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The man who tried to warn the world about Auschwitz
A remarkable book tells the story of the first Jews to escape from the now-infamous Nazi death camp – but at that time most Jews of Europe had no idea of the horrors taking place behind the barbed wire, explains MARY DAVIS
BARBARITY: ‘Selection’ of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz-Il-Birkenau in German-occupied Poland, May/June 1944, during the final phase of the Holocaust; and (right) a watchtower at Auschwitz I camp
Newly revealed documents reveal that MI5 taught Brazilian secret police the techniques deployed by the 1964-85 military dictatorship in horrific prisons like Rio de Janeiro’s House of Death. SARA VIVACQUA reports
Western Marxism is a particular version of Marxist theory developed in – and acceptable to – the capitalist nations of Europe and North America and largely divorced from political action, argues the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
CHRISTOPHE DOMEC speaks to the France Insoumise politician facing constant persecution from French authorities
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
It can be hard to discern conspiracy theory from reality and under the Trump regime the two might just be the same thing, writes Linda Pentz Gunter
ORDINARY PEOPLE is the theme and title chosen by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust for the commemoration of HMD 2023.
In the trust’s words: “Genocide is facilitated by ordinary people. Ordinary people turn a blind eye, believe propaganda, join murderous regimes. And those who are persecuted, oppressed and murdered in genocide aren’t persecuted because of crimes they’ve committed — they are persecuted simply because they are ordinary people who belong to a particular group.”
But what this statement leaves out is the victims. These too were ordinary people — millions of them, including six million Jews.
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