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Tag: Holocaust and the Nazi Era

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Walter Frankenstein, Who Hid from the Nazis All Over Berlin, Dies at 100

May 16, 2025RICHARD SANDOMIRComments Off on Walter Frankenstein, Who Hid from the Nazis All Over Berlin, Dies at 100

With his wife and infant sons, he took refuge in unlikely places, including an opera house, an abandoned car and a subway station converted to a bunker.

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Boxes of Nazi Material Are Found After Decades in Basement of Argentina Court

May 13, 2025Claire MosesComments Off on Boxes of Nazi Material Are Found After Decades in Basement of Argentina Court

Thousands of documents in the boxes could result in new information about Nazi activity in Argentina in the early years of World War II.

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Margot Friedländer, Holocaust Survivor Who Found Her Voice, Dies at 103

May 10, 2025May 10, 2025Penelope GreenComments Off on Margot Friedländer, Holocaust Survivor Who Found Her Voice, Dies at 103

She never spoke of her experience until after her husband’s death, when she returned to Berlin with a mission to tell her story, and to teach tolerance.

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80 Years After Dachau Concentration Camp Liberation, Witnesses Remember

May 4, 2025CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZEComments Off on 80 Years After Dachau Concentration Camp Liberation, Witnesses Remember

The anniversary of the end of the Nazi era comes at a pivotal time for Germans. The last of the survivors, liberators and perpetrators are dying, as the far right is becoming more established.

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Hikers Stumble Upon a Pile of Gold Coins, Igniting a Historical Hunt

May 3, 2025Sara Cincurova and Jonathan WolfeComments Off on Hikers Stumble Upon a Pile of Gold Coins, Igniting a Historical Hunt

The discovery of coins and jewelry in the Czech Republic worth up to $680,000 raises a tantalizing mystery for historians and amateur sleuths: Who buried the treasure?

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Odile de Vasselot, Teenage Aristocrat in the French Resistance, Dies at 103

May 1, 2025May 1, 2025ADAM NOSSITERComments Off on Odile de Vasselot, Teenage Aristocrat in the French Resistance, Dies at 103

During World War II, she deceived her watchful mother so she could take part in dangerous missions. Later, she founded a girls’ school in Ivory Coast.

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Amsterdam’s Mayor Apologizes for City’s Role in the Holocaust

April 24, 2025April 24, 2025Claire MosesComments Off on Amsterdam’s Mayor Apologizes for City’s Role in the Holocaust

The city “horribly abandoned its Jewish residents,” more than 60,000 of whom were deported and killed during World War II, Mayor Femke Halsema said on Thursday.

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Irmgard Furchner, Secretary at a Hub of Nazi Atrocities, Dies at 99

April 13, 2025April 15, 2025RICHARD SANDOMIRComments Off on Irmgard Furchner, Secretary at a Hub of Nazi Atrocities, Dies at 99

Her work for the commandant of a concentration camp in German-occupied Poland led to her conviction as an accessory to more than 10,000 murders.

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The Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write

April 6, 2025Taffy Brodesser-AknerComments Off on The Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write

For years, my friend’s father asked me to recount his childhood escape from the Nazis. Why did it take me this long?

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The Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write

April 6, 2025Taffy Brodesser-AknerComments Off on The Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write

For years, my friend’s father asked me to recount his childhood escape from the Nazis. Why did it take me this long?

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