Opinion | What Happens When the Last Jew Leaves Afghanistan

Stories about the end of diversity aren’t charming. 

In ‘Afterlives,’ About Looted Art, Why Are the Victims an Afterthought?

The subject is one of the gravest topics in art history. I came for the lost stories of Jewish collectors. Where were they?

German Police Arrest 96-Year-Old Nazi Suspect Who Tried to Skip Court

The woman, a former secretary in a concentration camp now facing more than 11,000 counts of accessory to murder, failed to show up for a court appearance on Thursday.

German Police Arrest 96-Year-Old Nazi Suspect Who Tried to Skip Court

The woman, a former secretary in a concentration camp now facing more than 11,000 counts of accessory to murder, failed to show up for a court appearance on Thursday.

Did Nazis Produce These Uranium Cubes? Researchers Look for an Answer.

Determining whether the cubes were produced by Nazi Germany could lead to more questions, such as whether the Nazis could have had enough to create a critical reaction.

A Writer Reckons With the Fact That ‘People Love Dead Jews’

Dara Horn’s new essay collection looks at the ways the Jewish past has been contorted to elide the actual realities of anti-Semitism.

Opinion | The Forgotten Jews of the Forest

More than 70 years after World War II, we’re still learning about facets of the Holocaust.

Max Liebermann’s Heirs Compensated for Nazi-Looted Painting

A German foundation, which holds Liebermann’s portrait of his wife and two other works from the Jewish artist’s collection, will retain them but is paying a settlement.

Pandemics Get Forgotten. But Not at This Museum.

The collection of the German Hygiene Museum shows that the same debates recur whenever disease breaks out, even if we don’t remember them.

Inge Ginsberg, Holocaust Survivor With a Heavy Metal Coda, Dies at 99

Her rich life, spanning three continents and 11 decades, entailed wartime espionage, volumes of poetry, songwriting and a late-career turn as a rock band’s frontwoman.

Amsterdam’s Mayor Announces Talks With Jewish Heirs on Kandinsky Claim

The city council will be asked to approve any agreement between the mayor and the heirs to turn over a painting, owned by a Jewish couple before the 1940 Nazi invasion.

How 2 Jewish Sisters Built a Cultural Oasis During World War II

In “The Sisters of Auschwitz,” a best seller in the Netherlands for more than two years, Roxane van Iperen writes about the way Janny and Lien Brilleslijper staged their own form of resistance.

What Constitutes Art Sales Under Duress? A Dispute Reignites the Question.

A fight over a landscape painting bought for Hitler is focused on the question of whether its sale was voluntary or forced by economic distress the Nazis helped create.

The Thorny History of the Salzburg Festival’s Logo

For its centennial, the venerable festival dug into the story of its defining image — and had to reckon with what it found.

A Remarkable Work of Family History Vividly Recreates the Anti-Nazi Resistance in Germany

In “All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days,” Rebecca Donner writes about her great-great-aunt Mildred Harnack, an American woman who was sentenced to death by the Nazi regime.

A World War II Spy Didn’t Live to Tell Her Tale. Her Great-Great-Niece Will.

In her book, “All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days,” Rebecca Donner examines the life of Mildred Harnack, part of the anti-Nazi resistance in Germany.

Jewish Burial Records Among Items Seized by U.S. Authorities

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said they plan to return 17 items — once headed for auction — to their communities.

The Louvre’s Art Sleuth Is on the Hunt for Looted Paintings

Emmanuelle Polack is the face of the French museum’s efforts to return stolen works. But some discoveries have put her employer in an awkward situation.

Did the Nazis Force an Art Sale? The Question Lingers 88 Years Later.

The case of Curt Glaser, an art historian who sold his collection before fleeing Germany, illustrates how differently museums can respond to similar restitution claims.

The War on History Is a War on Democracy

A scholar of totalitarianism argues that new laws restricting the discussion of race in American schools have dire precedents in Europe.