Word: holocaustal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chart accompanying our report on genealogy [FAMILY, April 19] included an incorrect website address for Yad Vashem, the remembrance organization for the Holocaust. The correct address is www.yadvashem.org.il...
...intelligence and wit, but sometimes seems to wear blinders to protect her from things that clash with her self-image. For example, for years she almost willfully hid from herself, as her father had hidden from her, evidence that her family was Jewish and that many perished in the Holocaust...
...refugees, stupid. As NATO planes conducted their heaviest bombing yet on Thursday night, the alliance's political leaders were hard at work shoring up flagging public support for the campaign. President Clinton again compared Slobodan Milosevic's campaign in Kosovo with the Holocaust, and the First Lady visited refugees in Macedonia Friday and likened their plight to that of the characters in "Schindler's List" and "Sophie's Choice." Meanwhile, Germany's Green party, the junior partner in Chancellor Schroeder's coalition government, called for a temporary halt to bombing to give diplomacy a chance. "The administration is emphasizing...
...difficult to fathom, and thus it is nearly impossible for people to appreciate the true magnitude of this tragedy. But to hear the names of each innocent victim, as well as the long sections of people with the same last name--presumably from the same family--actualizes the Holocaust for many listeners...
...advise that in lieu of public readings we might hold smaller lectures and student discussions. While these events are important, they serve a purpose different from that of the public readings. Our annual memorial service on the night preceding Holocaust Remembrance Day allows attendees to express their emotions in a warm, intimate setting. The name reading the following day is meant to bring together the entire campus community for eight hours of consciousness, emotional catharsis and solemn remembrance. The Holocaust name reading is one of few campus events for which students, faculty, administrators and community members join together with...