The Holocaust

Genocide of the European Jews by Nazi Germany and other groups

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The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the World War II genocide of the European Jews. Between 1941 and 1945, across German-occupied Europe, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. The murders were carried out in pogroms and mass shootings; by a policy of extermination through work in concentration camps; and in gas chambers and gas vans in German extermination camps, chiefly Auschwitz, Bełżec, Chełmno, Majdanek, Sobibór, and Treblinka in occupied Poland.

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Facebook Explicitly Bans All Holocaust Denial Content Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg has officially decided to ban “any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust”. Credit: Cover Video STUDIO Duration: 01:15Published 2 weeks ago

Facebook to ban posts about Holocaust denial The move is the company's latest attempt to take action against conspiracy theories and misinformation ahead of the US presidential election.View on euronews Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 01:07Published 2 weeks ago

Facebook to remove content that denies or distorts the Holocaust Facebook has announced it would remove all content that "denies or distorts the Holocaust."This expansion of its hate speech policies is a response to 'the well-documented rise in anti-Semitism.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:26Published 2 weeks ago

Belongings of Holocaust survivor Wladyslaw Szpilman, real-life hero of 'The Pianist', up for auction A fountain pen, silver pocket watch and other prized possessions of the late Jewish-Polish composer Wladyslaw Szpilman go under the hammer in Warsaw next week. Credit: Euronews English Duration: 01:20Published on September 19, 2020

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Facebook bans Holocaust denial, distortion posts Facebook is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust and will start directing people to authoritative sources if they search for information about the Nazi genocide. (Oct. 12) USATODAY.com - Published 6 days agoAlso reported by •CBS News
Yom Kippur Zoom reunites Holocaust survivors Holocaust survivors Ruth Brandspiegel and Israel "Sasha" Eisenberg parted ways in 1949 after befriending one another in a post-World War II displaced persons camp in Austria. They were reunited 71.. USATODAY.com - Published 1 week ago
Germany to pay $662 million to Holocaust survivors amid pandemic The payments will go to about 240,000 elderly Holocaust survivors struggling to get by during the pandemic. CBS News - Published 2 weeks ago

'Borat' Creators Sued by Holocaust Survivor's Estate for Callously Tricking Her A Holocaust survivor speaking with Sacha Baron Cohen for his new 'Borat' movie was callously duped, because she thought he was making a legit documentary ... so claims her estate in a new lawsuit. The.. TMZ.com - Published 2 weeks ago
Facebook vows to remove content denying the Holocaust in reversal for Mark Zuckerberg Facebook said Monday it is abolishing content that "denies or distorts" the Holocaust in a reversal of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's previous stance. USATODAY.com - Published 2 weeks ago
Florida Principal in Holocaust Dispute Is Reinstated The principal, William Latson, had been fired after an email exchange about staying “politically neutral” about Holocaust education became public. NYTimes.com - Published 3 weeks ago

Holocaust survivor gets diploma decades later Miriam Schreiber's education was disrupted by the Holocaust. Decades later, she's receiving a long overdue honorary high school diploma. USATODAY.com - Published on September 25, 2020
Uncovering the lost music written by prisoners in concentration camps during the Holocaust More than 6 million people, most of them Jews, died in the Holocaust. The music they wrote as a temporary escape, however, did not, thanks in part to the efforts of an Italian composer and pianist. Jon.. CBS News - Published on September 21, 2020
Survey: Young Americans lack basic knowledge about the Holocaust A disturbing new survey finds a lack of basic knowledge about the Holocaust among young Americans. Almost half of Americans between the ages of 18 and 39 couldn't name a single concentration camp or.. CBS News - Published on September 18, 2020
Survey: Millennials and Gen Z lack Holocaust knowledge 63% do not know 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust, according to a study. CBS News - Published on September 16, 2020

