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The U.S. Holocaust Museum has acquired photos of a French internment camp where 18,000 Jews were imprisoned before being sent to Auschwitz. The story of how rare photographs were rediscovered begins three decades ago on the streets of New York’s Greenwich Village. …
April 28, 20157:51 PM ETHeard on All Things Considered LISTEN Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, Maus, has some very memorable cover art. It pictures a pair of mice — representing Jews — huddling beneath a cat-like caricature of Adolf …
Comic book artist Art Spiegelman reacted to the McMinn County School Board’s decision, saying he felt “jaw-dropping disbelief.”Bertrand Langlois/AFP via Getty Images JOE HERNANDEZTwitter Author Art Spiegelman says he felt “jaw-dropping disbelief” upon learning about the decision from a Tennessee …
As a young girl, Ella Blumenthal’s family was murdered in the Holocaust. Now her incredible journey is being explored in a heartfelt documentary, I Am Here. By Nick MaslowJanuary 27, 2022 11:00 AMPeople Magazine “I tried to never talk about my suffering …
As Germany observes the anniversary of the Wannsee Conference, witnesses of the Nazi era are dying and antisemitism is resurgent in Europe and the United States. By Katrin BennholdJan. 20, 2022NEW YORK TIMES BERLIN — On Jan. 20, 1942, 15 high-ranking …
AP NEWS By ROD McGUIRKOctober 12, 2021 CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku, who last year published his best-selling memoir, “The Happiest Man on Earth,” has died in Sydney, a Jewish community leader said. He was 101. “Eddie …
Her rich life, spanning three continents and 11 decades, entailed wartime espionage, volumes of poetry, songwriting and a late-career turn as a rock band’s frontwoman. By Annabelle WilliamsAug. 26, 2021NEW YORK TIMES Inge Ginsberg, who fled the Holocaust, helped American spies …
She played the accordion in the camp’s orchestra. Decades later, she spoke out against fascism and racism, using music as well as words. Esther Bejarano in performance in Hamburg, Germany, in 2010, accompanied by her son, Joram. She played in …
204 By Nina Siegal May 18, 2021 AMSTERDAM — They appear for less than three seconds in the film footage, faces distorted through the window glass. Small cherubs, staring out confusedly at a chaotic scene on the railway platform. In …