The Holocaust

Prayer for the victims of mass murders and genocide.

In Memory: A Holocaust Prayer
 by Alexander Kimel

Prayer for Holocaust Survivors Who Have Died from Covid 19

Dr. Carol Rittner, RSM

The Holocaust Kid’
 by Alex M. Anderson and Lucas F. W. Wilson.
 Reviewed by Sonia Pilcer Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story
 by Keren Blankfeld
 Reviewed by Smithsonian Magazine

Time’s Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance
 by Jeremy Eichler
 Reviewed by Andrew Silow-Carroll Jewish Telegraphic Agency

My Friend Anne Frank
 by Hannah Pick-Goslar and Dina Kraft
 Commentary by Shira Li Bartok Jewish Telegraphic Agency

One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
 by Michael Frank
 Reviewed by Carol Ungar Tablet

The Ravine
 by Wendy Lower
 Reviewed by David Mikucs Tablet

The Ravine: A Family, A Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed
 by Wendy Lower
 Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D.Profiles in Catholicism

Night
 by Elie Wiesel
 Reviewed by Elizabeth A. Mitchell The Catholic Thing

The Holocaust and the Christian World: Reflections on the last, Challenges for the Future 
 Reviewed by Dr. Eugene Fisher Profiles in Catholicism

Irina's Vow
 Commentary by Kurt Jensen Our Sunday Visitor

Once I’m Gone
 Reviewed by David Sugarmen Tablet

Jack and Sam
 Reviewed by Julia Gergely Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The Albanian Code
 Commentary by Alan Rosenbaum The Jerusalem Post

His Name Is My Name
 Reviewed by Lisa Klug Tablet

Horror, hope and the Holocaust
 Reviewed by Raymond A. Schroth, S.J. America

Bawaal
 Reviewed by Andrew Lapin Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Misha and the Wolves
 Reviewed by Patrick Ryan USA TODAY/Microsoft News

Chanteuse: A Survival Musical
 Reviewed by Mikhal Weiner Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Echoes of the Holocaust
 Commentary by TC Jewfolk

Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.
 Reviewed by Emma Winters America

Schools shun Holocaust survivor drama over Gaza
 by Lee Harpin Jewish News

The Rise of the ‘Survivors’
 by Jenna Weissman Joselit Tablet

Holocaust and Srebrenica survivors launch Jewish-Muslim effort to prevent genocides
 by Toby Axelrod Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Meta is failing to catch memes and innuendo promoting Holocaust denial, oversight panel concludes
 by Asaf Elia-Shalev  Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Holocaust remembrance is a call to ‘repudiate’ dehumanizing people
 by Gina Christian Our Sunday Visitor 

‘I never imagined that something like this could ever happen again’: Holocaust survivors share their Oct. 7 experiences
 by Deborah Danan Jewish Telegraphic Agency 

Aharon Barak's chilling ICJ testimony: 'Nazis failed to take our humanity'
 by Bini Ashkena The Jerusalem Post 

New Video Game Educating Users on the Holocaust
 by Ayala Or-El The Jewish Journal

Austria increases Holocaust survivor payments for first time in decades
 by Toby Axelrod Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Hundreds of Holocaust survivors pose with posters of Hamas hostages in a statement of solidarity
 by Julia Gergely Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Rome summit hears both defense, nuance on Pius XII’s legacy on the Holocaust
 by Elise Ann Allen Crux

White House blasts Fox News host’s claim that ‘you had to be useful’ in death camps
 by Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency

German football team joins San Diego Jewish school in commemorating children murdered in the Holocaust
 by Jacob Gurvis Jewish Telegraphic Agency

‘Anne Frank would still be alive’: Ken Burns opens up about his new documentary
 by Forward

On her 100th birthday, this Holocaust survivor threw out the first pitch at a Yankees-Rays game
 by Max Baker Jewish Telegraphic Agency

‘An affront to Holocaust victims’: Deborah Lipstadt slams Mahmoud Abbas for likening Israel to Joseph Goebbels
 by Ron Kampeas The Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Polish Responsibility for the Holocaust Was Not Minor
 by Andrew Apostolou Tablet

Pope sends birthday wishes to friend and Holocaust survivor Edith Bruck
 by Joseph Tulloch Vatican News

Thousands Join ‘March of Life’ in Colombian Capital of Bogotá to Commemorate Holocaust Victims
 by Combat Antisemitism

On display at Germany’s embassy in Israel: portraits of Holocaust survivors that seek to reclaim their stories
 by Deborah Danan Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Likud MK's Holocaust Remembrance Day speech interrupted by protesters
 by The Jerusalem Post