Half of millennials, Gen Z can't name a single concentration camp as Holocaust knowledge wanes in younger Americans, survey finds An alarming new survey on Holocaust knowledge also found that almost two-thirds of younger Americans don't know that six millions Jews were killed. USATODAY.com - Published on September 16, 2020
75 years after Dachau, Holocaust survivor Ernie Gross shares a message of hope and forgiveness Ernie Gross, 91, reflects on his life experiences as a Holocaust survivor. He lost five family members in the Nazi death camps. USATODAY.com - Published on September 15, 2020
He lived through the Holocaust, and died of COVID-19. His story of survival lives on: 'I just don't want it to be forgotten.' Laszlo Fischer was 6 when he and his family were boarding a train headed to Auschwitz concentration camp. He was saved that day and lived to be 81. USATODAY.com - Published on September 4, 2020	Red Flag, Talking to the Past A standoff over Red Flag gun laws; And, Holocaust survivors will be able to share their stories after death thanks to a new project. CBS News - Published on August 31, 2020
A Holocaust survivor's motivation for recording memories Max Eisen is one of the participants in a project that will let future generations engage in real-time conversations with Holocaust survivors, even after their deaths. Producer Shari Finkelstein writes.. CBS News - Published on August 30, 2020	Speaking with Holocaust survivors who've died Survivors of the Holocaust now have the chance to preserve their stories in a way that allows them to directly answer future generations' questions about their experiences. CBS News - Published on August 30, 2020
Holocaust survivor recalls the last thing his father said to him Holocaust survivor Max Eisen tells 60 Minutes about the act of human kindness that saved his life and why it’s so meaningful to live forever -- virtually at least. CBS News - Published on August 30, 2020	Holocaust survivors will be able to share their stories after death thanks to a new project Survivors of the Holocaust now have the chance to preserve their stories in a way that allows them to directly answer future generations' questions about their experiences. Lesley Stahl reports. CBS News - Published on August 30, 2020
Ancestry Promises Holocaust Records Will Be Free Shoah has partnered with the genealogy giant, and an initial rollout faced a glitch. But some survivor families don’t want their histories public. NYTimes.com - Published on August 26, 2020	Master tailor stitches a new life as tailor to the stars Mo Rocca profiles a Holocaust survivor that went on to become a tailor who has outfitted some powerful movers and shakers over his 60-year career. CBS News - Published on August 14, 2020
Principal in Holocaust Dispute Shouldn’t Have Been Fired, Judge Rules The Palm Beach County, Florida, school board fired the principal, William Latson, after an email exchange with a parent about Holocaust education came to light. NYTimes.com - Published on August 14, 2020	Elie Wiesel on Nelson Mandela's Nobel Peace Prize Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel discusses the impact Nelson Mandela had on South Africa and the world. Scott Pelley reports. CBS News - Published on August 14, 2020
'Government needed a villain': Louisiana lawmaker equates coronavirus mask mandates to Holocaust Louisiana GOP state Rep. Danny McCormick called coronavirus mask mandates an assault on liberty: "Now is the time to push back before it's too late.' USATODAY.com - Published on July 8, 2020	Kansas Governor Criticizes G.O.P. Official’s Cartoon Comparing Mask Order to Holocaust The cartoon, which shows Gov. Laura Kelly wearing a Star of David mask as people are loaded into a cattle car, was posted Friday on the Facebook page of a newspaper owned by a Republican county.. NYTimes.com - Published on July 5, 2020
A 92-Year-Old Piano Teacher Won’t Let Students Miss Bach in the Pandemic Cornelia Vertenstein, a Holocaust survivor, is still teaching piano lessons over FaceTime from her Denver home. NYTimes.com - Published on May 15, 2020	Town honors survivor on historical day Joseph Farkas survived the Holocaust 75 years ago. Today his town of East Brunswick is honoring him with an epic drive-by parade. USATODAY.com - Published on May 7, 2020
Don't forget past, Jewish leader warns Germans on eve of WW2 anniversary Many young Germans have failed to learn the lessons of history, and anti-Semitism is becoming entrenched in the land responsible for the Holocaust, a Jewish leader warned, a day before the 75th.. Reuters - Published on May 7, 2020	coronavirus world updates President Trump says the U.S. is pouring billions into its own effort to develop a vaccine. In New York, Holocaust survivors face a new threat from the coronavirus. NYTimes.com - Published on May 5, 2020
Without tourist revenue, Prague's Jewish community fears for future of welfare services With ticket sales to Prague's Jewish quarter halted during the coronavirus lockdown, the community is having to tap its reserves to pay for welfare services for Holocaust survivors that tourists.. Reuters - Published on April 27, 2020	Coronavirus lockdown deepens Holocaust survivors' loneliness Elias Feinzilberg, a 102-year-old Holocaust survivor, had to commemorate Israel's annual memorial day for the six million Jewish dead on Tuesday separated from his family because of the coronavirus.. Reuters - Published on April 21, 2020
