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Culture In the Warsaw ghetto, where disease, cold weather and violence all exerted heavy tolls
Lauren Grodstein's 'We Must Not Think of Ourselves' focuses on glimmers of hope amid overwhelming catastrophe
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Culture In a France riven by terrorism, why history (and one particular Jewish historian) still matters
Marc Bloch would have understood the irony of the threats issued at the school bearing his name
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Culture As in 1940 France, Israel’s fortified border protected only a false sense of security
As Hamas terrorists crossed the divide, they recalled the time Germany breached the Maginot Line
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Culture My relatives were sheltered and saved — but in WWII Poland, they were the exception not the rule
During the Holocaust there were tales of Polish heroism, though far fewer than the current government would have you believe
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News Canadian government has given $2 million to Ukrainian Canadian groups that celebrate Nazi collaborators
A Forward investigation reveals troubling track record behind apologies and resignation
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Fast Forward Exclusive: Canada apologizes for honoring another veteran from unit that fought with Nazis
The representative of King Charles III in Canada expressed 'deep regret' for giving elite awards to Peter Savaryn, the former chancellor of the University of Alberta who served with SS Galichina during World War II.
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News Canada was ashamed to have saluted a Ukrainian who fought for Hitler. But that salute didn’t come from nowhere
The fact that some Ukrainians collaborated with Nazis is no secret, but it's been whitewashed and even celebrated in Canada
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Fast Forward Canadian university to return donation from family of man who served in Nazi unit
Yaroslav Hunka’s sons created a fund in their parents’ honor in 2019 for research related to leaders of Ukrainian Catholic Church
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