Israel, Hungary to Search for Holocaust Victims’ Bones in Danube River
The victims whose bones will now be searched for were among the thousands of Jews who were shot by Hungarians and thrown into the Danube between 1944 and 1945
Holocaust studies
Opinion Warsaw Ghetto Museum Historian: A Tale of History, Force and Narrow Horizons
Is it really such a great sin to take a more inclusive approach to studying the history of Nazi-occupied Poland?
Opinion The Israeli Historian Under the Polish Government’s Thumb
In his role as the Warsaw Ghetto Museum’s chief historian, Daniel Blatman distorts the history of the Holocaust and takes on the role of court historian
New Book Leaves Norway’s ‘Heroic Role’ in the Holocaust in Tatters
The Norwegian resistance didn’t warn the Jews about their deportation to Auschwitz and smuggled Jews to Sweden for money, according to a journalist’s research
Opinion Yad Vashem Teaches the Holocaust Like Totalitarian Countries Teach History
Yad Vashem is now paying the price of the many years in which it nurtured a one-dimensional, simplistic message that there’s only one way to explain the Holocaust
Warsaw's Controversial New Holocaust Museum to Present 'Polish Narrative'
Critics say the appointment of an Israeli, Daniel Blatman, as chief historian of the planned Warsaw Ghetto Museum provides a fig leaf for an attempt to distort history
Opinion Will Israel Abet Hungary’s Whitewash Museum?
No diplomatic or economic rationale could justify a false ‘narrative’ at the new Holocaust museum in Budapest
Budapest Holocaust Museum: Orban’s Grand Gesture or a Whitewashing of Hungarian History?
Even before it opens, the museum is splitting the Jewish community, riling historians and keeping diplomats busy, despite the fact that Orban’s government recognizes ‘the responsibility of the Hungarian state’ in the Shoah
Netherlands Apologizes to Family of 'Dutch Schindler,' Who Was Rebuked for Saving Thousands of Jews
Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok acknowledged this week that his ministry’s treatment of Zwartendijk was 'inappropriate' and expressed Holland’s admiration for his actions during World War II
Walter Laqueur, Pioneering Scholar of Terrorism and the Holocaust, Dies at 97
Esteemed historian, who fled Nazi Germany a day before Kristallnacht, was an expert in Zionism, the fall of the Soviet Union and postwar Europe, among other things
Opinion Leave the Holocaust Alone, Mr. Netanyahu
Whenever you speak of the Holocaust, you talk about Iran and not about the Holocaust. The comparisons between Iran of today and the Holocaust are baseless
Analysis If Israel Wants to Avoid Nude Incidents at Death Camps, It Should Better Vet the Kids Traveling to Poland
The latest example of misbehavior at a concentration camp site suggests that maybe it would be better to postpone such trips until the youngsters reach the army or university
Newly Obtained Archive Documents Polish Diplomats' Efforts to Save Jews During Holocaust
The archive provides evidence that Polish diplomats based in Switzerland issued hundreds of fake passports from Latin American countries to Jews
Opinion Poland and Israel’s False Declaration on the Holocaust
Nazi Germany is to blame for the destruction of Poland’s Jews, not the Poles. But large segments of the Polish people were not sorry that the Jews had disappeared, and stood by and watched
Netanyahu Says He Understands Criticism of Holocaust Declaration, 'Will Give It Expression'
The premier responds for first time to harsh criticism of statement, says he 'respects' historians' comments but that 'goal was achieved' ■ Knesset to discuss motion on renouncing joint statement on Wednesday
National Polish Memorial Institute 'Surprised' by Yad Vashem's Criticism of Israel-Poland Holocaust Declaration
The institute's vice president says the declaration 'is consistent with historical knowledge' and that historians from both countries should work together to straighten out the controversy
Anne Frank's Family Was Not Denied Entry Into the U.S., New Study Says
The Anne Frank House publishes report debunking common belief that Anne Frank and her family were denied entry to the U.S. as refugees. In reality, their request was never processed
Analysis With Holocaust Declaration, Netanyahu and Polish PM Use History for Political Needs
Netanyahu’s serious mistake stemmed from the idea that history could also be bent for transient political or diplomatic needs, whatever they might be
Opinion Israel's Stupid, Ignorant and Amoral Betrayal of the Truth on Polish Involvement in the Holocaust
We accepted the mendacious official Polish narrative, and swallowed it. And we legitimized the government's campaign to harass, fine and impoverish Polish liberals, academics, journalists and simply honest people who expose Poles' involvement in the crimes of the Holocaust
Top Holocaust Historian: Netanyahu’s Deal on Poland’s Holocaust Law ‘A Betrayal' That 'Hurts the Jewish People'
Israel agreed to the Polish narrative ‘because to the State of Israel, economic, security and political ties are more important than a little matter like the Holocaust,' Yehuda Bauer says
Polish Holocaust Law Was Revised Due to U.S. Pressure, Report Says
Polish news site claims it obtained documents showing PM and president would not be received by any member of the Trump administration if the law was not revised
Opinion That Israel Hater Yad Vashem
The people at the Holocaust museum are now Israel haters because they preserve a narrative that attributes the destruction of the Jews only to the Nazis and ignores it as a Nazi-Arab coproduction
Forget Paul Newman, This Italian Port Tells the Real Story of the Exodus
While the docks are being redeveloped, locals tell the story of the partisans who helped the Holocaust survivors and whose descendants are battling to build a memorial
Warsaw Ghetto Orphanage Head's Letters Made Public
Correspondence from Maria Rotblat, who died in the ghetto, released ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day
Top Polish Legal Official: New 'Holocaust Bill' Is Unconstitutional
Poland's deputy chief prosecutor says clause punishing those outside of Poland may have 'opposite results'
The Black Stain of the Dutch Red Cross During the Holocaust
The group violated its principles and did nothing to help the Jews during the Nazi occupation. New research brought Dutch Red Cross leaders to Israel this week to apologize
Opinion Israel's Expulsion of Asylum Seekers Awakens Jewish Collective Memory
Deportees throughout history wrote their history in scrolls, commemorated it in stories transmitted from one generation to the next. That will almost certainly happen with the acts of deportation of the 21st century
Were There Actually 'Jewish Perpetrators' of the Holocaust?
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says there were, along with Polish, Russian, Ukrainian and German. Israeli historians say it's part of an ongoing campaign to blur the line between the murderers and the victims
Opinion Why We've Suppressed the Queer History of the Holocaust
Even in the concentration camps, the prisoners of the Nazis employed homophobia to distance themselves from those considered 'other'. That 'disgust' still informs the erasure of Jewish gay and lesbian victims from the Holocaust narrative
Analysis What Poland's PM Wanted to Achieve With Outrageous 'Jewish Holocaust Perpetrators' Remark
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's effort to compare Jews to Poles in this context is an anti-historical distortion