/tags/holocaust Holocaust en-US Copyright Fri, 27 Dec 2019 16:25:09 GMT /the-state-of-things/2019-12-27/producer-laura-pellicers-standout-stories-of-2019 In 2019, The State of Things met musical visionaries, people fighting to save endangered cultures, and folks who supported their neighbors through another… Fri, 27 Dec 2019 16:25:09 GMT /the-state-of-things/2019-12-27/producer-laura-pellicers-standout-stories-of-2019 Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-09-07/tackling-the-refugee-crisis-through-writing Tens of thousands of people are forced to flee their homes each day due to conflict and persecution, according to the UN Refugee Agency. More people… Thu, 07 Sep 2017 16:39:01 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-09-07/tackling-the-refugee-crisis-through-writing Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2017-09-07/tackling-the-refugee-crisis-through-writing Tens of thousands of people are forced to flee their homes each day due to conflict and persecution, according to the UN Refugee Agency. More people… Thu, 07 Sep 2017 16:39:01 GMT /arts-culture/2017-09-07/tackling-the-refugee-crisis-through-writing Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-01-31/lost-yiddish-songs-of-world-war-ii More than two million Soviet Jews were killed during the Holocaust, yet their lives and experiences are not well documented in Holocaust history.… Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:34:38 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-01-31/lost-yiddish-songs-of-world-war-ii Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2017-01-31/lost-yiddish-songs-of-world-war-ii More than two million Soviet Jews were killed during the Holocaust, yet their lives and experiences are not well documented in Holocaust history.… Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:34:38 GMT /arts-culture/2017-01-31/lost-yiddish-songs-of-world-war-ii Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2015-03-27/70-years-after-liberation-a-north-carolina-holocaust-survivor-tells-his-story In 1944, Nazi soldiers sent Zev Harel and his family to the Auschwitz concentration camp. He was 14 years old.Harel stayed alive by lying about his age,… Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:13:17 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-03-27/70-years-after-liberation-a-north-carolina-holocaust-survivor-tells-his-story Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /education/2015-03-27/70-years-after-liberation-a-north-carolina-holocaust-survivor-tells-his-story In 1944, Nazi soldiers sent Zev Harel and his family to the Auschwitz concentration camp. He was 14 years old.Harel stayed alive by lying about his age,… Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:13:17 GMT /education/2015-03-27/70-years-after-liberation-a-north-carolina-holocaust-survivor-tells-his-story Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /npr-blogs/2014-08-27/fashion-retailer-zara-pulls-kids-shirt-resembling-concentration-camp-uniform The company said the shirt's design was meant to look like a sheriff's star from classic Western films. But after popular uproar, Zara decided to pull it from shelves. Wed, 27 Aug 2014 13:12:00 GMT /npr-blogs/2014-08-27/fashion-retailer-zara-pulls-kids-shirt-resembling-concentration-camp-uniform Eyder Peralta /show/the-state-of-things/2014-08-12/a-bright-light-in-a-time-of-darkness In the fall of 1941, German troops killed more than 15,000 Jewish residents in a two-day massacre outside the city of Rovno in Ukraine.Rovno was a… Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:36:36 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2014-08-12/a-bright-light-in-a-time-of-darkness Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2014-08-12/a-bright-light-in-a-time-of-darkness In the fall of 1941, German troops killed more than 15,000 Jewish residents in a two-day massacre outside the city of Rovno in Ukraine.Rovno was a… Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:36:36 GMT /arts-culture/2014-08-12/a-bright-light-in-a-time-of-darkness Anita Rao, Frank Stasio