World Leaders Meet in Jerusalem to Denounce Anti-Semitism

ARON HELLER / The Associated Press Jan 23, 2020 The World Holocaust Forum focuses on commemorating the Holocaust and combating a global spike in anti-Jewish violence. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Romania to Give Holocaust Survivors Top Honors

The Associated Press Jan 27, 2019 The world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Remember the Bear River Massacre, Climax of the American Holocaust

Sarah Sunshine Manning / Truthdig Jan 29, 2018 We must never forget. The road to Auschwitz was paved with the blood of Native Americans. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Holocaust Survivor Bernard Marks on the ‘Travesty of Justice’ in Trump’s America (Audio)

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2017 Marks, whose speech at a California immigration forum in March went viral, draws parallels between the U.S. today and Germany in the 1930s. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Facing Hate With Elie Wiesel

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2016 "We must speak We must take sides," the late Holocaust survivor, Nobel laureate and author told Bill Moyers in this timeless interview We must take sides". Dig deeper ( 29 Min. Read )

Greeks Hold to Nazi-Era Claims Ahead of Prime Minister’s Visit to Berlin

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 22, 2015 Jewish leaders in Thessaloniki, Greece, are considering how to reclaim—with interest—fares that Nazi Germany made nearly 60,000 Jews pay to send themselves to their deaths at Auschwitz. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Seventy Years After Auschwitz, One Survivor Has Her Revenge

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 28, 2015 Eva Slonim was a child when she was taken to Auschwitz, where she was tortured and experimented on by Dr. Josef Mengele. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Are Israelis and Zionists Really Talking About a Final Solution of the Palestinian Problem?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 2, 2014 The Times of Israel published and then removed from its site an essay by Yochanan Gordon that openly called for genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Polish Gov’t Launches Auschwitz Probe

Staff / Truthdig Nov 12, 2011 The capture and prosecution of Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk in the U.S. earlier this year has prompted the Polish government to launch another hunt for any remaining staff members from Auschwitz who could still be at large. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel’s Insatiable Zionism

Staff / Truthdig Aug 21, 2011 Israel's Zionism turned capitalism is getting out of hand; Postmodernism is dead, leaving many to question what it was in the first place; meanwhile, the Americas are projected to replace the Middle East as the energy capital of the world. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Three Jailed for Auschwitz Sign Heist

Staff / Truthdig Mar 18, 2010 Stealing the infamous "Work Sets You Free" sign from Auschwitz has landed three men in the slammer. On Thursday, a Polish court in Krakow doled out relatively short prison sentences to the trio, who admitted to the crime and thus skipped a trial. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stolen Auschwitz Sign Found in Pieces

Staff / Truthdig Dec 21, 2009 "Arbeit macht frei." Work makes you free. Those three German words sat over the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp in southern Poland for the better part of a century until the 16-foot, 90-pound sign went missing Friday. Police found it in northern Poland on Sunday, cut into three pieces. Five men were arrested. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )