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Dr. Rafael Medoff

Dr. Rafael Medoff is the founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and author of 16 books on Jewish history and the Holocaust.

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NEVER FORGET

Iran’s Holocaust Cartoon Competition

Iran is yet again hosting a ‘Holocaust Cartoons Contest.’ It is a reminder of just how powerful the medium is, as well as how important freedom of speech remains.

Dr. Rafael Medoff

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SAY WHAT?

What Trump and FDR Have in Common

Who said the “mingling of Asiatic blood with European or American blood produces, in nine cases out of ten, the most unfortunate results”?

Dr. Rafael Medoff

IN PLAIN SIGHT

The American Papers that Praised Hitler

They fell hard for the job-creating Führer with eyes that were like ‘blue larkspur.’ Why did so many journalists spend years dismissing the evidence of his atrocities?

Dr. Rafael Medoff

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