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At this Jerusalem museum, everyday objects tell the story of the Holocaust in a unique way

JERUSALEM — A guitar played by Jewish teenager Nina Simon of Skopje, Yugoslavia. A shortwave radio that once belonged to Raphael Ahav of Lyon, France. An embroidered prayer shawl, or tallit, used by 7-year-old Yosef Valdman of Borsczców, Poland. These everyday artifacts are among 33 displayed in glass cubicles at the entrance to “Living Memory” […]

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Unique Yad Vashem exhibit and street naming highlight NYC’s commitment to remember the Holocaust

A unique Holocaust art exhibition opened this week in New York’s City Hall. In “The Wandering Jew,” a 1947 oil-and-canvas painting by Dutch artist Eliazer Neuberger, a barefoot man wearing torn garments gazes forward while behind him an elderly mysterious figure who evokes the prophet Elijah raises his hand in blessing. A 1945 pencil-and-watercolor drawing […]

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Polish police murdered Jews during the Holocaust with gusto and even without Nazi orders, new book claims

Jan Grabowski spent more than 10 years conducting his research, including going through Polish archives, private diaries and records from more than 100 small towns where Jews lived in high concentrations.

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Holocaust ‘Book of Names’ to be inaugurated at the UN underscores the individual identities of the 6 million

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At this Jerusalem museum, everyday objects tell the story of the Holocaust in a unique way

Unique Yad Vashem exhibit and street naming highlight NYC’s commitment to remember the Holocaust

Polish police murdered Jews during the Holocaust with gusto and even without Nazi orders, new book claims

Holocaust ‘Book of Names’ to be inaugurated at the UN underscores the individual identities of the 6 million