A memoir of a family’s Holocaust complicity, with lessons for today

Géraldine Schwarz argues that historical reckoning is necessary to prevent repetitions of intolerance and targeted violence. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

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US Publisher F+W Media Has Hearing Today in Chapter 11 Protection Filing

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Authorities investigating swastikas scrawled in blood near Holocaust museum

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