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Heeding Calls for Justice, Upholding the Promise of Nuremberg

Seventy-five years ago in Nuremberg, Germany, the International Military Tribunal opened with the case of 24 senior Nazi officials (only…

5 min readDec 3, 2020

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Heeding Calls for Justice, Upholding the Promise of Nuremberg

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The Problem with Holocaust-Inspired Costumes

The young women applied makeup to make their skin appear bruised and emaciated, their cheekbones hollowed and their eyes swollen. The…

3 min readOct 29, 2020

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The Problem with Holocaust-Inspired Costumes

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The Lessons of History and Social Media

By Sara J. Bloomfield

4 min readAug 31, 2020

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The Lessons of History and Social Media

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What They Carried When They Fled Genocide

A cell phone photo, a land ownership document, a mandolin…

4 min readAug 27, 2020

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What They Carried When They Fled Genocide

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Lessons from a Forced Reckoning with Hitler’s Germany

What can be learned from the reluctance of many Germans to grapple with their complicity in the Holocaust?

9 min readAug 4, 2020

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Lessons from a Forced Reckoning with Hitler’s Germany

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Parents Like All Others

Rohingya mothers and fathers will try everything to protect their children from harm, which has now included a genocide and a global…

5 min readJun 19, 2020

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Parents Like All Others

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Liberating Humanity, Preserving Freedom—75 Years Ago

By Sara J. Bloomfield

6 min readMay 8, 2020

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Liberating Humanity, Preserving Freedom—75 Years Ago

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The Wife Who Sent Her Husband to Auschwitz

A crowd of protestors swarmed outside the Berlin Jewish community building on the Rosenstrasse. Inside, behind a police line, about 2,000…

8 min readApr 23, 2020

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The Wife Who Sent Her Husband to Auschwitz

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Inspiration from the Kovno Ghetto

By Sara J. Bloomfield

4 min readApr 1, 2020

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Inspiration from the Kovno Ghetto

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Remembering the Long Road to Auschwitz

January 27, 2020, marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp and killing center by units of the…

4 min readJan 26, 2020

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Remembering the Long Road to Auschwitz

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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires people worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity. www.ushmm.org

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