The loneliness of the long-distance Holocaust survivor Elias Feinzilberg, a 102-year-old Holocaust survivor, had to commemorate Israel's annual memorial day for the six million Jewish dead on Tuesday separated from his family because of the coronavirus.. Reuters - Published on April 21, 2020	Community ensures Holocaust survivors are eating A catering company and volunteers are helping ensure that vulnerable Holocaust survivors have access to food while isolated in their homes because of coronavirus concerns. (March 23) USATODAY.com - Published on March 23, 2020
Annual Holocaust remembrance march in Poland postponed over coronavirus The March of the Living, an annual education event that brings together survivors and others in Poland to remember the Holocaust, has been postponed due to fears of the coronavirus, the event's.. Reuters - Published on March 9, 2020	Spanish carnival troupe apologizes over Holocaust-themed parade A Spanish carnival troupe whose Holocaust-themed parade outraged Jewish human rights groups and Israel's embassy in Madrid has canceled its remaining shows, organizers said on Wednesday. Reuters - Published on February 26, 2020
Women Holocaust survivors meet for meals, exercise Women Holocaust survivors meet several times a week at a Jewish community center in Brooklyn for meals, conversation, Torah readings and exercise. "It keeps us going a little," says one survivor. (Feb... USATODAY.com - Published on February 24, 2020	No 'smoking gun' in wartime archives of Pius XII on Holocaust, Vatican says The Vatican will on March 2 open up its archives on the wartime pontificate of Pius XII to allow scholars to probe accusations that he turned a blind eye to the Holocaust, but they will find he helped.. Reuters - Published on February 20, 2020
Greta Beer, Who Fought Swiss Banks for Family Assets, Dies at 98 Rebuffed by the banks, she pressed her fight and her testimony in Congress helped bring about a billion-dollar settlement over accounts of Holocaust victims that were long hidden. NYTimes.com - Published on February 6, 2020	Holocaust survivors in Israel getting more cash but some still impoverished Holocaust survivors in Israel are better off financially than in the past thanks to the efforts of campaigners after decades of government neglect and bureaucracy, but some still live in poverty. Reuters - Published on January 27, 2020
German Auschwitz prosecutor recalls powerful tales from Holocaust survivors Of the hundreds of testimonies he heard from survivors of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, retired German prosecutor Gerhard Wiese says the one that touched him most was of a Jewish father who had.. Reuters - Published on January 27, 2020	With anti-Semitism on the rise, Auschwitz liberation commemorated World leaders join aging Holocaust survivors in Poland on Monday to mark 75 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp by Soviet troops, amid concerns over a global resurgence of.. Reuters - Published on January 27, 2020
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Facebook should ban Holocaust denial to mark 75th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation A 'Holocaust Revisionism' group promotes a 'Holocaust Deprogramming Course' to counter 'Holo-brainwashing.' This is anti-Semitism, not misinformation. USATODAY.com - Published on January 26, 2020	Her family tried to poison her during the Holocaust. Today, she tells her story Frances Malkin was 4 when her family took refuge. After decades of silence, she shares her survival story in her adopted country, America. USATODAY.com - Published on January 26, 2020
Pope asks Catholics to say 'Never Again' to the Holocaust Pope Francis on Sunday asked the world's 1.3 billion Catholics to stop for a moment of prayer and reflection on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz and say "Never.. Reuters - Published on January 26, 2020	Anti-Jewish graffiti sparks anger in Italy ahead of Holocaust day Anti-Semitic graffiti was found scrawled on the door of the son of a Holocaust survivor in the northwestern Italian town of Mondovi on Friday, triggering outrage from politicians and rights groups. Reuters - Published on January 24, 2020
I Survived the Holocaust. But I Have Nightmares About Cats. ‘The incident in the steeple always stayed with me as the moment I realized I had to be afraid.’ NYTimes.com - Published on January 24, 2020	Germany still dealing with 'same evil' that led to Holocaust, president says in Jerusalem Germany has still not learned "once and for all" its lesson from the Holocaust, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday, as he expressed sorrow for his country's role in the murder of.. Reuters - Published on January 23, 2020
UK's Prince Charles, in Jerusalem, honors grandmother's wartime heroism saving Jews Britain's Prince Charles paid homage on Thursday to his grandmother, Princess Alice, for sheltering Jews in Nazi-occupied Greece, saying the royal family took great pride in Israel's recognition of her.. Reuters - Published on January 23, 2020

