The Holocaust
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Jewish body wants ‘Bawaal’ removed from Amazon Prime Video for trivialising Holocaust
The Simon Wiesenthal Center said that the film ‘demeans the memory of 6 million murdered Jews’.
Scroll Staff
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How an unlikely rebellion at a Jewish extermination camp was built on years of everyday resistance
An armed revolt at Treblinka could not have happened without the many little rebellions that came before. The same was true across Nazi-controlled Europe.
Chad Gibbs, The Conversation
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Technology is being used to spread antisemitism. It can be part of the solution too
On public TikTok, 17% of the content related to the Holocaust either denies or distorts it. The same is true of almost 1 in 5 Holocaust-related Twitter posts.
Alan Marcus, The Conversation
Trending
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Why Justice Datta’s attack on petitioner in VVPAT verdict is worrisome for PILs
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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How Hindutva is reshaping India’s classrooms
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Karnataka: SIT summons MP Prajwal Revanna, his father for questioning in sexual abuse case
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Why Anne Frank’s diary holds a special place in Holocaust literature even after 75 years
The diary has been adapted many times for theatre and the big and small screens, and has also been turned into comics and children’s books.
Dan Stone, The Conversation
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Canada’s Holocaust literature is haunted by the grim past of authors
They wrote as survivors and to memorialise the six million Jews who were murdered by the Nazis.
Ruth Panofsky, The Conversation
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TikTokers pretending to be Holocaust victims shows that we need to teach the ethics of remembrance
While outraged critics described the videos as ‘trauma porn’, creators stressed their intentions to spread awareness about Nazi atrocities.
Sara Jones, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Canada: Justin Trudeau apologises for his country’s refusal to allow in Jewish refugees in 1939
The prime minister called on citizens to fight xenophobic and anti-Semitic attitudes.
Scroll Staff
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Polish law making it illegal to link Poland to Nazi crimes points to a national identity crisis
Seventy years after the end of World War II, a battle is taking place over Polish collective memory.
Geneviève Zubrzycki, The Conversation
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Poland approves bill that bans any suggestion of its role in Holocaust atrocities
The legislation has drawn criticism from Israel and United States.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Start the week with a film: A divorce from hell in ‘The War of the Roses’
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’