Articles of Interest 2020/21
Below is a collection of articles and videos of interest from around the world, many of which we have shared across our newsletters and social media channels. This resource will be continually updated.
Holocaust​
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Roma and Sinti community commemorate Memorial Day at Auschwitz
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Remains of 286 Jewish Holocaust victims uncovered in 2 basements in Ukraine
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In historic tribute, Israeli and German air forces fly over Dachau, Olympic site
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Rosh Hashanah of 1939: A holiday in the middle of the Holocaust
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‘Never again,’ UAE’s top diplomat declares at Holocaust memorial with Ashkenazi
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Holocaust survivor and Nazi sympathizer’s son forge friendship in Belgium
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In virtual ceremonies, Auschwitz child victims honoured 76 years on
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Auschwitz survivor, 92, takes over @Israel for Holocaust Remembrance Day
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An 80-year search for ‘the student K,’ murderer of Jewish babies
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Hitler kept secret hit list of 3,000 prominent Brits for after Nazis defeated UK
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Safe but not necessarily secure - The scars of Kindertransport children
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In Hungary, 97-year-old Holocaust survivor doctor still receiving patients
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Holocaust survivor whose photos documented the partisan resistance dies
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Germany commemorates Sophie Scholl, icon of resistance to Nazi regime
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Holocaust survivor Roman Kent who negotiated billions in restitution, dies at 92
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For the first time, I understand how Holocaust happened - Opinion
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I wrote Max Glauben's Holocaust survival memoir. Here's what it was like.
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Ukraine unveils folding 'pop-up book' synagogue at site of Babyn Yar massacre
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International March of the Living's Holocaust Survivor Tribute Video
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"Witness: Passing the Torch of Holocaust Memory to New Generations" - Film Premiere
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Unmasking a hidden Nazi: The SS General living unnoticed in Germany
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Tattoo that Auschwitz survivor cut out of her arm features in new UK exhibition
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After 80 years and failed attempts, Ukraine inaugurates memorial to Babi Yar
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A courageous American woman led the largest resistance group in Nazi Germany
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Unidentified Holocaust victim laid to rest after remains were found in the former Warsaw Ghetto
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Holocaust commemoration events abound in Poland despite diplomatic crisis with Israel
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Spain wants to find descendants of 5,200 Jews saved by the 'Spanish Schindler'
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Libya's Jewish graveyards were destroyed. They are being rebuilt online.
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Ukrainians unearth hiding places of Jews in city sewers during Nazi Holocaust
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Ukrainian researchers find Lviv sewer where dozens of Jews escaped Nazis
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Names, testimonies of Nazis in Babi Yar massacre released 80 years on
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Kristallnacht​
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Rabbi Lau: Kristallnacht is a painful reminder of what we have in common
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International March of the Living to commemorate Kristallnacht across walls of Old City
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Holocaust survivors who witnessed "Kristallnacht": The world has not learned the lesson
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'Let There Be Light' initiative illuminates cities, synagogues around the world
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Anti-Semitism / Extremism
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In condemning antisemitism, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is in a league of his own
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Uber driver asked to stop the car after passenger found out he was Jewish
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Study: More than one in 10 Americans under 40 thinks Jews caused the Holocaust
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Germany moves to eradicate lingering Nazi laws, some anti-Semitic
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After 5 years, anti-Semitism czar says no improvement for EU Jews – yet
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At German parliament, Holocaust survivor urges nation to fight today’s far-right
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In Iran, I was taught to hate Israel and Jews. Then I watched Schindler’s List.
