The rail tracks of Auschwitz still cross the area as aging reminders of horror
During World War II, men, women and children were transported from across Europe to Auschwitz-Birkenau, horrendous journeys ...
Germany’s Election Is Challenging Historic Taboos
Welcome to the Brussels Edition, Bloomberg’s daily briefing on what matters most in the heart of the European Union.
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80 years after Auschwitz: Memory culture in Germany
Outside the German Bundestag, flags are flying at half-mast, and inside, wreaths have been placed at the speaker's lectern. Many members of parliament are dressed in black, as are many guests.
How Jan. 27 came to be International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
A historian of the Holocaust and curator of the Auschwitz exhibition, now in Toronto, invites all who gather on Jan. 27 to ...
Holocaust Remembrance Day: A town once inhabited by Nazis reconciles with the past
As Holocaust Remembrance Day is marked on Jan. 27, a town in southwestern Germany unflinchingly confronts its past and ...
Nazis shattered her family’s store in 1938. She just learned it’s still there.
A. Grünebaum shoe store in Witten, Germany, before World War II. Suzanne Cohen's great-great-uncle started the store, and ...
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Germany’s Reckoning With the Past Is No Longer a Model
After over fifteen months, the war in Palestine has finally reached at least an initial pause — hopefully followed by a ...
Newly discovered photos of Nazi deportations show Jewish victims as they were last seen alive
Descendants of survivors helped researchers identify 279 deportees and tell their stories. ‘We give previously faceless victims a voice,’ says project’s co-founder.
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First Presidency sets groundbreaking date for Birmingham England Temple
A groundbreaking date has been set for the Birmingham England Temple, which will be the first house of the Lord to begin ...
The Netherlands 80 years on: Unique archive reveals names of nearly half a million Nazi collaborators
The CABR contains approximately 30 million pages of documents that provide valuable insights into the victims of the ...
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The Army's Secret Program to Interrogate German POWs During World War II
From 1943 through 1946, more than 3,400 prisoners (including 15 Nazi generals) were processed at Fort Hunt, according to ...
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From WWII Amsterdam, a deeply disturbing story of Dutch complicity with the Nazis
Willy Lindwer's shocking and deeply disturbing new Holocaust documentary Lost City reveals Amsterdam in a very new light.