Whitwell Middle School in rural Tennessee is the setting for this documentary about an extraordinary experiment in Holocaust education. Struggling to grasp the concept of six-million Holocaust victims, the students decide to collect six-million paper clips to better understand the extent of this crime against humanity. The film details how the students met Holocaust survivors [...]

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The question many Israelis are now asking is that, if the Syrians, whose every move is closely monitored by Israeli spy satellites, were able to achieve so much progress with their nuclear programme, how much does the West really know about the true extent of the Iranian programme, much of which is hidden away at [...]

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An exhibition in Paris of color photographs of life under the German occupation has caused such a furore that it was nearly cancelled. The photographs, which were taken by an employee of a Nazi propaganda magazine, are now to be shown with new captions explaining their historical context. more…

Uproar over WWII Exhibition: Occupied Paris Shown [...]

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Raoul Wallenberg was a minor official of a neutral country, with an unimposing appearance and gentle manner. Recruited and financed by the U.S., he was sent into Hungary to save Jews. He bullied, bluffed and bribed powerful Nazis to prevent the deportation of 20,000 Hungarian Jews to concentration camps, and averted the massacre of 70,000 [...]

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It has been described as a publishing sensation. Helene Berr was a young French student murdered in a Nazi concentration camp. Her recently discovered journal has now hit French bookstores — and become an immediate bestseller. By Siobhán Dowling more…

Photo Gallery: The Journal of Helene Berr
Six Decades after WWII: Massive Holocaust Archive Opens to the [...]

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Holocaust Diary by a Polish Girl Makes Its Debut After 60 Years
JERUSALEM, June 4 (AP) — The diary of a 14-year-old Jewish girl who is being described as the “Polish Anne Frank” was unveiled Monday by Israel’s Holocaust museum. More than 60 years after the teenager wrote it, the diary vividly describes the world crumbling [...]

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