Holocaust

Steven Salen, a tailor who survived the Holocaust and dressed presidents, dies at 103

A Holocaust survivor with a Manhattan atelier became a “bespoke tailor” to the powerful and, late in life, opened up to his daughter about his wartime experience.

‘Queen of the Deuce’ documents how a Jewish refugee became Times Square’s queen of porn

“Queen of the Deuce” tells the unlikely story of Chelly Wilson, a Greek Jewish lesbian who narrowly escaped the Holocaust.

In Germany, Kristallnacht goes by a different name. Here’s why.

The word, which means “night of broken glass” in German, “has a pretty sound,” said a journalist who has studied Nazi-era terms.

Politics

Vermont state senator whose grandfather died in Holocaust wins congressional primary

Obituaries

Marvin Chomsky, director of the influential TV miniseries ‘Holocaust,’ dies at 92

Global

Zelensky offers new details about his family’s Holocaust history, igniting debate over Ukrainian Holocaust memory

Culture

Whoopi Goldberg returns to ‘The View’ after suspension over Holocaust comments, saying, ‘I listened’

Culture

Whoopi Goldberg says ‘The Holocaust isn’t about race’

New York

A Holocaust survivor spends her 110th birthday knitting — the craft that was key to her survival

Obituaries

Jack Feldman, Holocaust survivor who told his story in Emmy-winning documentary, dies at 95

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