Holocaust

Theres an almost amused distance in some of these accounts, which vanishes as others speak of the unspeakable legacies of oppression and destruction borne by black and Jewish Americans. There arises, alarmingly and inevitably, what is effectively a debate as …

Liliana Segre waves at the end of a meeting with students in Milan, Italy, in 2018. For decades, Segre, 89, was reluctant to discuss her time in Auschwitz. But in the 1990s, she began speaking to schoolchildren throughout Italy about the Holocaust. Luca Brun…

Poland is pressing Netflix to change a map in one of its documentary series, accusing the streaming service of rewriting history. On Sunday Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki posted to his Facebook account a letter he sent to Netflix CEO Reed Hasting e…

5 Strategies For Teaching About The Holocaust Through Inquiry contributed by Tyrone Shaw Effective teaching about the Holocaust requires asking students the right questions, and that is the beginning of any inquiry-based lesson. The good thing, too, is th…

The heirs of two Holocaust victims have sued the Lehman Foundation in New York over a multi-million dollar painting, both claiming their families owned the painting before the Nazi era.  The 1917 painting by Egon Schiele, Portrait of the Artists Wife, was pu…

On November 9, 1938, German Nazis launched a violent campaign against Jewish communities, torching synagogues, vandalizing homes, schools, and graveyards, and destroying 7,500 businesses. In what would foreshadow the Holocaust in its violence, Kristallnacht,…

Image copyrightReutersImage caption People placed roses on a remaining portion of the Berlin Wall during a ceremony on Saturday German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned against taking democracy for granted, at a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of t…

ROME — An 89-year-old senator who survived the Holocaust has been placed under police protection after withstanding a barrage of anti-Semitic abuse online. Liliana Segre, who was sent to Auschwitz at the age of 13, became a target after she proposed establis…

An 89-year-old Italian woman who survived the Holocaust has been given a police escort after receiving a barrage of anti-Semitic threats.  Liliana Segre, who was deported to Auschwitz in 1944 at the age of 13, has been receiving up to 200 hate messages a day…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Liliana Segre has reported receiving about 200 hate messages a day An 89-year-old Holocaust survivor in Italy has been assigned police guards for protection after receiving hundreds of threats on social media. Lili…