What Our Monuments (Don't) Teach Us About Remembering The Past
A history professor who studies the politics of memory tells us what the United States can learn from how Germans remember their history.
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France Honors The Memory Of Simone Veil, 'A Light That No One Could Extinguish'
The funeral for the widely admired politician and women's rights advocate was held in Paris on Wednesday. A Holocaust survivor, Veil fought to legalize abortion and supported a unified Europe.
Former Auschwitz Guard Dies Before Beginning Prison Sentence
Reinhold Hanning was sentenced last June to five years in prison in connection with the murder of 170,000 people at the Nazi concentration camp.
Satirist Takes Berlin Holocaust Memorial Selfie-Takers To Task
A Berlin-based Israeli satirist tweaks selfies taken at the memorial to elicit discomfort — and reflection. The memorial, he says, is "not just another backdrop for goofy selfies."
'Portugal's Schindler' Is Remembered, Decades After His Lifesaving Deeds
Descendants of Jews who escaped Nazi-occupied France recently gathered to honor Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese diplomat who issued some 30,000 visas to Jews and others before he was recalled.
Forgetting Isn't Healing: Lessons From Elie Wiesel
Calls for racial healing often focus on putting the painful past behind us. NPR's Sonari Glinton remembers the man who taught him never to forget: Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel.
Holocaust Museum, Arlington National Cemetery Plead: No Pokémon
The sites where visitors normally reflect on somber themes ask players of the hot new mobile game not to chase cartoon characters there.
Elie Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor And Nobel Laureate, Dies At 87
After surviving the Nazi death camps, Wiesel advocated on behalf of victims of hate and persecution around the world. He died Saturday at the age of 87.
Researchers Uncover Long-Lost Tunnel Used By Jews To Escape Extermination Pits
They have provided physical evidence to a famous story of heroism during the Holocaust — known before only through the testimony of the 11 Jews who escaped a Lithuanian massacre site.
94-Year-Old Former Auschwitz Guard Found Guilty Of Complicity In 170,000 Murders
Reinhold Hanning, a former death camp guard, told victims in the courtroom, "I am sorry." He said he has been silent all his life about his role as part of the Nazi killing machine from 1942 to 1944.