Holocaust - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/holocaust/?source=rss&aim=holocaust en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT Does Iran want to be a pariah? By Juan Cole Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/22/ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/22/ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss As Ahmadinejad heads for the U.S., he and Iran's other hard-liners seem bent on increasing their nation's isolation Wiesel slams tea partiers over Holocaust signs By Alex Koppelman Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/11/06/wiesel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/11/06/wiesel/index.html?source=rss The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide Is Tarantino good for the Jews? By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/08/13/basterds/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/08/13/basterds/index.html?source=rss "Inglourious Basterds" depicts Jews pursuing ultraviolent, absurdist revenge against their Nazi oppressors. Discuss James W. Von Brunn's anti-Semitic screed By Mark Benjamin Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/06/10/von_brunn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/06/10/von_brunn/index.html?source=rss The alleged Holocaust Museum shooter published a book called "Kill the Best Gentiles." Read selections here. "I was horrified by the lengths men will go to mistreat other men" by Spiegel staff Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/30/payne/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/30/payne/index.html?source=rss Obama's great uncle, who helped to liberate a subcamp of Buchenwald, speaks before the president's Germany trip. "But think of the things that were done to Iranians!" By Dieter Bednarz, Erich Follath and Georg Mascolo Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/14/ahmadinejad_interview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/14/ahmadinejad_interview/index.html?source=rss An interview with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. "I will not travel to Auschwitz" by Peter Wensierski and Steffen Winter Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/11/bishop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/11/bishop/index.html?source=rss 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. Weekend roundup: Movies not to miss By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/31/sat_roundup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/01/31/sat_roundup/index.html?source=rss 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. "Defiance" By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/01/16/defiance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/01/16/defiance/index.html?source=rss Daniel Craig is the secret weapon in this otherwise methodical Holocaust movie about Jewish brothers determined to kick Nazi ass. The Holocaust memoir so heartwarming it had to be fake By Lev Raphael Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/01/07/fake_memoir/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/01/07/fake_memoir/index.html?source=rss Herman Rosenblat's concentration-camp romance duped Oprah, among many others. Why are we so eager to put a happy ending on a tragedy? "Your father was a monster" By Heather Havrilesky Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2008/12/10/inheritance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2008/12/10/inheritance/index.html?source=rss In the PBS documentary "Inheritance," the daughter of Nazi murderer Amon Goeth struggles to accept an unbearable legacy. "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/11/07/boy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/11/07/boy/index.html?source=rss When you use Nazi death camps as Oscar bait, you know you've hit rock bottom. A Holocaust movie unlike any other By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/11/01/one_day/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/11/01/one_day/index.html?source=rss French screen legend Jeanne Moreau will make you weep in Israeli director Amos Gitai's breathtaking and unconventional "One Day You'll Understand." "Greatest film ever" or a cream cake? By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/10/10/lola_montes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/10/10/lola_montes/index.html?source=rss 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? A Jewish family's hidden shame By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/09/05/secret/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/09/05/secret/index.html?source=rss Claude Miller's wrenching "A Secret" distills the French nation's Nazi-era guilt into one family's incredible-but-true wartime story. Obama and the Holocaust By Alex Koppelman Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/27/obama_holocaust/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/27/obama_holocaust/index.html?source=rss 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. Israel's Nazi-porn problem By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/11/stalags/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/11/stalags/index.html?source=rss Hot she-wolves of the SS, rescued from the memory hole. Also: Buddhism for murderers, housewife seeks Asian stud and more. Irène Némirovsky's life after death By Allen Barra Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/02/06/nemirovsky/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/02/06/nemirovsky/index.html?source=rss "Suite Française" made her a posthumous literary sensation. But newly published work raises the question: Was Némirovsky a Jewish anti-Semite? I peed at my desk in third grade and now I'm afraid to sing By Cary Tennis Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/11/07/creative_duty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/11/07/creative_duty/index.html?source=rss I know I am different. I know I go for broke. What if my gift is rejected? Ahmadinejad, big man on campus By Alex Koppelman and Tracee Herbaugh Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/25/ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/25/ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss 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." Finding "The Lost" By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/12/14/mendelsohn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/12/14/mendelsohn/index.html?source=rss 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. "The Lost" By Daniel Mendelsohn Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2006/12/14/mendelsohn_excerpt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2006/12/14/mendelsohn_excerpt/index.html?source=rss Daniel Mendelsohn remembers the strange effect he had as a boy on his kin in this excerpt. The two catastrophes By Baruch Kimmerling Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/12/06/catastrophes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/12/06/catastrophes/index.html?source=rss 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. Anti-Semitic -- or anti-Sharon? By Alix Christie Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/30/bigotry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/30/bigotry/index.html?source=rss 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. A passion for hatred By Robert Scheer Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/scheer/2004/03/03/passion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/scheer/2004/03/03/passion/index.html?source=rss 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.