Holocaust

94-year-old Nazi war criminal deemed unfit to stand trial in Germany

The former SS soldier was found guilty of involvement in the massacre of 770 civilians in Marzabotto, Italy, in 1944 and sentenced to life in prison in absentia in 2008.

Auschwitz really happened — and this artsy architecture exhibit proves it

An aestheticized exhibit at the Venice Architecture Biennale provides physical evidence that the atrocities at the death camp were real.

A New Novel about American Jewish Life During the Shoah

Kim Brooks’ debut novel The Houseguest (Counterpoint Press, 2016), offers a refreshing perspective on an often overlooked facet of Holocaust: that of the American Jew. The story begins with the arson of a synagogue in Upper Manhattan during the spring of 1941, a (fictional) tragedy that highlights—and provokes—the struggles of American Jewish activists to galvanize […]