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Rabbi Fischel shows a Torah scroll to American University students in October.

How antisemitic rhetoric is impacting Jewish communities, and what to do about it

7:01am November 06, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Recent antisemitic incidents have put American Jews on edge. Community leaders hope this moment will finally make clear the importance of education and allyship.

A menorah memorial at the entrance of the Drobitsky Yar Holocaust memorial outside Kharkiv, Ukraine, was damaged in Russian shelling last month.

Holocaust museums in 4 countries condemn Russia's actions in Ukraine as war crimes

1:40pm April 12, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The group of 17 Holocaust museums from the U.S., U.K., Canada and South Africa are supporting an international investigation into whether Russia committed war crimes and genocide in Ukraine.

Syrian lawyer Anwar al-Bunni, who survived torture in Syrian regime jail cells, is pictured in Berlin on March 1, 2017. He is among other Syrian torture survivors, lawyers and human rights groups who have filed criminal complaints in Germany alleging crim

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With Syria's War Nearly Over, Victims Take The Battle To European Courts

2:16pm August 13, 2018

by Deborah Amos

Syria's President Bashar Assad is on the verge of winning the war. But refugee activists are waging new battles against the regime from Europe.

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The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center is using holograms to help visitors learn about the experiences of people during the Holocaust.

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Illinois Holocaust Museum Preserves Survivors' Stories — As Holograms

5:39pm December 19, 2017

by Sam Gringlas

Hearing firsthand accounts from survivors has been key for Holocaust education. The first-of-its-kind exhibit features holograms of 13 survivors who answered 2,000 questions about their experiences.

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Pieces of cloth that Mansour Omari and other inmates at a notorious Syrian prison used to document the names of the "disappeared" held with them. They made ink out of blood from their bleeding gums and rust from the prison bars.

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Names Written In Blood And Rust: Documenting Syria's Disappeared

2:57pm December 07, 2017

by Martha Ann Overland

Political prisoner Mansour Omari hid the names of fellow inmates, penned in makeshift ink, in the lining of his shirt. Now free, he tries to keep a promise to ensure the world does not forget them.271

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A member of the federal police holds an hourglass with Nazi markings on Friday at the Interpol headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

PHOTOS: Trove Of Nazi Artifacts Uncovered In Argentina

6:09pm June 20, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The artifacts will be donated to the Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires following an investigation. It's not clear how the objects ended up in Argentina, though many prominent Nazis fled there.

The PokÃ©mon Go mobile game is the top-grossing app for Android and iPhone. Today, the U.S. Holocaust Museum and Arlington National Cemetery asked people to refrain from using the game while visiting the somber sites.

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Holocaust Museum, Arlington National Cemetery Plead: No Pokémon

7:37pm July 12, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

The sites where visitors normally reflect on somber themes ask players of the hot new mobile game not to chase cartoon characters there.