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Haunted by Auschwitz 80 Years Later

Haunted by Auschwitz 80 Years Later

For years, they could not speak about the Holocaust. Teenagers Ruth Cohen, Steven Fenves, and Irene Weiss were deported in crowded freight…
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Hannah Szenes: The Young Poet and Parachutist Who Risked Her Life to Help Fellow Jews during World…

Hannah Szenes: The Young Poet and Parachutist Who Risked Her Life to Help Fellow Jews during World…

Before leaving for a perilous mission into Nazi-occupied Hungary, Hannah Szenes handed a piece of paper to her comrade. It contained a…
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Exhibition Prompts Hometowns to See Holocaust History as Their Own

Exhibition Prompts Hometowns to See Holocaust History as Their Own

Antisemitism. Racism. Isolationism. Some challenges facing America in the 1930s and ’40s have not gone away. The local relevance of…
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Survivors Warn Teens About the Dangers of Rising Hate

Survivors Warn Teens About the Dangers of Rising Hate

The recent surge of antisemitism troubles us all and is especially devastating to survivors, who endured the worst of this hatred in their…
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Utah Educator Introduces Students to Antisemitism through Holocaust Lessons

Utah Educator Introduces Students to Antisemitism through Holocaust Lessons

“Why the Jews?” It’s a common question asked by Matthew Ence’s high school history students when studying the Holocaust. In his school…
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The Lost Children After the Holocaust

The Lost Children After the Holocaust

The children who walked through the doors of the medieval monastery in Germany had endured all manner of Nazi terror. One Jewish boy from…
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Holocaust Survivors and the Long Shadow of Trauma

Holocaust Survivors and the Long Shadow of Trauma

For survivors, their life is forever divided — before the Holocaust and after. Many lost family, friends, and entire communities. They…
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Digging Up Evidence Buried During the Holocaust

Digging Up Evidence Buried During the Holocaust

While captive in the Warsaw ghetto, Jewish historian and social worker Emanuel Ringelblum led a brave group — including writers, teachers…
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State of Deception

State of Deception

In Nazi Germany, there was no escaping the steady drumbeat of lies and misinformation to build German pride and blame the Jews for…
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Genocide Prevention
Reliving Trauma Again and Again in Pursuit of Justice

Reliving Trauma Again and Again in Pursuit of Justice

A Yezidi woman documents her own people’s testimony about genocide.
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How the Earthquake Compounded Syrians’ Trauma, While the World Stood By

How the Earthquake Compounded Syrians’ Trauma, While the World Stood By

February’s massive earthquake brought already grievous suffering to a new level in northwest Syria, an area held by the opposition to…
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What Uyghur Americans Want You to Know about the Olympic Games

What Uyghur Americans Want You to Know about the Olympic Games

And why what is happening in China may be genocide
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