Holocaust

Does Iran want to be a pariah? Does Iran want to be a pariah?

As Ahmadinejad heads for the U.S., he and Iran's other hard-liners seem bent on increasing their nation's isolation
By Juan Cole Sep 22, 2009

  • "But think of the things that were done to Iranians!"

    An interview with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
    By Dieter Bednarz, Erich Follath and Georg Mascolo April 14, 2009

  • "I will not travel to Auschwitz"

    Catholic bishop Richard Williamson says he is willing to "review the historical evidence" about whether the Holocaust occurred, but rejects the suggestion that he visit a concentration camp.
    by Peter Wensierski and Steffen Winter February 11, 2009

  • Weekend roundup: Movies not to miss

    A tender porn-theater family saga, with boils; a sexy ghost story from Macedonia; Al Pacino's junkie breakthrough; and the story of World War II heroine Hannah Senesh.
    By Andrew O'Hehir January 31, 2009

  • "Defiance"

    Daniel Craig is the secret weapon in this otherwise methodical Holocaust movie about Jewish brothers determined to kick Nazi ass.
    By Stephanie Zacharek January 16, 2009

  • The Holocaust memoir so heartwarming it had to be fake

    Herman Rosenblat's concentration-camp romance duped Oprah, among many others. Why are we so eager to put a happy ending on a tragedy?
    By Lev Raphael January 7, 2009

  • "Your father was a monster"

    In the PBS documentary "Inheritance," the daughter of Nazi murderer Amon Goeth struggles to accept an unbearable legacy.
    By Heather Havrilesky December 10, 2008

  • "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"

    When you use Nazi death camps as Oscar bait, you know you've hit rock bottom.
    By Stephanie Zacharek November 7, 2008

  • A Holocaust movie unlike any other

    French screen legend Jeanne Moreau will make you weep in Israeli director Amos Gitai's breathtaking and unconventional "One Day You'll Understand."
    By Andrew O'Hehir November 1, 2008

  • "Greatest film ever" or a cream cake?

    Mocked on initial release and long unavailable, Max Ophüls' wide-screen spectacle "Lola Montès" returns in a lustrous restoration. So what's the big deal?
    By Andrew O'Hehir October 10, 2008

  • A Jewish family's hidden shame

    Claude Miller's wrenching "A Secret" distills the French nation's Nazi-era guilt into one family's incredible-but-true wartime story.
    By Andrew O'Hehir September 5, 2008

  • Obama and the Holocaust

    Conservatives seize on a story Barack Obama told about his uncle helping to liberate Auschwitz to claim he's a liar, but the truth seems simpler.
    By Alex Koppelman May 27, 2008

  • Israel's Nazi-porn problem

    Hot she-wolves of the SS, rescued from the memory hole. Also: Buddhism for murderers, housewife seeks Asian stud and more.
    By Andrew O'Hehir April 11, 2008

  • Irène Némirovsky's life after death

    "Suite Française" made her a posthumous literary sensation. But newly published work raises the question: Was Némirovsky a Jewish anti-Semite?
    By Allen Barra February 6, 2008

  • I peed at my desk in third grade and now I'm afraid to sing

    I know I am different. I know I go for broke. What if my gift is rejected?
    By Cary Tennis November 7, 2007

  • Ahmadinejad, big man on campus

    The Iranian leader's visit to Columbia provoked outcry, support and a twist on free speech: "We're glad you're here -- so we can tell you you're an asshole."
    By Alex Koppelman and Tracee Herbaugh September 25, 2007

  • Finding "The Lost"

    Salon Book Award winner Daniel Mendelsohn discusses his search for missing relatives, the "overfamiliarity" of the Holocaust, and why we should listen to our elders.
    By Andrew O'Hehir December 14, 2006

  • "The Lost"

    Daniel Mendelsohn remembers the strange effect he had as a boy on his kin in this excerpt.
    By Daniel Mendelsohn December 14, 2006

  • The two catastrophes

    Israelis and Palestinians have both been marked by inconceivable tragedy. For both sides, understanding the other's memories is the first step toward moving beyond the past.
    By Baruch Kimmerling December 6, 2004

  • Anti-Semitic -- or anti-Sharon?

    When Western leaders met in Berlin this week to confront an ugly upsurge in European anti-Semitism, they pointed fingers not just at neo-Nazis and militant Muslims -- but also at the European left.
    By Alix Christie April 30, 2004

  • A passion for hatred

    Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" is a blood libel against Jews, and every prominent Christian minister and priest ought to denounce it.
    By Robert Scheer March 3, 2004
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