The Holocaust

Genocide of the European Jews by Nazi Germany and other groups

The Holocaust ▸ Facts ▸ Comments ▸ News ▸ Videos

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Facebook bans Holocaust denial, distortion posts

Yom Kippur Zoom reunites Holocaust survivors

Germany to pay $662 million to Holocaust survivors amid pandemic

'Borat' Creators Sued by Holocaust Survivor's Estate for Callously Tricking Her

Facebook vows to remove content denying the Holocaust in reversal for Mark Zuckerberg

Florida Principal in Holocaust Dispute Is Reinstated

Holocaust survivor gets diploma decades later

Uncovering the lost music written by prisoners in concentration camps during the Holocaust

Survey: Young Americans lack basic knowledge about the Holocaust

Survey: Millennials and Gen Z lack Holocaust knowledge

Half of millennials, Gen Z can't name a single concentration camp as Holocaust knowledge wanes in younger Americans, survey finds

75 years after Dachau, Holocaust survivor Ernie Gross shares a message of hope and forgiveness

He lived through the Holocaust, and died of COVID-19. His story of survival lives on: 'I just don't want it to be forgotten.'

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Ancestry Promises Holocaust Records Will Be Free

Master tailor stitches a new life as tailor to the stars

Principal in Holocaust Dispute Shouldn’t Have Been Fired, Judge Rules

Elie Wiesel on Nelson Mandela's Nobel Peace Prize

'Government needed a villain': Louisiana lawmaker equates coronavirus mask mandates to Holocaust

Kansas Governor Criticizes G.O.P. Official’s Cartoon Comparing Mask Order to Holocaust

A 92-Year-Old Piano Teacher Won’t Let Students Miss Bach in the Pandemic

Town honors survivor on historical day

Don't forget past, Jewish leader warns Germans on eve of WW2 anniversary

coronavirus world updates

Without tourist revenue, Prague's Jewish community fears for future of welfare services

Coronavirus lockdown deepens Holocaust survivors' loneliness

The loneliness of the long-distance Holocaust survivor

Community ensures Holocaust survivors are eating

Annual Holocaust remembrance march in Poland postponed over coronavirus

Spanish carnival troupe apologizes over Holocaust-themed parade

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No 'smoking gun' in wartime archives of Pius XII on Holocaust, Vatican says

Greta Beer, Who Fought Swiss Banks for Family Assets, Dies at 98

Holocaust survivors in Israel getting more cash but some still impoverished

German Auschwitz prosecutor recalls powerful tales from Holocaust survivors

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Facebook should ban Holocaust denial to mark 75th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation

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Germany still dealing with 'same evil' that led to Holocaust, president says in Jerusalem

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