Holocaust articles
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Holocaust Survivor Viktor Frankl on Collective Guilt
Only in movies and books is the line between good and evil people always clear. In The Gulag Archipelago (Vol. 2), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn immortalized these words: “The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either—but right through every human heart—and through all human hearts.” Solzhenitsyn wrote those
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The National Holocaust Museum and me: where past meets present
As Jews worldwide gather around the Seder table this week for Passover, recounting the biblical story of the Israelites’ escape from slavery in Egypt, Lauren Comiteau reflects on injustices past and present, adding a second helping of bitter herbs to her own Seder plate. The Dutch National Holocaust Museum opened last month with much pomp and ceremony—and protest—all broadcast live on national television. There was Dutch king Willem-Alexander wearing a yarmulke and talking about how Sobibor...
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International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of 'antisemitism' watered down
Pro-Palestinian groups are chipping away at the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism, which has been the global standard for years.