Statue of ‘father of gynecology,’ who experimented on enslaved women, removed from Central Park
The first patient to endure James Marion Sims’s experimental surgery in 1845 was named Lucy. Lucy, an enslaved black woman in Alabama,...
Washington Post
Apr 18, 2018
Rwanda: Kwibuka24 - Genocide Victims Found in Lake Muhazi Laid to Rest
Residents of Rwamagana District and surrounding communities on Sunday gathered in Gishali Sector to accord decent burial to 16 victims of...
The New Times
Apr 16, 2018
Holocaust Is Fading From Memory, Survey Finds
By Maggie Astor For seven decades, “never forget” has been a rallying cry of the Holocaust remembrance movement. But a survey released...
New York Times 1
Apr 13, 2018
Lithuania's Museum of Holocaust Denial
This past winter here in Vilnius, the charming capital of Lithuania, was much like any other. During long solid weeks of subzero...
Dovid Katz | Tablet
Apr 11, 2018
History of Wartime 'Rape Camp' in Bosnia Wiped from Town's Collective Memory
VISEGRAD, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- About a 5-minute drive from the center of this town in Bosnia and Herzegovina's northeast is the hotel...
Koji Miki | The Mainichi
Apr 11, 2018
Rwandans discuss how best to commemorate genocide
Rwanda is commemorating the 24th anniversary of the 1994 Tutsi genocide. This claimed the lives of between 800,000 and one million Tutsis...
Samantha Lakin; Eric Ndushabandi | The
Apr 6, 2018
Poland’s Misunderstood Holocaust Law
World War II altered not only the fate of nations but also that of millions of families in Europe. From the viewpoint of Poland, it was...
Mateusz Morawiecki
Mar 19, 2018
Rewriting History in Eastern Europe
Last week, Polish President Andrzej Duda signed a controversial law criminalizing statements that attribute responsibility for the...
Foreign Affairs
Feb 14, 2018
Saved by Ukrainian Family, Jewish Boy Lived to Become Nobel Laureate
January 27 is the day the international community observes Holocaust Remembrance Day by recalling the horrors committed during World War...
VOA (Voice of America)
Jan 12, 2018
Nomination but no win at Golden Globes for First They Killed My Father
Angelina Jolie and Rithy Panh's highly acclaimed First They Killed My Father came away from the 75th Golden Globe Awards without a win in...
The Phnom Penh Post
Jan 8, 2018
World Union of Jewish Students Recognizes the Armenian Genocide
The World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) recently formally recognized the Armenian Genocide at its 44th World Congress in Israel....
The Armenian Weekly
Jan 8, 2018
BLOG: Survivors’ Grandchildren Teach Lessons of the Holocaust
As a grandchild of Holocaust survivors, I grew up feeling a strong connection to my family history. The Holocaust formed part of my...
The Algemeiner
Dec 26, 2017
