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Yad Vashem, Israel's official Holocaust memorial, museum and research facility, has launched a YouTube channel in Farsi, the primary language of Iran. This is being added to the already existing channels in English, Hebrew, Arabic, Russian and Spanish.

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Hand-drawn "Ghetto" Monopolyupdated: Fri Nov 05 2010 13:21:00

CNN's Kevin Flower reports on an unofficial way that children in Nazi camps passed the time and kept hope alive.

Pope stuck in 'Groundhog Day' scenario with Jews, expert saysupdated: Sun Jan 17 2010 08:22:00

Pope Benedict XVI is set to take one step forward in Catholic-Jewish relations Sunday when he becomes the first pope since 1986 to visit the main Jewish synagogue in Rome, Italy.

Holocaust symbol stolenupdated: Mon Dec 21 2009 10:56:00

Thieves steal infamous Auschwitz death camp sign bearing the cynical phrase 'arbeit macht frei' or 'work sets you free.'

5 arrested as Auschwitz sign recoveredupdated: Mon Dec 21 2009 10:56:00

Police in Poland have recovered the infamous sign stolen from the front gate of the Auschwitz concentration camp and arrested five men, they announced Monday.

Nazi sign stolen from Auschwitz gatesupdated: Mon Dec 21 2009 10:16:00

A sign synonymous with the Nazi work camps of World War II was stolen overnight from the Auschwitz Concentration Camp memorial in Poland, police said Friday.

Pope urges Israelis, Palestinians: 'No more war!'updated: Fri May 15 2009 10:30:00

Pope Benedict XVI completed his eight-day tour of the Holy Land on Friday with an exhortation to both Israelis and Palestinians to work through their decades-old conflict.

Pope in Nazarethupdated: Fri May 15 2009 10:30:00

CNN's Paula Hancocks reports on the Pope's trip to Nazareth, Israel.

Pope to skip Holocaust museum on trip to Israel, envoy saysupdated: Tue Mar 10 2009 16:51:00

Pope Benedict XVI will not visit Israel's Holocaust museum when he makes his first trip to the region as pope in May, though he will visit a memorial that is part of the site, his ambassador to Israel said Tuesday.

Pope insists Church rejects anti-Semitismupdated: Thu Feb 12 2009 12:29:00

Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday the Catholic Church is "profoundly and irrevocably committed to reject all anti-Semitism."

Secrets of the Holocaustupdated: Fri Jan 18 2008 01:32:00

U.S. Holocaust Museum unveils new computer link to Nazi archives that had been closed. CNN's Barbara Starr reports.

Fortune: No E-Mail, Just An Avalanche...Having A Great Timeupdated: Mon Oct 16 2000 00:01:00

No matter how much you like your job, wouldn't it be great to be able to disappear from work for a month or two--or how about a year?--no strings attached? Vacations are nice, but a sabbatical...no...

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