Viewfinder: An SS Guard Faces Trial for Nazi Crimes
The 94-year-old former SS guard faces trial, charged with complicity in the mass murders at the Nazi concentration camp Stutthof during World War II.
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Israel Doesn't Show Us How to Fight Fascism—but the Diaspora Can
Is it really wrong to have ties to a community based in a shared vision of God, justice, and hope, rather than in land and blood?
The Broken Promise of 'Never Again'
If liberal democracies categorically reject genocide as the pinnacle of human evil, why don't they do anything to stop it?
Why Do So Many People Love to Hate Chinese Tourists?
Two Chinese tourists gave the Nazi salute in Berlin, breaking the law and garnering international media attention.
Elie Wiesel and the Unbearable Heaviness of History
How the Holocaust survivor and beloved author of Night challenged the way students think about history.
The Painting That Saved My Family From the Holocaust
A frightened young woman left her apartment in Munich in November 1938 and returned with the visa that saved her family. A team of German journalists launched an improbable search to find the missing artwork and tell its story.
Could Climate Change Trigger Another Genocide?
Historian and author Timothy Snyder discusses climate change, genocide, and the ideology of Hitler.
20 Years After Rwanda, Why Is It Still So Hard to Stop Genocide?
Our brains are better equipped to process isolated tragedies, while international laws make it easy to ignore anything that isn't the Holocaust.
Among Men, Holocaust Survivors Live Longer Lives
A study of Polish emigrants to Israel found men who survived the Holocaust lived, on average, six months longer than those who avoided it.
Demjanjuk Found Guilty of Nazi War Crimes
Even with the passage of time, the idea that “foot soldiers” responsible for the Holocaust — even in a small way — must pay their accounts remains alive.
Germans Wrestle With Remembrance of Firebombing Raid
The politics of remembering Allied bombing raids in Dresden pokes at the sensitive spots in Germany's democracy.
Eastern Europe's View of Holocaust Downplays Jewish Roots
East and West remember World War II in different ways.
Definition of Collaboration Frays at Edges
The case of an avant-garde architect, who defied then assisted the Nazi machine, makes hard and fast judgments difficult.
Trying the Foot Soldiers of the Holocaust
The final wave of Nazi trials focuses on now-octogenarian pawns of the end game that was the Holocaust.
Question Time for Denialism
The BBC finds the right way to counter Holocaust deniers: You have the public question them.
Should All Artifacts of the Holocaust Be Preserved?
As time erodes the ephemera of genocide, the purpose behind preserving every physical bit of atrocity becomes a question for archivists and ethicists.