As Israel approaches the 70th anniversary of its establishment, many older American Jews will be celebrating. Many younger ones will wonder whether the Jewish state is something to celebrate at all.
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Popes are not infallible, yet apologies are rare.
The very debate around how Labour has dealt with this issue revolves around some key tropes of anti-semitism.
Remembrance days and memorials provide people the opportunity to share stories with a community. An expert explains how that can make a difference.
Some 20,000 Sinti and Roma died in Auschwitz alone.
Survivor’s guilt is arguably an instance of good character, an emotional expression.
Whenever we apply that political or moral comparison, we set the bar for inhumanity as high as possible. Should the abyss of World War II really be the main measure for all things political?
Criminalising suggestions that Poland was complicit in German atrocities during World War II denies history and will hinder scholarship.
Seventy years after the end of World War II, a battle is taking place over Polish collective memory.
More than 70-years after World War II, is Auschwitz still relevant to children today?
From a certain perspective, we’re already on the road to practicing a ‘progressive eugenics’ not a million miles away from what was imagined historically.
Five novels for young adults that boldly tackle tough issues - from racism, to Indigenous identity and the Holocaust - to cultivate critical thinking in the classroom and at home.
American comedian Larry David has drawn fire for his jokes about the Holocaust. But he draws on a long tradition of Jewish humour.
Making the memorial a ‘statement of British values’ risks confusing its purpose.
Gerhard Richter - one of the giants of post-war German art - is elusive, enigmatic and seemingly impossible to pin down. The first retrospective exhibition of his work in Australia is a brilliant and challenging event.
Hans Eysenck’s denial that he was Jewish throws light on the psychological problems faced by refugees who belong to persecuted ethnic groups.
An exhibition in Berlin, called “Letters of Stone”, shows that there is more to memory than words and ideas.
The rise of neo-Nazism under President Donald Trump signals a new wave of authoritarianism. Now more than ever, colleges and universities must help students become informed and compassionate citizens.
The swastika, an ancient and innocent symbol in many cultures for hundreds of years, now represents racial hatred. Should the swastika be banned in North America as it is in Germany?
What WWII-era African-American protests reveal about the historical relationship between Nazism and white supremacy in the United States.
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Rowan University
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Professor Emeritus of Modern European History, University of Essex
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Anthropologue, Maîtresse de conférences à l'Université de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg
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Professor of Russian Culture and Film, Queen Mary University of London
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Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
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Faculty, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Gratz College
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Professor Emeritus in Contemporary German History, Nottingham Trent University
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PhD in History, Durham University
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Senior Lecturer of History, Wayne State University
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