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Combat Anti-Semitism Movement 2021 Annual Global Summit (Video Recording)
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German Jews seek protection after Israeli flags burned outside synagogues
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Speak Up Against Hate - Petition against Antisemitism (May/June 2021)
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Day of Action Against Antisemitism - watch the recording of the recent Virtual Rally (2021)
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Israel
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Israel plans to provide free vaccines to Holocaust survivors globally
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At ‘historic gathering’, Rivlin swears leaders into fight against Jew-hatred
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Minister Yankelevitch spoke with the President of the UAE Jewish community
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Making history, 1st commercial Israel-UAE flight departs for normalization talks
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Prince Charles meets Israeli President, survivors on first-ever official visit to Israel
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Joyful Ethiopians Kiss the Ground After Making Aliyah to Israel
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Benny Gantz: My Holocaust survivor mother made me a better general
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In Lag Ba'omer Mount Meron stampede 45 killed, at least 150 injured
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Israel holds day of mourning for 45 victims of deadly Meron crush
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Jewish-Arab violence rolls through cities like wildfire, with police overwhelmed
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Why does COVID make people so sick, so quickly? Israeli geneticist has an answer
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"A Palestinian case against Hamas" – Bassem Eid in AIJAC webinar
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How a Romanian Holocaust historian became a diplomat to Israel
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UK Muslim doctor delights in helping separate Jewish Israeli conjoined twins
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Australia
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98-year-old holocaust survivor becomes Victoria's oldest COVID-19 survivor
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'You Jewish f*$&ing dogs!' - Antisemitic attack targets Jews in Melbourne
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Horrific act of violence and supremacist discriminatory behaviour in Melbourne
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Arts & Culture
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The only memoir written at Auschwitz finally to be published in English
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Auschwitz museum employees discover identifying inscription in shoes of children sent to the camp
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Israeli ice hockey star signs to play in Oswiecim, otherwise known as Auschwitz
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Mama’s language: The survival and revival of Yiddish in the 21st Century
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The Newest Artifact in the "Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away." Exhibition
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Film explores why a Jewish former ACLU head defended Nazis’ right to free speech
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Nearly 80 years after the Babyn Yar massacre, Ukrainian researchers lift victims out of anonymity
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Czech Jewish artist’s works, hidden in walls since Holocaust, finally see light
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'Becoming a Witness': Teen paints portraits of Holocaust survivors during COVID-19 pandemic
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Modern Maccabees: UK exhibit highlights Jews’ overlooked resistance to the Nazis
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Oldest living Olympic champion, a Holocaust survivor, turns 100
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Normally reticent Auschwitz museum director wades into Yad Vashem controversy
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Popular Israeli Singers Boost Israel’s morale with “Katan Aleinu”
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Jewish community shaped by Inquisition opens Portugal’s first Holocaust museum
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A moving report aired on channel N12 news in the lead-up to UN Holocaust Remembrance Day
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2 women, Muslim and Jew, co-write children’s book about standing up to prejudice
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Forgotten pre-war Nazi girls school on UK coast inspires chilling new spy film
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Writing poetry helps me process the unspeakable evils of the Holocaust
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The earrings from Beregszász: Restoring the identity of a Holocaust victim
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The Israel Philharmonic - Holocaust Remembrance Day Video 2021
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Warsaw unveils monument to secret underground archive that documented the Holocaust's horror
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This is the first ever Holocaust exhibition to open in the Arab world
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Top Polish artist confronts country's Holocaust past in Jewish museum exhibit
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The Shira's Journey Project: A Greek Jewish Odyssey - documentary now available to view online!
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Artist memorializes Jewish lives lost in Holocaust by restoring violins
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Iranian judoka, Israeli coach record message about peace, friendship in sports
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Winning judo silver in Tokyo, Iranian defector Mollaei dedicates medal to Israel
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BBC News: "Generations: Portraits of Holocaust Survivors" at the Imperial War Museum, London (Video)
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Social media platforms fail to act on 84% of antisemitic content - report
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Sholem Aleichem Rediscovered: The Newly Translated Moshkeleh Ganev
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A Jewish prisoner. An SS officer. A forbidden relationship. An absolutely stunning documentary.
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Graphic Novel Illustrates Jewish Teen Life Through Writings Once Thought Lost During World War II
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Highlighting antisemitism in sports, Herzog speaks at Chelsea soccer club event
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General Interest
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Inaugural induction for four Honorary Life Memberships for the Holocaust Centre of NZ
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Moving White House ceremony starts to relegitimize a precious little word: Peace
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, first Jewish woman on Supreme Court, dies at 87
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How Greek Jews solved ‘dilemma’ of Pompeo’s visit to Thessaloniki on Yom Kippur
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Redemption: The orphans Yeshayahu Drucker returned to the Jewish people
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World Jewish Congress hails Pope's visit to Holocaust survivor
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'Child martyrs to national evils,' Frank and Till's legacies increasingly tied
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Project aims to posthumously award Medals of Honor to Jewish and non-white service members
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Swiss woman helps Holocaust survivors weather pandemic's 2nd trauma – loneliness
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Exclusive - Polish chief rabbi to Polish Senate: Thou shalt not steal
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Article about Dr Halina Jankowska from Medical Review Auschwitz
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The Jewish doctor who escaped the Nazis and founded the Paralympics
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Holocaust survivor's son who rescued Afghans: 'I put myself in their position'
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Inside The Anti-Fascist Library That's Been Fighting Nazism Since WW2
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At age 9, best friends separated fleeing the Nazis. Now, 82 years later, they finally hugged again.
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The Yiddish Historians and the Struggle for a Jewish History of the Holocaust
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The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
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