Holocaust
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Supreme Court Narrows the FSIA’s Expropriation Exception (Again)
The decision in Hungary v. Simon has brought to an end 15 years of litigation against Holocaust victims in U.S. courts.

Hungary v. Simon Offers Supreme Court Stark Choice
Hungary v. Simon, argued Tuesday at the US Supreme Court, has significant implications for the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's expropriation exception.

Slavery Often Creates Disability – The International Criminal Court Should Address this Overlooked Connection
Slavery often crates the physiological, psychological, interpersonal, or environmental conditions that lead to disability.

We Charge Genocide: Redux
What we can name and render cognizable and what we must un-remember and forcefully forget is deeply connected to the numerous atrocities embedded in the international order.

Irrefutable Evidence for Unspeakable Crimes? The Role of the Written Order in Proving and Denying Genocide
An explicit written order has not been -- nor should be -- necessary, whether for international justice or for collective memory.

Finding Light in the Darkness: A Meditation on Remembrance
(Adapted from an address delivered today at a joint Muslim-Jewish observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Srebrenica Memorial Center in Potoćari, Bosnia and…

Accountability for Russian Imperialism in the “Global East”
Despite a tendency to analyze global divisions over aggression trials through a “West” versus “Global South” binary, the longer-term stakes of accountability for Ukraine…

Why a Group of Jews Came to Mourn the Victims of the Srebrenica Genocide
Seeking to ensure all such horrors – Auschwitz, Srebrenica, Bergen-Belsen, Kigali, Bucha – are integrated into the world’s consciousness.

The Ambiguity of Evil and Good: A Tale of Holocaust Rescue and Deportation in Bulgaria
(Editor’s Note: This article is adapted from a keynote lecture the author delivered today at an international conference, “Persecution and Collaboration, Rescue and Survival:…

Sustaining Renewed Tolerance in Context: Reflections on the Holocaust in Estonia
The case of a Nazi collaborator deported from the US illustrates the need for constant vigilance against antisemitism and fascism.

Albanian Museum to Celebrate Jewish Life and “Righteous” Who Gave Shelter During Holocaust
The Muslim-majority country is known as the only Nazi-occupied territory during World War II where the Jewish population increased.

Could It Happen Here?: The Holocaust and Atrocities in the 21st Century
(Editor’s note: This article is published as part of our ongoing coverage of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read related content here.) As for many, last month’s…