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A view of Monaco. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

After repeated requests, Monaco to open archives on its role in Holocaust

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Monaco has agreed to grant the Simon Wiesenthal Center access to its state archives to learn more about the country’s role in the Holocaust, The Jewish Chronicle reported on Monday. In 1997, the center asked several countries...
Since 2014, the volunteer organization “Operation Benjamin” has located Jewish personnel at American military cemeteries all over the world who, for various reasons, were buried under markers incorrectly representing their religion and heritage, and to correct these historical errors. Credit: “Operation Benjamin.”

Manila American cemetery changes five Latin crosses to Stars of David

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The headstones of five U.S. soldiers buried in the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial were changed on Tuesday, righting a historical wrong. In coordination with the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), “Operation Benjamin” conducted...
A wall at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Munich, Germany, reads “Never again” in five different languages. The memorial was built as a Holocaust memorial. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Senior Airman Briana Jones)

Never again? Only if the Jews never stop fighting

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How does a Jewish girl born after the war experience the Shoah and remember it? The answer is with strain, disgust and disbelief—yes, quite naively. In her defense, there is no one to teach...
Old Synagogue in Wieliczka, Poland. Source: Google Maps.

Archaeologists unearth crate of historic Judaica items under synagogue in Poland

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A wooden crate filled with Judaica items was discovered during an archaeological excavation in a synagogue in Małopolska, Poland, reported The Jewish Chronicle. Archaeologists were digging a small test hole at the Old Synagogue in Wieliczka when...
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte speaks at the 2013 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 24, 2013. Photo: Monika Flueckiger/World Economic Forum via Wikimedia Commons.

Prime minister of Holland apologizes for nation’s role in wartime persecution of Jews

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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Sunday became the first Dutch leader to officially apologize for his country’s role in the Holocaust. Speaking at an event in Amsterdam to mark the 75th anniversary of the...
Jean-Louis Forain, a French Impressionist painter. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Germany returns Nazi-looted art to descendants of French Jewish collector

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The German government on Wednesday returned three works of art stolen from a Jewish lawyer and collector during the Nazi occupation of France to descendants of their original owner, reported France 24. The two paintings—Dame en...
One of a series of aerial reconnaissance photos of the Auschwitz concentration camp taken between April 4, 1944 and Jan. 14, 1945, but not examined until the 1970s. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Why the bombing Auschwitz argument still matters

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In his 1989 book From Beirut to Jerusalem, columnist Thomas Friedman of The New York Times, wrote, “Israel is becoming Yad Vashem with an Air Force.” That line represents the kind of smart-alecky analysis that helped build...
“Lodz Ghetto Bridge, circa 1940–1943” by Vincent Brauner. Credit: Gift of Elizabeth, Gail, and Sandy Peters in the Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial collection.

‘Rendering Witness’ displays risks artists took while the Holocaust raged in Europe

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Artwork made by eyewitnesses who documented their experiences during and shortly after the Holocaust, often in secret and while risking their lives, are showcased in a new exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living...
Falsified Israeli passport, part of “Operation Finale: The Capture & Trial of Adolf Eichmann,” January to June 2020. Credit: The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus in Farmington Hills, Mich.

Michigan’s Holocaust museum exhibit reveals secret history behind capture of Adolf Eichmann

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The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus in Farmington Hills, Mich., has announced its newest special exhibit, “Operation Finale: The Capture & Trial of Adolf Eichmann,” which runs Jan. 26 through mid-June. It reveals the secret...
Piero Terracina in Italy during a talk about the Holocaust, March 5, 2010. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Italian Jewish survivor of Auschwitz dies at age 91

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A man considered the last remaining survivor of Roman Jews who were deported from Italy’s capital to Nazi death camps during World War II died on Sunday at the age of 91. Piero Terracina was...