Holocaust

Germany’s far-right wants to downplay past, but centre holds

The election poster for Alice Weidel, the leader of Germany's far-right Alternativ für Deutschland party, seemed out of place at a bus stop a hundred metres (yards) from the House of the Wannsee Conference museum, the lakeside mansion where the Nazis plotted the extermination of the Jews. The museum is an integral part of Germany's…Read more Germany’s far-right wants to downplay past, but centre holds

Lanzmann’s epic Holocaust documentary “Shoah” — now more than ever

Claude Lanzmann driving a car at the entrance to the Polish village of Treblinka in July, 1978 during the filming of his documentary "Shoah"French director Claude Lanzmann's Holocaust documentary “Shoah”, first released 40 years ago, had a one-time screening in its 9 1/2-hour entirety at the Berlinale film festival this week that underscored why, as…Read more Lanzmann’s epic Holocaust documentary “Shoah” — now more than ever

“Never forget” — the Yellow Star Houses of Budapest…

Irish professional photographer Nigel Swann says one of the most telling details of his photograph of one of the “Yellow Star Houses” of Budapest didn't hit him until he examined it later – the name “Jakab” spray-painted on the apartment block's front door. “It just jumped out at me and there was this 'Jakab' graffiti…Read more “Never forget” — the Yellow Star Houses of Budapest…