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Category: Holocaust

November 5, 2022November 8, 2022

Ken Burns, Jack McClaran, The U.S., and the Holocaust

Celebrities are getting in on it—basketball star Kyrie Irving and entertainer Kanye West the latest: “Antisemitism is one of the longest-standing forms of prejudice, and those who monitor it say it is now on the rise in America,” says the New York Times today.Read Rich’s Post →

by Rich WandschneiderBuchenwald, Holocaust, Jack McClaran, World War II2 Comments
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Exploring the omissions and misdeeds in our history and in American stories, and celebrating Native knowledge and revival.

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