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Small Boat: this slim, devastating novel about a real migrant shipwreck reminds us of the cruelty of indifference

There’s a particular kind of story that’s rarely executed well – one without heroes, without lessons, without even the cold comfort of a villain you can confidently point at and say: there, that’s the evil. Vincent Delecroix’s Small Boat – a slim, bruising novel translated with quiet precision by Helen…

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Crates of Nazi documents discovered in basement of Argentinian court

The discovery includes Nazi membership booklets, propaganda and photos

The Independent UK

Female Nazi concentration camp guards: the true horror lies in their similarities to ourselves

Between 1939 and 1945, around 10% of concentration camp guards were women, yet these Aufseherinnen (overseers) as they were known, barely feature in Holocaust history or literature. On the few occasions they do appear, it is most commonly as a masculinised sadist when the reality was much more complex.

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Hannah Arendt wanted political thinking to be urgent and engaged. She is a philosopher for our times

Lyndsey Stonebridge begins We Are Free to Change the World, her illuminating biography of Hannah Arendt, by reminding us of her subject’s continuing relevance.

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OPINION - Hitler's People by Richard Evans review: were the Nazis more like us than we know?

Who were the Nazis? The comfort blanket version of history tells us they were aberrant monsters, more beasts than men. And certainly their project was uniquely monstrous, combining pre-medieval barbarism and ignorance with force-multiplying modern technologies like radio, rockets, railways and poison gas to terrorise a continent.

Evening Standard

Affairs, rows and a rocky time with the Sussexes: Seven key claims from The House of Beckham

Tom Bower’s explosive new book on Beckham family promises shock and scandal to test ‘Brand Beckham’

The Independent UK

Stinginess, sexts and a Nazi tee: six revelations from The House of Beckham

Tom Bower’s unflattering portrait of Posh and Becks is packed with moments of high-level cringe

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Lily Brett’s trip to Poland with her Holocaust survivor father inspired her novel, Too Many Men. 25 years later, it’s a film: Treasure

Lily Brett’s acclaimed novel Too Many Men was published 25 years ago, in 1999. Next month, a feature film adaptation, Treasure, directed by Julia von Heinz and starring Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry, will screen in Australia.

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Exploring The Top 10 Captivating Political Trials Worldwide

Discover 10 notable political trials throughout history, from Socrates to Julian Assange, each leaving a lasting impact.

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The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner review – tense mystery of a missing writer and a Nazi fugitive

This story involving an SS officer who fled to Syria after the war is simply staged but slippery, intriguing and full of nuance

The Guardian - UK

We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience – review

The rise of rightwing populists has sparked renewed interest in the political philosopher’s writing on totalitarianism, and Lyndsey Stonebridge’s timely biography is compelling and original

The Guardian - UK

The Zone of Interest invites us to face the Holocaust and ask: could we have done this?

Through an Auschwitz commandant’s family life, Jonathan Glazer’s chilling new film reminds us of the banality of evil, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

The Guardian - UK

Nazi doctors weren't just ‘a few bad apples’, shows report – and simplistic stories won't help guard against future medical abuses

Extraordinary evil involves a total moral collapse across society caused by failure of individual humanity and ethical judgment. This was the conclusion of the philosopher Hannah Arendt after witnessing the trial of Adolf Eichmann – the chief architect of the Holocaust – in Jerusalem.

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Is it time to reconsider the idea of 'the banality of evil'?

After attending the 1961 trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, the philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt claimed what was terrifying about this man was not his moral monstrosity. It was his sheer normality. She subtitled her 1963 book on the subject, Eichmann in Jerusalem, “a report on the…

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Hostages’ families clash with Israeli politicians over talk of death penalty

Far-right politicians want to execute militants convicted of 7 October attacks, but relatives say this risks lives of Gaza hostages

Evening Standard

UK Jewish Film Festival 2023: our pick of this year's stellar line-up, from One Life to The Goldman Case

The festival's 27th edition will showcase an incredible variety of feature films, shorts and documentaries

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Lenny Henry’s fond, soulful Windrush drama

From Jamaica to Dudley: three women receive a chilly welcome in the UK. Plus, another Attenborough nature epic arrives, touting whales, sea angels and archerfish. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

From Killers of the Flower Moon to the Streets: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether it’s Martin Scorsese’s latest epic about bad men doing bad things, or Mike Skinner’s languid rap alter ego, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

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Argentina Restaurant Faces Backlash For Holocaust-Themed Menu

Local Jewish community threatens legal action over controversial dishes named after Hitler and Anne Frank

Los Angeles Times

Roseanne Barr faces backlash for Holocaust comments: 'Sarcasm or not, it's reprehensible and irresponsible'

If you're wondering why "She's Jewish" was trending on Twitter Tuesday evening, it's because Roseanne Barr is under fire ... again.

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The book that changed me: Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem and the problem of terrifying moral complacency

Hannah Arendt published Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil in 1963. Over the next two decades alone, it would be republished some 30 times, first in the United States and then Britain, as debate swirled around both its arguments and its author.

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On the Day Before the World Series

As I sat down to write today’s newsletter, I couldn’t help but think of the title of an episode of The West Wing, “On the Day Before.” Today, of course, is the day before the World Series, so I naturally wanted to make “On the Day Before” the title and…

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‘He could not expel the trauma’: Sidney Nolan’s Auschwitz paintings revealed in landmark show

Preoccupied with the inhumanity of Nazi Germany, the artist painted 220 works in just four weeks: a ‘rambling, tumbling turmoil’ that he did not speak of for decades

France 24

The imposition of the yellow star on Jews in France, 80 years on

On May 29, 1942, a German order made it compulsory for all Jews over the age of 6 years old living in France’s occupied zone to wear a yellow star. This discriminatory measure came into effect just over a week later – and contributed to the process of mass deportations…

The Independent UK

Eichmann prosecutor, Israeli justice Gabriel Bach dies at 94

Gabriel Bach, an Israeli prosecutor in the 1961 trial of notorious Nazi Adolf Eichmann who went on to serve on the country’s Supreme Court, has died

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