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  • Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975). Lincoln Kirstein. circa 1931
    Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975). Lincoln Kirstein. circa 1931
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    Lincoln Kirstein at MoMA

    The enigmatic, influential benefactor of the arts comes home to the temple of modernism he once shunned

    byFrances Brent
  • Jewish children sheltered by the Protestant population of the village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, 1941.(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
    Jewish children sheltered by the Protestant population of the village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, 1941.(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
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    Does ‘Village of Secrets’ Falsify French Rescue During the Holocaust?

    Caroline Moorehead gives a new account of Le Chambon, where Jews were given refuge by Righteous Gentiles

    byPierre Sauvage
  • Left to right: Dimitri Leonidas, John Goodman, George Clooney, Matt Damon, and Bob Balaban in The Monument Men.(Claudette Barius/Sony Pictures)
    Left to right: Dimitri Leonidas, John Goodman, George Clooney, Matt Damon, and Bob Balaban in The Monument Men.(Claudette Barius/Sony Pictures)
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    ‘The Monuments Men’ Shows How America Saved Paintings While Letting Jews Die

    Audiences may not feel quite so good about the new George Clooney film once they learn the full story behind WWII art rescue efforts

    byRafael Medoff
  • Carl Laemmle and his children in an undated photo.
    Carl Laemmle and his children in an undated photo.
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    Hollywood’s Unknown Rescuer

    Before Schindler’s List, an L.A. studio boss saved hundreds of Jews from the Holocaust. Why was he alone?

    byAllison Hoffman
  • Peter Bergson conferring with legislators in 1944.
    Peter Bergson conferring with legislators in 1944.
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    Three Lies

    Filmmaker Pierre Sauvage and the daughter of Holocaust rescuer Peter Bergson talk about people who put their lives at risk to save others

    byDavid Samuels
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    (Owen Smith)
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    Kindle Single #1

    And a new ‘Diasporist,’ today on Tablet

    byAlana Newhouse
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    The Rescuer

    Varian Fry led the effort to save Hannah Arendt, Marc Chagall, and thousands of other European intellectuals from the Nazis. Why was he forgotten?

    byDara Horn
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