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Susan Faust April 7, 2021 The annual Holocaust Remembrance Day takes on added importance this year when Thursday, April 8, is set aside to recall and renounce genocide. Some folks at the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol did not get the “Never Again” memo. One guy sported a “Camp Auschwitz” T-shirt inside the building (he was arrested a week later in Virginia), while a woman gave a “Sieg Heil” salute outside. These scenes are shocking. They place anti-Semitism and Aryan supremacy squarely in the present, not just the past. They also connect streams of prejudice, as a...

“The Holocaust is a harsh reminder of the consequences of unchecked hatred and the fragility of societies.” Those words, spoken last week by Sara Bloomfield, director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, recall how absolutely and completely horrible people can become when a hate-filled, narcissistic leader convinces the masses to abandon humanity. The hate is palpable to visitors of places like Auschwitz-Birkenou, even as comprehending the depths of barbarism is impossible. When you have walked on the same road wher...

Embed SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. And one of its goals is education. A new book by Peter Sis introduces the topic to children ages 6 to 9. The book "Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero Of The Holocaust And The Children He Rescued" tells the true story of the Englishman Nicholas Winton, who rescued 669 children from the Nazis. NPR's Elizabeth Blair has the story. ELIZABETH BLAIR, BYLINE: On the cover of "Nicky & Vera," a little girl stands alone on the platform of an enormous train station holding a little suitcase and a kitty cat stuffed animal. Vera loves...