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A return to Auschwitz, 75 years after liberation

Approximately 200 survivors of genocide – many of whom were children when they were freed from the Nazis’ extermination camp in the final days of World War II – revisit the site where family members were killed, with simple goals: to remember, and pass on their stories Source

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Charlotte Alter on young voters and “socialism”

Time magazine correspondent Charlotte Alter, author of “The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America,” says progressive candidates like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are pushing for advances in areas such as health care, child care and income inequality that older generations might equate with Communism. So what, exactly, is in a label? Source

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Yad Vashem: Remembering victims of the Holocaust

Cut into a Jerusalem hillside is a striking modern memorial to an unthinkable past. Part museum and part archive, Yad Vashem stores documents and artifacts of the Holocaust, the stories of millions of victims, and the testimonies of survivors who lost family members and loved ones. Seth Doane reports on the efforts made by museum staff and volunteers to identify and commemorate the millions of souls lost to the Nazis’ genocide. Source

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