There are a few warning signs that genocide is happening. In the Russian war on Ukraine, all of those are present.
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A Kyivan Jewish scholar explains the long history of Jews in Kyiv and how they thrived, despite hostilities. They were forced to flee from the city many times – but always came back.
Over two days in September 1941, more than 33,000 Jews were murdered by Nazi forces and their Ukrainian collaborators in Babi Yar.
The site of the Babyn Yar memorial represents one of the worst atrocities of the second world war.
A Holocaust historian explains why Ukrainian history needs to be understood in terms of both past violence against Jews as well as the state’s pluralistic vision.
Vladimir Putin has justified his invasion of Ukraine with baseless claims that Ukraine is committing genocide. It isn’t the first time a political leader has cried genocide for political means.
Political activists on both the left and right have long appropriated the rhetoric and symbolism of Nazism and the Holocaust, a tactic usually based on ignorance and false equivalence.
For the first time, the testimony of a 94-year-old Holocaust survivor tells the story of life and love in the camps as a young lesbian woman.
The multigenerational memoir laid the groundwork for graphic memoirs to become an essential form for remembering the Holocaust and communicating its legacy of trans-generational trauma.
In the absence of meaningful national dialogue about race, the American public often turns to entertainers to unpack complicated social issues.
While Australians’ general knowledge of the Holocaust is high, few people knew who William Cooper was or that Australia refused to accept more Jewish refugees in 1938.
Yom HaShoah is a day to commemorate the murder of 6 million Jews – but also their lives. Yizker bikher books lovingly document Jewish communities across Europe.
Myths related to Jewish conspiracies to control the world have long circulated in the US and continue to fuel hatred.
I looked at the infamous Milgram experiment and seem to have made a shocking new discovery.
The past of the Holocaust still haunts the present and calls out to Canadian writers. Their works of poetry and prose are forms of remembrance that command our attention.
The complex history of prosecuting Nazi war crimes means elderly men and women are on trial for crimes committed decades ago.
There are major obstacles in confronting the social movement for reparations for the slave trade. Such reparations are a moral imperative, but politically, successfully obtaining them will be hard.
Ending the Canadian genocide of Indigenous peoples is a legal obligation, requiring honest, active decolonization. The lawyer who wrote the MMIWG’s inquiry’s legal analysis of genocide explains.
Canada has officially recognized eight genocides that have happened around the world. It has not done the same for its own treatment of Indigenous children who they sent to Indian Residential Schools.
Music is supposed to transcend the mundane and horrific. Yet it has also served as an accompaniment to torture and punishment.
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Professor Emeritus of Modern European History, University of Essex
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Rowan University
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Anthropologue, Maîtresse de conférences à l'Université de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg
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Professor Emeritus in Contemporary German History, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
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Professor of Russian Culture and Film, Queen Mary University of London
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PhD in History, Durham University
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Faculty, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Gratz College
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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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Senior Lecturer of History, Wayne State University
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Professor of Social History, University of Bristol
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Professor of Anthropology, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor of Modern Continental European History, University of Warwick
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Professor of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Connecticut
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