Holocaust

An important if brutal reminder of Auschwitz, streaming on Hulu and Disney

A searing portrait of the ordinary lives of mass murderers and our similarity to the perpetrators

For every three European Jews, two perished in the Holocaust.

Opening the door of Holocaust awareness for a new generation

A feature film about Auschwitz is earning critical acclaim for its gripping narrative and haunting portrayal of the horrors Jews faced during the Holocaust.

Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies, to be nominated as Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism

As a young Jewish girl living in Nazi-occupied Holland during World War II, Anne Frank wrote an epistolary diary while hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam. Her literary voice, considered among the finest in modern literature, was silenced by the Holocaust 77 years ago this month.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier bestows his country’s highest civilian honor on two Holocaust survivors.

At 91, Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank, is one of the world’s oldest Holocaust survivors.

For the first time this year, Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, was observed without crowds online in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aharon Appelfeld, author of 47 books, has died at 85. Known mainly for his holocaust fiction, essays and memoirs, Appelfeld received the National Jewish Book Award, the Israel Prize and France’s Prix Médicis. He was appointed Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.