/tags/holocaust Holocaust en-US WLRN Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2023-04-04/site-of-holocaust-memorial-spurs-debate-rejection-in-florida-senate Among the reasons for the rejection of the Holocaust Memorial proposal by Sen. Lori Berman, D-Boca Raton, was that the nearby site has the “structural integrity” to handle the added weight of the memorial and other planned monuments. Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2023-04-04/site-of-holocaust-memorial-spurs-debate-rejection-in-florida-senate Jim Turner/News Service of Florida /local-news/2022-12-26/palm-beach-county-man-last-living-nuremberg-prosecutor-to-get-congress-highest-honor Congress has signed off on the Congressional Gold Medal for the Nuremberg trial's chief prosecutor. South Floridian Benjamin Ferencz was 27 years old in 1948 when he had secured enough evidence to prosecute 22 members of Nazi killing squads. Mon, 26 Dec 2022 16:00:00 GMT /local-news/2022-12-26/palm-beach-county-man-last-living-nuremberg-prosecutor-to-get-congress-highest-honor /news/2022-11-15/what-the-u-s-can-learn-from-germany-about-grappling-with-dark-parts-of-its-history The Atlantic writer Clint Smith explored how sites across the U.S. grapple with their relationship to chattel slavery, then visited Holocaust memorials in Germany. Here are three of his takeaways. Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:08:21 GMT /news/2022-11-15/what-the-u-s-can-learn-from-germany-about-grappling-with-dark-parts-of-its-history Rachel Treisman /2022-04-12/ukrainian-holocaust-survivors-flee-war-again-this-time-to-germany Germany has welcomed dozens of the oldest refugees fleeing Ukraine — those who survived the Holocaust during World War II. They've now narrowly escaped death for the second time in their lives. Wed, 13 Apr 2022 17:02:00 GMT /2022-04-12/ukrainian-holocaust-survivors-flee-war-again-this-time-to-germany Esme Nicholson /news/2022-02-02/whoopi-goldberg-suspended-for-2-weeks-over-holocaust-remarks The suspension came a day after Goldberg's comment during a discussion on The View that race was not a factor in the Holocaust. Wed, 02 Feb 2022 16:01:22 GMT /news/2022-02-02/whoopi-goldberg-suspended-for-2-weeks-over-holocaust-remarks The Associated Press /education/2022-01-28/broward-superintendent-candidate-accused-of-covering-up-for-principal-who-refused-to-call-the-holocaust-a-fact One of the semifinalists to be the next superintendent of Broward County Public Schools has been accused of covering up for a principal who refused to call the Holocaust a historical fact. The allegations are laid out in a whistleblower lawsuit filed last month. Sat, 29 Jan 2022 00:28:31 GMT /education/2022-01-28/broward-superintendent-candidate-accused-of-covering-up-for-principal-who-refused-to-call-the-holocaust-a-fact Kate Payne /2022-01-27/art-spiegelman-decries-tennessee-school-board-for-removing-maus-from-its-curriculum The 10-member McMinn County School Board voted unanimously earlier this month to remove the graphic novel about the Holocaust because of foul language and an image of a nude woman. Thu, 27 Jan 2022 23:57:13 GMT /2022-01-27/art-spiegelman-decries-tennessee-school-board-for-removing-maus-from-its-curriculum Joe Hernandez /2022-01-27/on-international-holocaust-remembrance-day-revisit-nprs-stories-from-survivors The annual day of commemoration comes admist a rise in antisemitic incidents and Holocaust denialism in the U.S. and other parts of the world. Thu, 27 Jan 2022 20:15:34 GMT /2022-01-27/on-international-holocaust-remembrance-day-revisit-nprs-stories-from-survivors Rachel Treisman /2022-01-27/a-discovery-of-holocaust-era-photos-helps-a-jewish-family-connect-with-its-past A box of photos discovered more than 30 years ago includes pictures of an internment camp and many who died at Auschwitz. The photos were recently reunited with the Jewish family they belong to. Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:01:17 GMT /2022-01-27/a-discovery-of-holocaust-era-photos-helps-a-jewish-family-connect-with-its-past Greg Allen /2022-01-21/a-family-helped-a-holocaust-survivor-escape-death-then-they-became-his-real-family At 11, Philip Lazowski found himself alone in a Nazi ghetto as Jews were being sent to their deaths during WWII. At StoryCorps, Philip, now 91, remembers a quick decision that may have saved his life. Fri, 21 Jan 2022 19:37:17 GMT /2022-01-21/a-family-helped-a-holocaust-survivor-escape-death-then-they-became-his-real-family Jo Corona, Emma Bowman