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How Holocaust historians are unearthing Ukraine’s present

Years investigating Holocaust atrocities and ISIL war crimes are helping researchers uncover Russian abuses in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera · Oct 30, 2022

Accused Pelosi attacker David DePape spread QAnon, other far-right, bigoted conspiracies

In the months before police accused him of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Friday morning, David DePape had been drifting further into the world of far-right conspiracies, antisemitism and hate, according to a Los Angeles Times review of his online accounts.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 29, 2022

Hannah Goslar death: Anne Frank’s friend and Holocaust survivor passes away aged 93

Hannah Goslar was affectionately known as ‘Hanneli’ in Anne Frank’s famous diaries

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2022

Kanye West assails Jews, abortion in new interview with Lex Fridman

In a sprawling new podcast interview with MIT research scientist Lex Fridman, Kanye West made yet another series of incendiary and false statements about the Holocaust, abortion and the Jewish people.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 25, 2022

Patient bosses talk Holocaust & that end

Salon talks to Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg about dramatizing Jewish identity through a character facing down death

Salon · Oct 25, 2022

Jimmy Carr Destroys Art may be the stupidest take on ‘cancel culture’ yet

The ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’ comic stands before an audience and asks whether he should destroy artworks by Adolf Hitler, Rolf Harris and Picasso. Even if it weren’t for Carr’s own sketchy history with controversy, Channel 4’s new programme would be a terrible idea, writes Louis Chilton

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022

How Hitler conspiracies and other Holocaust disinformation undermine democratic institutions

Godwin’s Law posits that any online argument, if it continues long enough, will inevitably invoke a comparison to Hitler.

The Conversation · Oct 24, 2022

Biopic of French politician and Holocaust survivor defies critics

A biopic of the late Simone Veil, one of France's most admired public figures, has received some damning reviews, but its success at the box office shows there's an appetite for tales of strong women and dark periods in French history.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 23, 2022

Actress Sharon Stone tweets support of Illinois Holocaust Museum in antisemitic climate

CHICAGO — Hollywood actress Sharon Stone is again boosting the work of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie on social media.

Chicago Tribune · Oct 21, 2022

The value of photographic evidence of Nazi crimes

Letter: Toby Simpson, the director of the Wiener Holocaust Library, on the new Seeing Auschwitz exhibition in London

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2022