Woman steals $2.8M from Holocaust survivor and uses it for ‘life of luxury,’ feds say
 by Julia Marnin Miami Herald

Toothpaste find linked to Lake District Holocaust survivors
 by BBC News

Biden posts Holocaust Remembrance Day message
 by ynet news

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Finding new ways to never forget
 by The Jerusalem Post

This Man Survived The Holocaust Thanks to a Catholic Priest That His Mother Met at Confession
 by Net TV

On display at Germany’s embassy in Israel: portraits of Holocaust survivors that seek to reclaim their stories
 by Deborah Danon Jewsih Telegraphic Agency

Portraits of Hope and Resilience. Photographer B.A. Van Sise shares stories of Holocaust survivors and how they built new lives after losing so much
 by Jamie Betesh Carter Tablet

Dan Goldman: Holocaust education should celebrate Jewish life, too
 by Jacob Henry Jewish Telegraphic Agency

'Get off the sauce, Lindsey': Former GOP adviser urges 'parasite' Graham to dump Trump
 by Tom Boggioni Raw Story

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Accused of Hypocrisy Over Request for Federal Aid
 by Ewan Palmer Newsweek

Republicans engage in Holocaust revisionism to justify their pro-gun platform
 by LGBTQ Nation/MSN

Escape From Mariupol. A Holocaust survivor and her family in hiding
 by Edward Serotta Tablet

99-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Steals Show At Genocide Education Hearing
 by TC Jewfolk

Holocaust Survivor Walter Bingham Shares Firsthand Kristallnacht Experience
 by Combat Anti-Semitism

Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes booted from CPAC for promoting 'hateful racist rhetoric'
 by Sarah Elbeshbishi USA TODAY

Time to remember more than one atrocity? A defense of Holocaust Remembrance Day
 by Avi Shafran Religion News Service

A More Meaningful Way to Remember the Holocaust
 by Dara Jorn Tablet

Scholars, diplomats reflect on U.S. and church's response to the Holocaust
 by Jutin McLellan Catholic News Service

Time to remember more than one atrocity? A defense of Holocaust Remembrance Day
 by Avi Shafran Religion News Service

Reflections for International Holocaust Remembrance Day
 by United Nations

International Holocaust Remembrance Day. There can always be a new beginning
 by Abraham Skorka L'Osservatore Romano

The Minyan: Holocaust Survivors
 by Abigail Pogrebin Tablet

Combating antisemitism today: Holocaust education in the era of Twitter and TikTok
 by Alan Marcus The Conversation

After eighty years, there is no excuse to not know about the Holocaust
 by Lindsay Hoyle The Guardian

Eyewitness to History: Estelle Laughlin
 by United States Memorial Holocaust Museum

25 Facts About the Holocaust
 by Holocaust Museum Houston

‘Morning Joe': Jared Moskowitz Calls George Santos’ Holocaust Lies ‘Lowest Form of Humanity’
 by Sharon Knolle The Wrap

Immersive Experience Brings Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Frescoes to the U.S.
 by Isis Davis-Marks Smithsonian Magazine

Childhood Restored: Art By Young Holocaust Survivors
 by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

ADL chief blasts ‘offensive’ Whoopi Goldberg comments on Holocaust
 by Olafimihan Oshin The Hill

After eighty years, there is no excuse to not know about the Holocaust
 by Lindsay Hoyle The Guardian

Street mural project honors unknown ‘Righteous Among the Nations.’ in their homelands. With first installations completed in Greece and Portugal, an international initiative celebrates Holocaust rescuers and educates on antisemitism
 by Matt Lebovic The Times of Israel

Holocaust denial is embedded in the Trump administration,’ says historian
 by MSNBC

Artifacts Tell Six Stories of Escape
 by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Rare Color Photos Show Ghetto in Different Light
 by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Kindertransport Hero To Be Remembered at Kristallnacht Commemoration
 by TCJewfolk

An American reckoning with the Holocaust
 by Robert Brennan Angelus

A Return to Bergen-Belsen and the Future of Holocaust Remembrance
 by Marem Stern The Jerusalem Post

U.S. Role In Holocaust Examined In New PBS Documentary
 by Lev Gringauz TC Jewfolk

Why Was America So Reluctant to Take Action on the Holocaust?
 by Jeanne Dorin McDowell Smithsonian Magazine

Queen Elizabeth’s relationship with Holocaust survivors and the State of Israel
 by Dmitriv Shapiro Jewish News Syndicate

