Holocaust education

 The exhibit also includes live-action videos.

Museum of Jewish Heritage tackles issue of Holocaust education for children

Museums and educators are wrestling with the question of how to reach younger audiences further and further removed from the horrors of the Holocaust.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA , GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
13/01/2024

Rock star Alanis Morissette uncovers her family’s Holocaust history on PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots’

Seven-time Grammy Award winner Alanis Morissette was raised Catholic and is now a practicing Buddhist. But her mother was born in Hungary to two Holocaust survivor parents.

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA
03/01/2024

Two Holocaust survivors tell their tale in a new short documentary

As Holocaust survivors number fewer and fewer, the two men’s story was important even before Oct. 7

By JULIA GERGELY/JTA
06/12/2023

Holocaust memorial in Denmark defaced with antisemitic graffiti, Palestinian flag

The memorial focuses on the dangerous efforts made by ordinary Danish citizens who risked their own lives to save Jews during the Nazi occupation of the country.

Portuguese Holocaust museum marks anniversary of Kristallnacht

The ceremony featured the lighting of a memorial flame in front of 500 students from schools across Portugal who took part in the event.

Rising death toll in Gaza is tragic, but Holocaust scholars should know it's not genocide - opinion

Since Israel’s founding in 1948, the Palestinian population in what now includes Israel, the West Bank and Gaza has risen from 1.4 million to 6.6 million

By DAVID LEE PRESTON
04/11/2023

New book reveals Pius XII's complicity during Holocaust

In 1945, after Germany’s surrender, Pius XII delivered a speech which focused on what he claimed was a Nazi campaign against the Church.

By VIC ALHADEFF
03/11/2023
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