)
April 14, 2026, 1:13 pm
Who still reads Holocaust stories? A publisher sees shifting trends after October 7
Demand for Holocaust memoirs is falling amid rising antisemitism and changing consumer patterns. A non-Jewish Dutch woman has made it her mission to keep survivors’ voices on shelves
By Zev Stub
Guests at Art and Fashion Café, Warsaw, 1930s. (Public domain via Polish National Digital Archives)
April 7, 2026, 7:48 pm
In glitzy interwar Warsaw, truth meets fiction as 2 young women hunt for missing mentor
In ‘The Last Woman of Warsaw,’ out April 7, author Judy Batalion shows the Jewish diversity of the cosmopolitan city as an odd couple sets out to solve a mystery
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Friedrich Torberg signs a book on April 19, 1951, in Vienna. (Public domain)
April 3, 2026, 4:43 pm
A lost 1943 novel envisioned the still-unfolding Holocaust. Now, it has been recovered
In ‘Vengeance is Mine,’ Austrian refugee Friedrich Torberg painted an accurate picture of Nazi camps, though he’d never been in one. His portrayal is being translated for the first time
By Shira Li Bartov
Hannah Senesh with her older brother Gyuri in Tel Aviv. After being stranded in France during the war, Gyuri finally made it to Palestine the day his sister was shipping out to Egypt for training for her mission. This photo documents this meeting. (Public domain via Wikimedia Commons)
March 24, 2026, 4:56 pm
Certain death, small chance of success: The pre-state parachuters who jumped into Nazi Europe
Matti Friedman’s new book, ‘Out of the Sky,’ breathes life into British intelligence operatives who became Zionist heroes despite — or because of — failing at their real mission
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The entire administrative headquarters of the Nazi party have been discovered in Munich, Germany. The bulk of the records, comprising forty tons of documents including twelve million membership and filing cards, were discovered in a paper mill on the outskirts of the town, whilst the remainder were found in the strong room of the Munich party headquarters, and stored in four different offices in the city. Major William D. Browne, Security Officer, and former detective who was instrumental in making the discovery of the Nazi Party master files, inspects the huge pile of cards in the Munich paper mills, on Oct. 28, 1945. (AP Photo)
February 18, 2026, 4:10 pm
Nazis restored old manuscripts to hunt down Jewish ancestry, researcher finds
University of Oxford expert uncovers role of paper restorers and bookbinders in deciphering church and civil records to compile ‘hitlist’ of Jews
By ToI Staff
The Diary of Anne Frank has been translated into more than 75 languages. (John Halpern via JTA)
February 12, 2026, 9:51 pm
New law could make Anne Frank and ‘Night’ mandatory reading for Texas public schools
A proposed first-of-its-kind state-required reading list recognizes the importance of Holocaust education amid continuing tensions over who controls what students read
By Andrew Lapin
Ninette (left) and Viviane Dreyfus with Edgar outside the Martinez Hotel in Marseille, where ‘Tout Paris’ exiles gathered to exchange wartime gossip. (Courtesy of John Jay and Lady Swaythling and her family)
January 31, 2026, 7:33 am
Nazi-era teen girl’s diary charts unraveling of France — and her prominent Jewish family
Released in the UK on Jan. 22, ‘Ninette’s War’ by journalist John Jay examines darkest chapter in French history through a Dreyfus scion’s diary entries, family papers and interviews
By Robert Philpot
Illustrative: A group of Soviet partisans singing during a lull in the fighting. (Photographed by Yakov Davidson. Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum, Israel/Photo Archive)
January 28, 2026, 8:03 am
In WWII, legendary Jewish partisan ‘Uncle Misha’ took out Nazis while carrying a tune
New book ‘Partisan Song’ packs an action-filled punch as it tells the story of Moshe Gildenman, a nearly-forgotten Jewish guerrilla warfare leader against the Nazis in Ukraine
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Jane Yolen and her most famous book, 'The Devil's Arithmetic' (Courtesy of Jason Stemple and Penguin Random House via JTA)
October 4, 2025, 12:13 am
Texas school district yanks Holocaust book ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’ over ‘DEI content’
Decision made after Austin suburb’s Leander Independent School District undertook review using AI; teacher says he suspects novel was pulled as it deals with questions of identity
By Andrew Lapin
Hanna Solf gives testimony at the Nuremberg Trials, April 1947. (Public domain)
September 13, 2025, 9:05 am
In German high society, secret Nazi-hating rebels saved Jews, tried to end Hitler’s regime
Jonathan Freedland’s new book ‘The Traitors Circle’ examines the Solf Circle, a clandestine group including countesses, diplomats and politicians – and their betrayal and dark fate
By Robert Philpot
Sweater that Chana Zumerkorn from Lodz gave to her brother Joseph when they parted during the Holocaust (Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection, Gift of Joseph Zumerkorn, 11735)
April 23, 2025, 7:59 am
Clothing historian stitches together Holocaust history by focusing on ‘women’s work’
Nonfiction ‘Four Red Sweaters’ tells wartime stories of four young Jewish women while examining larger questions such as Nazis’ circular economy and perpetrator psychology
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Adam LeBor, author of 'Last Days of Budapest.' (Courtesy Zoltan Tuba)
April 22, 2025, 2:38 am
New book portrays a chaotic Budapest just before the Holocaust reached Hungary
‘Last Days of Budapest’ by Adam LeBor features oblivious politicians, Zionist forgers, courageous diplomats and murderous priests in a sad but true history of the Hungarian capital
By Robert Philpot
Etta Shiber, seen in a publicity photo for the 1943 book 'Paris-Underground,' and Kate Bonnefous, shown in 1940, were friends and unlikely heroes of the early French resistance. (Courtesy Ballantine Books via JTA)
March 12, 2025, 6:08 am
Two friends defied the Nazis. Then one woman ‘wrote’ a book that betrayed the other
In ‘Paris Undercover,’ author Matthew Goodman digs up the truth behind a successful ‘memoir’ that played fast and loose with facts as one of its subjects sat in Nazi prison
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
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