My Grandparents’ Impossible Situation.Taking a new look at my family’s history, after watching Ken Burns’ PBS documentary ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’
 by Carol Ungar Tablet

Margret Hantman dreamed of finding a safe haven
 by The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Actor and Activist Omar Sharif Jr. Takes on New Role at Holocaust Museum LA
 by The Wrap

Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust: Reality or Revisionism?
 by Kevin M. Doyle America

Survivors in the Catskills. A recent gathering of 56 survivors in the Hudson Valley was a painful and uncomfortable reminder that living memory of the Holocaust has nearly run out forever
 by Armin Rosen Tablet

Survivors in the Catskills. A recent gathering of 56 survivors in the Hudson Valley was a painful and uncomfortable reminder that living memory of the Holocaust has nearly run out forever
 by Armin Rosen Tablet

Eleanor & Gilbert: A Couple’s Mission
 by US Holocaust Memorial Museum

At a Former Concentration Camp, Holocaust Survivors Draw Parallels Between Nazi and Russian Rhetoric
 by Carrie Hagen Smithsonian Magazine

From Nazi-Persecuted Child to American Soldier: How Hugo Zulawski Fought Back
 by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Holocaust survivors pass the torch to third generation in March of the Living
 by Talia Levin The Jerusalem Post

Holocaust Survivors Ask Israel Museum to Return One-of-a-Kind Haggadah
 by Jane Recker The Smithsonian Magazine

Pope Pius XII knew early about Holocaust and saved many Jews
 by Mario Galgan Vatican News

Holy See warns against Holocaust denial and revisionism trends
 by Linda Bordoni Vatican News

The British diplomat who saved hundreds of Jews from the Holocaust by defying Whitehall to give them visas and save them from the Nazis death machine in Lithuania
 by Danny Buckland The Daily Mail

Holocaust Remembrance Day: 'Dialogue creates connection and understanding'
 by Lydia O’Kane Vatican News

Pope Francis meets Auschwitz survivor on Holocaust Remembrance Day
 by Catholic News Agency

Quarter of Australians in the dark about Holocaust
 by CathNews

This week we come together to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
 by The United States Holocaust Museum

New Memorials in Berlin Honor the Holocaust’s Overlooked Black Victims
 by Livia Gershon Smithsonian Magazine

Azeem Rafiq meets Holocaust survivor after revelations over messages mocking Jews
 by Tom Parmenter Sky News

Government in China Kidnaps Catholic Bishop Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou - Community Asks for Prayer
 by Catholic News World

Catholics fight for religious freedom. The battle between the underground and state-sanctioned churches continues in China after a bishop was detained for the sixth time.
 by UCA News

A moving ‘reunion’ for descendants of Holocaust survivors
 by Bobby Ross Jr. Religion News Service

The Holocaust That Never Happened. On the 80th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, hearing rare stories of survival from the Holocaust-era Soviet territories
 by Izabella Tabarovsky Tablet

Horrors of Holocaust must not be forgotten, pope tells Slovak Jews
 by Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service

A new Anne Frank Center aims to reshape racism through Holocaust education
 by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service

Holocaust survivor thanks Pope Francis for highlighting anti-Semitism on Central Europe trip
 by CAN

Why Poland Is Right to End Holocaust Property Claims
 by Liel Leibowitz Tablet

Stories from a Tower of Faces:
 by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Olympic opening ceremony director fired for Holocaust joke
 by Mari Yamiguchi The Associated Press

Anorexia and the Holocaust. Descendants of survivors are often afflicted with a unique pain of their own
 by Julie Goldberg Tablet

Bulgarian far-right candidate denies Holocaust, praises Hitler, Nazis
 by The Jerusalem Post

Jewish history and Holocaust studies scholar murdered in Ukraine
 by Cnaan Liphshiz The Forward

Pope Francis greets holocaust survivor at General Audience,
 by Salvatore Cernuzi Vatican News

Ukraine opens symbolic synagogue at Holocaust site near Kyiv
 by DW Akademie

‘It was a disaster’: Inside a fierce battle over antisemitism at CUNY
 by Arno Rosenfeld The Forward

The Missing Stories of Sexual Abuse During the Holocaust.
 by Esther Dror and Ruth Linn Tablet

Read Their Names. Days of Remembrance 2021
 by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

The Polish Government’s Holocaust ‘Truth Campaign’ Is a Weird Mix of Authoritarianism, Ignorance, and Injured Pride
 by Havi Dreifuss Tablet

