Holocaust

‘Queen of the Deuce’ documents how a Jewish refugee became Times Square’s queen of porn

“Queen of the Deuce” tells the unlikely story of Chelly Wilson, a Greek Jewish lesbian who narrowly escaped the Holocaust.

By Sarah Rosen November 11, 2022 11:04 am

In Germany, Kristallnacht goes by a different name. Here’s why.

The word, which means “night of broken glass” in German, “has a pretty sound,” said a journalist who has studied Nazi-era terms.

November 8, 2022 12:31 pm

Vermont state senator whose grandfather died in Holocaust wins congressional primary

Becca Balint is president pro tempore of Vermont’s senate. Her grandfather was killed during a forced march from the Mauthausen concentration camp in 1945.

August 10, 2022 7:33 am

Marvin Chomsky, director of the influential TV miniseries ‘Holocaust,’ dies at 92

By Andrew Lapin April 19, 2022 4:11 pm

Zelensky offers new details about his family’s Holocaust history, igniting debate over Ukrainian Holocaust memory

By Philissa Cramer March 22, 2022 5:37 pm

Whoopi Goldberg returns to ‘The View’ after suspension over Holocaust comments, saying, ‘I listened’

By Andrew Lapin February 14, 2022 4:50 pm

Whoopi Goldberg says ‘The Holocaust isn’t about race’

By Andrew Lapin January 31, 2022 3:14 pm

A Holocaust survivor spends her 110th birthday knitting — the craft that was key to her survival

By Tanya Singer January 26, 2022 4:56 pm

Jack Feldman, Holocaust survivor who told his story in Emmy-winning documentary, dies at 95

By Andrew Silow-Carroll December 28, 2021 7:47 am

Actors Milla Bankowicz and Robert Wieckiewicz portray members of the Chiger family trying to survive the Holocaust during filming in Lviv, Ukraine in 2011. (Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)

Inspired by a 2011 movie, Ukrainian researchers have found the Lviv sewer where dozens of Jews escaped the Nazis

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 26, 2021 3:47 pm

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‘Queen of the Deuce’ documents how a Jewish refugee became Times Square’s queen of porn

In Germany, Kristallnacht goes by a different name. Here’s why.

Vermont state senator whose grandfather died in Holocaust wins congressional primary

Marvin Chomsky, director of the influential TV miniseries ‘Holocaust,’ dies at 92

Zelensky offers new details about his family’s Holocaust history, igniting debate over Ukrainian Holocaust memory

Whoopi Goldberg returns to ‘The View’ after suspension over Holocaust comments, saying, ‘I listened’

Whoopi Goldberg says ‘The Holocaust isn’t about race’

A Holocaust survivor spends her 110th birthday knitting — the craft that was key to her survival

Jack Feldman, Holocaust survivor who told his story in Emmy-winning documentary, dies at 95

Inspired by a 2011 movie, Ukrainian researchers have found the Lviv sewer where dozens of Jews escaped the Nazis

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