Holocaust Studies
5 Facts About Babi Yar

5 Facts About Babi Yar

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller
The Remarkable Rosh Hashanah Rescue of Denmark’s Jews

The Remarkable Rosh Hashanah Rescue of Denmark’s Jews
The Last Two Nazis on Trial

The Last Two Nazis on Trial
A Child’s Shoe: The Story of Hinda Cohen A Child’s Shoe: The Story of Hinda Cohen

A Child’s Shoe: The Story of Hinda Cohen
I’ve Been Here Before: Holocaust and Reincarnation

I’ve Been Here Before: Holocaust and Reincarnation
Internment Camps in Scotland

Internment Camps in Scotland

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A little-known network of internment camps operated in Scotland during World War II.

Synagogue at Babi Yar

Synagogue at Babi Yar

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There are new plans to build a synagogue at the site of a horrific Nazi massacre of Jews.

Kristallnacht – The Night of Broken Glass: An Overview

Kristallnacht – The Night of Broken Glass: An Overview

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On November 9, 1938 hundreds of synagogues were destroyed, 91 Jews were murdered, 30,000 Jews were sent to concentration camps and 7,000 Jewish businesses were ruined.

The Eichmann Files

The Eichmann Files

by Tal Ariel Amir, Israel Hayom
The Survivors’ Talmud: When the US Army Printed the Talmud

The Survivors’ Talmud: When the US Army Printed the Talmud

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With the help of the US Army, Jewish Holocaust survivors printed copies of the Talmud.

Rabbi Sacks on the Holocaust

Rabbi Sacks on the Holocaust

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Two thought provoking videos on faith after the Holocaust.

Misrepresenting the Jewish Refugee Rescue in the Philippines

Misrepresenting the Jewish Refugee Rescue in the Philippines

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Historical fallacies about this story are currently circulating. It's important to set the record straight.

Auschwitz 75 Years Later: Universal Lessons

Auschwitz 75 Years Later: Universal Lessons

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With the global resurgence of anti-Semitic incitement, violence and terror, these are the crucial lessons we must take to heart.

Indifference or Collaboration: Which One is the Road to Auschwitz?

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Indifference or Collaboration: Which One is the Road to Auschwitz?

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Does indifference to evil make you complicit?

The Holocaust and Sephardic Jews

The Holocaust and Sephardic Jews

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Are Sephardic and Mideastern Holocaust victims being forgotten?

7 Lessons from the Holocaust

7 Lessons from the Holocaust

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While the Holocaust was “uniquely unique,” there are important universal lessons to be acted upon.

Archaeology of the Holocaust

Archaeology of the Holocaust

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New technology unearths old Jewish secrets.

Holocaust Survivors’ Torment After Liberation

Holocaust Survivors’ Torment After Liberation

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Shocked by the horrific manner U.S. troops were treating survivors, two Jewish American soldiers took matters in their own hands.

The Nazi Boycott, 86 Years Ago & Today

The Nazi Boycott, 86 Years Ago & Today

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Echoes of the April 1, 1933 boycott continue to linger today.

March of Life: Descendants of Nazis Remember the Holocaust

March of Life: Descendants of Nazis Remember the Holocaust

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Remembrance, reconciliation and fighting anti-Semitism.

No One Wants the Jews: Remembering the St. Louis

No One Wants the Jews: Remembering the St. Louis

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The ship set sail with over 900 Jewish refugees and was rebuffed by the United States and Canada.

Stateless: When Germany Deported Thousands of Polish Jews in 1938

Stateless: When Germany Deported Thousands of Polish Jews in 1938

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The Polenaktion was a precursor to sudden arrests, roundups, deportations, violence, seizure of property and countries making clear Jews were not welcome.

The Last Nazi Trials: The Case Of Auschwitz Guard Reinhold Hanning

The Last Nazi Trials: The Case Of Auschwitz Guard Reinhold Hanning

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The 94-year-old former SS guard was prosecuted more than 70 years after the Holocaust. Irene Weiss, an Auschwitz survivor, explains why she testified against him.

Children of Nazis

Children of Nazis

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A new book delves into the lives of the sons and daughters of the Third Reich’s most notorious henchmen.

