Mr. Roth joined Human Rights Watch when it was a fledgling organization. It has expanded into one of the most influential human rights advocacy groups.
Tag: Holocaust and the Nazi Era
A Nazi Soldier Stole a Watch in 1942. It Turned Up 80 Years Later.
The watch, made as a gift in 1910, has been returned to the maker’s family in the Netherlands. It still works.
A reporter covering the war reflects on the legacy of the Holocaust.
In eastern Poland, perceptions of Russia and Ukraine are shaped by a traumatic past.
On Poland-Ukraine Border, the Past Is Always Present. It’s Not Always Predictive.
For a Jewish reporter with Eastern European roots, one of the hardest challenges covering the war is reconciling the horrors of the Holocaust with the Poland and Ukraine of today.
Mimi Reinhard, Who Typed Up Schindler’s List, Dies at 107
As a secretary in a forced-labor camp in World War II, she added her own name to the list of 1,100 Jews who would be spared from the gas chambers.
Gerda Weissmann Klein, Honored Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 97
Her story was told in an Oscar-winning documentary, and her message of hope and love in the face of overwhelming evil was an inspiration to millions.
Vera Gissing, Who Was Rescued by ‘Britain’s Schindler,’ Dies at 93
She was not quite 11 when train convoys organized by a London stockbroker carried her and hundreds of other Jewish children from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II.
‘A Frightening Repeat’: Ukrainian World War II Survivors Face Conflict Again
Nearly 80 years after Ukraine emerged from a devastating world war that killed more than five million of its people, Russia’s invasion has stirred memories that the country had struggled to overcome.
Dutch Publisher of ‘The Betrayal of Anne Frank’ Halts Publication
The move came after five historians called into question the findings of the book, in which a “cold case” team sought to answer a long-running mystery.
Dutch Publisher of ‘The Betrayal of Anne Frank’ Halts Publication
The move came after five historians called into question the findings of the book, in which a “cold case” team sought to answer a long-running mystery.