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We Are Here Brings the Songs of the Holocaust to Blair School of Music
We talk with organizers of the touring musical program, which features songs written by Jews in Nazi concentration camps and ...
After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission
Fürst, now 92, is one of a dwindling number of Holocaust survivors able to share first-person accounts of the horrors they ...
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80 years later, few Auschwitz survivors remain. One man makes telling the stories his mission
A Holocaust survivor who lived through four concentration camps as a young boy will return to Auschwitz to mark 80 years ...
Avi Benlolo: Red Cross sacrifices humanitarianism on the altar of neutrality
Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate, once wrote, “We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, ...
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Citing risk to Elie Wiesel’s ‘Night,’ Iowa judge blocks key parts of state book ban law
He pointed specifically to Elie Wiesel’s “Night” as an example of a book that could be caught in the dragnet. Lochner had previously brought up “Night” during oral arguments about the ...
'Surviving Mengele’s Auschwitz' is seminal Holocaust document of the banality of evil
The book is set to be released amid preparations for the January 27 commemoration in Poland of the 80th anniversary of the ...
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Former intelligence officer convicted in first use of Romania’s law against Holocaust denial
BUCHAREST, Romania (JTA) — A former Romanian intelligence officer has been sentenced to 13 months in prison for Holocaust denial ... Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel. The committee’s report ...
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Person of Faith – Jesma O’Hara
“When we began we never expected how the work would grow,” she said. Jesma recalled the words of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. During his acceptance speech for the 1985 Nobel Peace prize he said: ...
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On This International Holocaust Remembrance Day, We Must Remember the Righteous Too
Another less known but no less consequential Dutch Christian who saved Jews during the Holocaust was Miep Gies. She and her husband hid the Frank family in a secret annex for years during the ...
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The Lost Music of Auschwitz: How a British composer brought hidden Holocaust symphonies to life
Over one million people were killed at Auschwitz as the horrors of the Holocaust unfolded. Inmates were forced to compose and perform for SS officers as victims marched to their deaths ...
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Who was behind Trump during his inaugural address?
Donald Trump is now officially the 47th president of the United States after taking the oath of office on Monday. The frigid temperatures brought the ceremony inside the Capitol for the first time ...
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Irish president rejects call not to attend Holocaust event
The President of Ireland Michael D Higgins has rejected a call to withdraw from giving a speech at a Holocaust Memorial Day event. This follows an interview in which the out-going Ambassador of ...