Blog Archives

Ed Vulliamy tells the stories of survivors of the Terezin Ghetto, which was home to a remarkable array of Czech musicians, composers and theatrical artists (The Guardian)

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New film explores the story of five Jewish families who spent nearly a year and a half in the pitch-black caves of Ukraine to escape the Nazis (NPR)

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Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks reflects on the symbols of Passover through the narrative of Primo Levi’s great book, “If This is a Man” (Huffington Post)

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Supporters of former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt deny genocide charges (ABC News)

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Artist Trudi Klever depicts Auschwitz through an abstract puppet show (The Guardian)

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Pam Omidyar, the founder of Humanity United, writes about the potential of technology to better identify, spotlight, and deter mass atrocities such as genocide and ethnic cleansing (Huffington Post)

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James Goldston of Open Society Foundations reflects on the importance of the genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt

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Prime Minister Antonis Samaras of Greece promises Jewish leaders that he will introduce legislation to prevent Holocaust-denying parties from running for parliament in his country (Haaretz)

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Fritz Trümpi of The Guardian writes about the history of the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra during the Nazi period

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As the 19th commemoration of the genocide in Rwanda approaches, Bill Clinton reflects on the 300,000 lives that could have been saved with U.S. intervention (All Africa)

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