World War II
The Good Murdoch
Media magnate Axel Springer’s significant, and unheralded, role in repairing German-Jewish relations
Do Polish Kids Hate Jews?
A student survey about the Warsaw Ghetto uprising reflects the country’s new nuanced approach to the past
Tikkun Olam in Silicon Valley
Q&A: Tech guru Steve Blank talks about Thailand, secret high-tech, and the Valley’s Jewish moment
Bartoszewski at the U.S. Holocaust Museum
Honoring a hero and celebrating the museum’s 20th anniversary
The Invisible City
What’s the best way to make history come alive? One guide’s answer: stories.
The View from the World’s Last Fotoplastikon
Now showing: images of Warsaw’s Jewish Ghetto
The Book Thief
Did Zosa Szajkowski save precious documents from the Nazis, or did he steal the cultural patrimony of French Jews?
In the Polish Aftermath
In a public debate over a controversial new Holocaust film, Poland faces up to a complicated past
Wu-Tang’s Kiddush
My family Kiddush became the haunting opening for Schindler’s List, and was sampled by the hip-hop collective
This Week in Unexploded WWII Bombs: Tel Aviv
IDF sappers defused what’s believed to be an Italian bomb
The Napkin Artist
Remembering Yiddishist, linguistics scholar, Holocaust survivor, and painter Edward Stankiewicz, who died this year
When Berlin Meant Business
Berlin was once home to 50,000 Jewish-owned businesses. A historian is now obsessively reconstructing their demise.
In Praise of Dairy Restaurants
A visit to B&H Restaurant on Second Avenue brings back memories of milchig establishments of yore
Curse of the Survivor
Singer Vera Gran was haunted by allegations of Nazi collaboration. A new book asks if survival made her guilty.
