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‘They Were Survivors’: the Jewish Cartoonists who Fled the Nazis
A new exhibition celebrates the work of three Austrian artists who escaped their country as Nazis took over and created daring work in the years after.
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Nadja Sayej
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The Guardian
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April 8, 2021
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A Classic Christmas Movie Offers a Lesson About Antisemitism
Nazis play a key role as villain in American collective consciousness—but without broad understanding of antisemitism.
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Rebecca Brenner Graham
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Made by History
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December 21, 2023
How 'Schindler's List' Transformed Americans' Understanding of the Holocaust
The 1993 film also inspired its director, Steven Spielberg, to establish a foundation that preserves survivors' stories.
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Emily Tamkin
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Smithsonian
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December 14, 2023
Ken Burns Turns His Lens on the American Response to the Holocaust
Commemorating the Holocaust has become a central part of American culture, but the nation’s reaction in real time was another story.
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James McAuley
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The New Yorker
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September 18, 2022
The Joy of Yiddish Books
The language sustained a Jewish diasporan secular culture. Today, that heritage survives in a gritty corner of Queens to be claimed by a new generation.
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Molly Crabapple
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New York Review of Books
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February 26, 2022
Haunted by History
War, famine and persecution inflict profound changes on bodies and brains. Could these changes persist over generations?
by
Pam Weintraub
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Aeon
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April 18, 2018
Who Owns Anne Frank?
The diary has been distorted by even her greatest champions. Would history have been better served if it had been destroyed?
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Cynthia Ozick
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The New Yorker
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September 28, 1997
My Grandfather the Zionist
He helped build Jewish American support for Israel. What’s his legacy now?
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Abraham Josephine Riesman
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Intelligencer
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June 23, 2021
Finding a Home for the Last Refugees of World War II
What happened to the last million Eastern Europeans in refugee camps in Germany, who refused to return home, or who had no home to return to.
by
David Nasaw
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Literary Hub
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September 15, 2020
Eugenic Sperm
A "test tube baby" grapples with the dark corners of 20th century reproductive technologies.
by
Karen Weingarten
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Nursing Clio
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February 24, 2020
It Can Happen Here
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s decision to speak out against Holocaust analogies is a moral threat.
by
Timothy Snyder
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Slate
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July 12, 2019
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The Centuries-Long Fight for Reparations
And how black activists won the support of Democratic candidates.
by
Ana Lucia Araujo
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Made by History
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April 28, 2019
A Brief History of Slavery Reparation Promises
Several 2020 presidential candidates have called for reparations for slavery in the U.S.
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John Torpey
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The Conversation
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April 11, 2019
American Uses and Misuses of the Holocaust
Wielding Holocaust memory to make America look good is an American tradition.
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Mari Cohen
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Jewish Currents
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February 8, 2019
Inherited Trauma Shapes Your Health
A new study on Civil War prisoners suggests that our parents’—and even grandparents’—experiences might affect our DNA.
by
Olga Khazan
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The Atlantic
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October 16, 2018
The NYT Says We’re Forgetting About the Holocaust
History suggests otherwise.
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Rebecca Onion
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Slate
on
April 13, 2018
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