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This Day in Jewish History // 1946: Nazi Doctors Are Indicted
Human experimentation by Nazi Germany would embarrass the global medical community and ultimately change the history of ethics and medical research.
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Facebook exec, Rwanda survivor among 5 tapped for Holocaust memorial council
Facebook executive Elliot Schrage, left,…
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Marching toward a world without genocide
“When you listen to a witness, you become a witness,” Elie Wiesel often said. Those words are the driving force behind the March of the Living, an event that…
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Project to Build Visual Memory of Places & People Before, During the Holocaust
The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure project convened 30 historians and researchers at Yad Vashem to provide tools to improve access to Holocaust documentation.
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A room in the ECB’s basement held thousands of Jews during the Holocaust
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank’s new headquarters towers over the Main River in Frankfurt, a gleaming symbol of modern Europe. At its base stands…
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‘Second Generation’ leader tells of need to keep Shoah memory
One of the most prominent leaders of the children of Holocaust survivors has attacked people who attempt…
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U.S. begins paying out reparations from France to Holocaust survivors and their heirs
The State Department has paid or approved 90 claims for a total $11 million in reparations from France to former World War II prisoners who were carried to Nazi death…
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