Holocaust history

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• SOURCE: Associated Press
  2/9/2021
  

  Holocaust Scholars Ordered to Apologize in Polish Libel Case

  "The Polish League Against Defamation is ideologically aligned with the country’s ruling party, and the scholars see that as an indication the case is part of a government-backed effort to promote its historical narrative."

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  2/5/2021
  

  Woman, 95, Indicted on 10,000 Counts of Accessory to Murder in Nazi Camp

  "Public prosecutors in Germany have indicted a 95-year-old woman for her role supporting the Nazi killing machinery as a secretary in a concentration camp, charging her with 10,000 counts of being an accessory to murder, and complicity in attempted murders."

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  12/20/2020
  

  Pandemic Forces Holocaust Survivor Interviews Onto Zoom

  COVID forced a fast shift to video chat to record interviews with Holocaust survivors for the US Holocaust Museum's oral history project. 

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• SOURCE: Times of Israel
  12/19/2020
  

  Historian: Polish Society Shunned Jewish Survivors Returning From Nazi Camps

  Historian Lukasz Krzyzanowski argues that most Poles today are “unwilling to accept the bitter fact that they live in a post-genocidal land.”

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• SOURCE: Forward
  12/15/2020
  

  After an Online ‘Onslaught’ over Exhibit on Racial Justice, a Florida Holocaust Museum Vows Not to Back Down

  A Florida Holocaust museum's decision to feature an exhibition of photographs taken during recent protests over police killings of Black Americans raised questions about the museum's mission and whether the Holocaust can be remembered and its victims honored by comparing the genocide of European Jews to other instances of systemic racism. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  12/2/2020
  

  David Hackett, Historian and Holocaust Expert, Dies at 80

  Professor Hackett was noted for translating "The Buchenwald Report," made by German-speaking US military officers who described in detail their findings at the liberated concentration camp, preserving a key document for the fight against Holocaust denialism. He died of complications of the coronavirus. 

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• SOURCE: Time
  1/27/20
  

  "You shall never be a bystander." How We Learn About the Holocaust When the Last Survivors Are Gone

  by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

  Without living memories, pop culture will inevitably become the main source of knowledge for many of us.