Lawrence L. Langer, a literary scholar whose unblinking assessment of the Holocaust as an event so vast and evil that it defies moral framing helped
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On Holocaust Memorial Day, Germans Rally Against Far Right and for Democracy
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Germany on Holocaust Memorial Day on Saturday to demonstrate in support of democracy and against
Nechama Tec, Polish Holocaust Survivor and Scholar, Dies at 92
Nechama Tec, a Polish Jew who pretended to be Roman Catholic to survive the Holocaust and then became a Holocaust scholar, writing about Jews as
Thomas Buergenthal, Holocaust Survivor and Judge, Dies at 89
Thomas Buergenthal, who said his survival in a Nazi death camp when he was 10 years old equipped him to become a human rights lawyer
Fred Terna, Creator of Fiery Holocaust Paintings, Dies at 99
Although he was untrained, Mr. Terna began to draw at Theresienstadt and became part of a group of artists there who scrounged for good paper
Photos That Helped to Document the Holocaust Were Taken by a Nazi
AMSTERDAM — On June 20, 1943, bewildered and terrified families, laden with baggage and branded with yellow stars, were forced into Olympiaplein, one of this