The decades-old joke came to light days before the ceremony and was the latest scandal to confront organizers of the Tokyo Games.
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Olympic Ceremony’s Creative Director Fired Over Holocaust Joke
The decades-old joke came to light days before the ceremony and was the latest scandal to confront organizers of the Tokyo Games.
The War on History Is a War on Democracy
A scholar of totalitarianism argues that new laws restricting the discussion of race in American schools have dire precedents in Europe.
David Dushman, Soviet Soldier Who Helped Liberate Auschwitz, Dies at 98
Mr. Dushman is believed to have been the last surviving liberator of the camp. He went on to become a decorated fencer.
Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ Gets New French Edition, With Each Lie Annotated
The new translation contextualizes the Nazi leader’s hate-filled text with critical commentary by historians. Proceeds from sales will go to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation.
Faye Schulman Dies; Fought Nazis With a Rifle and a Camera
She joined the Resistance brigade after her family was executed and used her photographs as proof of German barbarity and Jews’ determination to fight back.
Yitzhak Arad, Who Led Holocaust Study Center in Israel, Dies at 94
A survivor of the Nazis, Mr. Arad was an esteemed scholar and the longtime chairman of the Yad Vashem complex of museums and archives in Jerusalem.
Yitzhak Arad, Who Led Holocaust Study Center in Israel, Dies at 94
A survivor of the Nazis, Mr. Arad was an esteemed scholar and the longtime chairman of the Yad Vashem complex of museums and archives in Jerusalem.
Marie Supikova, Survivor of Nazi Terror in Czech Village, Dies at 88
The men of Lidice, including her father, were massacred and the women, including her mother, sent to a concentration camp. She later testified at the Nuremberg war-crimes trials.
In New Holocaust Survivor Testimony, Hate Speech Is a Dangerous Seed
A new campaign called #ItStartedWithWords features short videos from Holocaust survivors on the origins of World War II and offers a timely message amid an outbreak of anti-Asian hate.