Menachem Begin on the Lessons of the Holocaust

Menachem Begin on the Lessons of the Holocaust

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In May 1981, a group of young American Jewish leaders asked Prime Minister Begin what he thought were the lessons of the Holocaust. This was his answer.

Confronting General Eisenhower Over Allies’ Refusal to Bomb Auschwitz

Confronting General Eisenhower Over Allies’ Refusal to Bomb Auschwitz

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In a direct and sharp rebuke, the Klausenberger Rebbe said the Americans and England shared in the guilt along with Hitler.

Aiding Nazis in Mass Killing of Jews

Aiding Nazis in Mass Killing of Jews

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Father Desbois is on a mission to expose the Holocaust’s hidden crimes.

What the Germans Knew

What the Germans Knew

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Recently published diaries present an unique and damning insider's view of Nazi Germany.

Nazi Concentration Camps on British Soil

Nazi Concentration Camps on British Soil

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Jewish slave laborers were worked to death in Alderney, a small Channel Island.

France & the Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup

France & the Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup

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In July, 1942, over 13,000 Jews, including 4,000 children, were arrested and placed in hellish conditions in the Paris Velodrome to be delivered to the Nazi killing machine.

A Nazi in the Family

A Nazi in the Family

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Three years ago I discovered that my grandfather was a member of the SS and arrested for crimes against humanity.

Distorting the Holocaust

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Distorting the Holocaust

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The de-Judaization of the Holocaust renders it devoid of its major message.

Let Us Remember

Let Us Remember

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On International Holocaust Remembrance Day

J.K. Rowling, Voldemort and Hitler

J.K. Rowling, Voldemort and Hitler

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At what age is it appropriate to start teaching young children about the Holocaust?

Love Letters of the Holocaust

Love Letters of the Holocaust

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Elizabeth Luz sent back and forth over 1,000 letters between hidden children and their parents during the Holocaust.

Forgetting the Holocaust

Forgetting the Holocaust

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Eventually, everything is forgotten. Even the worst crime in history.

Shoes on the Danube

Shoes on the Danube

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A moving sculpture memorializes Jews who were murdered in broad daylight along the river.

Poland, Guilt and the Holocaust

Poland, Guilt and the Holocaust

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Making it a crime to imply any Polish culpability for Nazi crimes denies the historical record.

Operation Texas: LBJ’s Mysterious Mission to Save Jews

Operation Texas: LBJ’s Mysterious Mission to Save Jews

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Did Lyndon B. Johnson secretly rescue hundreds of Jews on the eve of the Holocaust?

Was the Holocaust a Uniquely Jewish Tragedy?

Was the Holocaust a Uniquely Jewish Tragedy?

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The extermination of the Jews was not a means to any end; it was an end in itself.

The Nuremburg Trials: 70 Years Later

The Nuremburg Trials: 70 Years Later

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A brief primer on the historic War Crime Trials.

Why Didn't the Allies Bomb Auschwitz?

Why Didn't the Allies Bomb Auschwitz?

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One possible answer to Pope Francis’s question.

The Trial of Oskar Groening

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

The Trial of Oskar Groening

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Justice is not being served.

Mocking the Holocaust

Mocking the Holocaust

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There is a recent trend to trivialize and mock the Holocaust through art. What’s behind these shocking depictions?

Dachau’s Stolen Sign

Dachau’s Stolen Sign

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As the last generation to know Holocaust survivors, the theft reminds us of our responsibility to preserve their memories.

Denmark & the Holocaust

Denmark & the Holocaust

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One country saved its Jews. Were they just better people?

Making Germany Pay

Making Germany Pay

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The Germans should pay for their successive degradation of our humanity, but reparations are a mean and cruel salve.

Hitler on Trial

Hitler on Trial

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With the American press whitewashing the Nazi dictator, Jewish organizations staged a mock trial at Madison Square Gardens.

Nazi Collaborator or Hero?

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Nazi Collaborator or Hero?

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Claude Lansmann’s film, The Last of the Unjust, explores the moral ramifications of Benjamin Murmelstein’s pact with the devil.

Six Million Jews

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Six Million Jews

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Can the Holocaust be told using just one word: Jew?

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