A gift shop at Auschwitz? New films, memoir explore the contradictions of ‘dark tourism’
The works explore a process familiar to Jewish visitors to the death camps and the former homes of vanished loved ones: an ...
These books circulated at Brandeis for decades. A trove of Holocaust history was hidden in the pages.
As the final generation of Holocaust survivors passes on, the books will remain as "material survivors, as witnesses." ...
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Trying to understand horrors of Auschwitz
Stratford author Nicholas Milton was there to sign copies of his new book, The Birdman of Auschwitz. The fascinating work explores the life of death camp guard and ornithologist Günther Niethammer – ...
‘My father was the Tattooist of Auschwitz – it took me five attempts to visit his prison home’
Lali Sokolov – better known as the Tattooist of Auschwitz, who was immortalised in the 2018 book that has sold more than 13 ...
Librarians at Brandeis preserve Holocaust history through looted books
Brandeis University librarians are cataloging thousands of Holocaust-looted books, marking 80 years since Auschwitz's ...
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The gay Jewish athlete who gave hope to the children of Auschwitz
A new book explores the bravery and kindness of ... first in a ghetto, then Auschwitz and, after forced labour, at Bergen-Belsen. Liberated at 18, she credited her survival to her passion for ...
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'Destruction Yiddish:' How the Holocaust changed language
The Holocaust caused expedited change in language due to previously unknown trauma, physicality and extremely close contact.
Holocaust entertainment distorts horrific truths about genocide
Jan. 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Books, movies and other entertainment on World War II and the Holocaust oversimplify what really happened under Nazi rule, a Holocaust educator ...