Afro-Germans During the Holocaust
 by United StatesHolocaustMemorialMuseum

Sonny Fox and the Holocaust: a little-known connection
 by Jeffrey Salkin Religion News Service

The Catholic Church’s moral reckoning on Jews and the Holocaust
 by Ken Jacobson Religion News Service

Yom Kippur Zoom reunites Holocaust survivors 71 years later. More than 70 years had passed since last seeing her friend at an Austrian displaced persons camp. Then Ruth Brandspiegel heard a familiar name being called out in a Yom Kippur service held in late September via Zoom.
 by Luis Andres Henao and  Jessie Wardarski Religion News Service

The Afterlife. Alexander ‘Sasha’ Pechersky led a successful prisoner revolt at the Sobibor death camp. His story of extraordinary courage was also the story of millions of Soviet Jews who lived and died in a country that refused to acknowledge their fate.
 by David Bezmozgis Tablet

Recognizing Jewish Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust
 by Patrick Henry The Tablet

The Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930 –1965
 by Michael Phayer

Queens Holocaust Survivor Continues Fighting for Family Property in Poland
 by Erin DeGregorio The Tablet

Pencils, Books, and Dirty Looks: Memories of Jewish Schoolchildren During the Holocaust
 by US Holocaust Museum

Inspiration from the Kovno Ghetto
 by US Holocaust Museum

Nazis Boasted About Six Million Holocaust Victims. But It Was a Jew Who First Cited That Figure
 by Ofer Aderet  Haaretz

Leaders vow to learn from Holocaust, offer competing lessons
 by Aron Miller  Associated Press

A lesson for the Church from an improbable source: Baseball
 by John L. Allen Jr.Crux/Angelus

Holocaust Survivors Continue Gathering—Online
 by Stella SchumakerTablet

Alice Goldberger and the Children of Weir Courtney
 by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Wartime Vatican archive shows how much Pius knew about the Holocaust, says researcher
 by Tom Heneghan Religion News Service

Do Holocaust Survivors Dream of Electric Sheep?
 by Matthew Fishbane Tablet

Holocaust Survivor Al Munzer Delivers Remarks at Program Spotlighting China’s Persecution of Uyghurs'
 by AlfredMünzerUnited StatesHolocaustMemorialMuseum

An Astonishing Miracle of Divine Mercy at Auschwitz
 by K.V. TurleyNational Catholic Register

The Coronavirus Erases Our Living Memory of the Holocaust
 by Armin RosenTablet Magazine

America’s Largest Population of Holocaust Survivors Is Endangered by the Coronavirus as Crown Heights and Borough Park Shut Down
 by Armin RosenTablet

Choice, Human Behavior, and the Holocaust
 by USNationalHolocaustMuseum

Forum examines religious persecution 75 years after Auschwitz liberation
 by Mark Pattison Crux

On Holocaust Remembrance Day: The Love and Suffering of Etty Hillesum
 by The Jesuit Post

Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz.  A  trip to the concentration camp didn’t turn out the way I’d hoped
 by Ari Richter Tablet

Albert F. Coyle: The forgotten Irish American hero of the Holocaust
 by John O’Neill IrishCentral

Anti-Semitism preceded Auschwitz — and outlived it
 by Sara J. Bloomfield The Boston Globe

Never let Holocaust horrors fade from memory

Auschwitz and “intrinsic evil”
 by George Weigel The Catholic World Report

Auschwitz Began With the Murder of a Single Innocent Man
 by John Grondelski National Catholic Register

Horrors of Auschwitz: The Numbers Behind WWII's Deadliest Concentration Camp
 by Natasha Frost Inside History

Holocaust is ‘an archetype’ of man’s capacity for evil, says archbishop
 by Catholic News Service/Crux

WCC joins in solemn commemoration of Holocaust anniversary
 by Independent Catholic News

Auschwitz survivors warn of rising anti-Semitism 75 years later
 by Vanessa Gera  Associated Press/America

What do Americans know about the Holocaust? Some observations
 by Jane the Actuary Patheos

New research details Catholic inmates at Auschwitz
 by Jonathan Luxmoore Crux

Pope on Holocaust atrocities: Let’s all say never again
 by Associated Press/Crux

On Holocaust Remembrance Day: The Love and Suffering of Etty Hillesum
 by Ryan Birjoo, SJ The Jesuit Post

Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz
 by Ari Richter Tablet

25 Muslim faith leaders make ‘groundbreaking’ visit to Auschwitz
 by Vanessa  Gera The Times of Israel

Poll: What do Americans know about the Holocaust? Some, not Much
 by Yonat Shimron  Religion News Service

Niger, Burkina Faso bishops warn of ‘inter-communal conflicts’ if jihadist attacks continue
 by Crux Staff

Back From the Dead. After an amazing feat of genealogy, a Holocaust survivor tells Yad Vashem he’s alive after all
 by Hillel Kuttler Tablet Magazine

From enlightenment to death camps
 by Father Shay Cullen UCANews.com

Trajectory ofhateful rhetoric led to Holocaust, say speakers at dialogue
 by CNS/The Pilot

Violins recall Holocaust but also play notes of hope at prayer service
 by Kevin Kilbane Crux

Auschwitz Memorial chronicles the sacrifice of St. Maximilian Kolbe
 by, Angelus/Catholic News Agency

Former refugees mark 75th anniversary of the only US safe haven during Holocaust
 by  Renee K. Gadoua Re;gion News Service

A Painter of the Holocaust for Our Times
 by Pat Lipsky Tablet

How Was the Holocaust Possible?
 by Susan Bachrach  The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Who Will Write Our History
 Reviewed by Emma Winters America

Polish nationalists protest U.S. over Holocaust claims
 by Vanessa Gera  Associated Press/America

Anti-Semitic comments deserve clear, strong condemnation. The Church, from parish to pope, must deny anti-Semites like Louis Farrakhan a pulpit. And those who facilitate anti-Semitism, such as Fr. Michael Pfleger, must be punished.
 by Timothy D. Lusch The Catholics World Report

New York City To Host North America’s Largest Holocaust Remembrance Exhibit
 by Wandy Felicita Ortiz The Tablet

A Traumatic Legacy
 by Adam Kovac  Tablet Magazine

Opening archives won’t settle debate over Pius XII and the Holocaust
 by John L. Allen Jr .Crux

Poland Cancels Summit With Israel Over Holocaust Row
 by Stefan J. Bos Vatican News

The Unspeakable Suffering of the Victims of the Holocaust Continues to Cry Out to Humanity,’
 Says Pope On Holocaust Remembrance Day in Panama, Francis Says Never Forget the Victims
 by Deborah Castellano Lubov Zenit

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a secret archive will reach a global audience
 by Emma Winters America

Reality, History, and Holocaust Denial
 by Dr. Eugene J. Fisher

Letter From Holocaust Survivors on Holocaust Denial
 by United States National Holocaust Museum

GOP congressional candidate calls Holocaust an ‘absolute fabricated lie’
 by Matthew Chapman   Shareblue

Holocaust calls us to have 'respect for the dignity of every person'
 by CNA/EWTN News

Pope pays tribute to Holocaust victims in silence, prayer
  by Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service

Holocaust Museum condemns neo-Nazi conference
 by Nolan D. Mccaskill Politico

Catholic Martyrs of the Holocaust
 by: Matthew E. Bunson Catholic Answers Magazine

The Gentile Holocaust
 by Thomas J. Craughwell Catholic Culture

Genocide European Roma (Gypsies), 1939–1945
  Holocaust Encyclopedia

Beyond Anne Frank: The Dutch Tell Their Full Holocaust Story
 by Nina Stegal The New York Times

Ten Catholic heroes of the Holocaust
  by Simon Cadwell Catholic Herald

Pope Francis on the Holocaust
 by Eloisa Perez-Lozano Natonal Catholic Reporter

Father John Pawlikowski on the Role if the Catholic Church in Holocaust Remembrance
  Holocaust Denial Project

Zuckerberg clarifies stance on policy for Holocaust deniers
 by Barbara Orturay  Associated Press

Good and Evil After Auschwitz: Ethical Implications for Today
  by Jack Bemporad, ‎John Pawlikowski, ‎Joseph Sievers - 2000

Righting Relations after the Holocaust and Vatican II: Essays in Honor of John T. Pawlikowski, OSM
 Edited by Elena G. Procario-Foley and Robert A. Cathey
 Reviewed by Eugene J. Fisher Profiles in Catholicism

The Holocaust and the Christian World: Reflections on the Past, Challenges for the Future Second Ed
 by Carol Rittner, Stephen D. Smith, and Irena Steinfeldt, editors,.
 Reviewed by Dr. Eugene Fisher Profiles in Catholicism

Denial
 Reviewed by Lisa Hendey

My behind-the-scenes ‘Denial’ story
 by Kenneth S. Stern