Holocaust
Holocaust TV skating routine lands Putin associate in row
The wife of Vladimir Putin's spokesman has drawn criticism by performing a holocaust-themed ice skating routine on Russian television.
The Last of the Nazi Hunters
Nazi war criminals who fled Germany at the end of World War II are dying of old age and so are the men and women who hunted them across the generations. Former Newsweek foreign correspondent Andrew… Audio
Laurence Sherr
Dr. Sherr is a specialist in Holocaust remembrance music, as a composer, producer and lecturer. He's a guest of the New Zealand School of Music to attend the Australasian premiere of his sonata for… Audio
Edmund de Waal: the power of porcelain
The porcelain creations of Edmund de Waal are exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. His 2010 memoir, The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance, was an international award-winning… Audio
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Edmund de Waal: the allure of porcelain
Ceramic artist whose work is exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. His 2010 memoir, The Hare with Amber Eyes, was an international award-winning best-seller, and his new book, The White… Audio
Nazi train hunt on in Poland
Authorities in Poland are refusing to reveal the exact location of what may be a long-rumoured Nazi train filled with gold and jewels.
Diaspora by Design
Wellington owes a huge cultural debt to many of the Jewish refugees who made the city home after fleeing persecution last century. As the capital celebrates its 150th birthday, an exhibition remembers… Audio
Amira Hass - Monitoring the Centres of Power
Amira Hass is an Israeli journalist who has spent more than two decades reporting on the Israel-Palestine conflict from within the occupied territories - first Gaza and then the West Bank. The… Audio
Australian journalist and broadcaster Ramona Koval
Ramona Koval's book on the search for her biological father starts with her musing on why the man she'd known as her Dad, wasn't already dead. Her parents were Jewish Holocaust survivors from Poland… Audio
Daniel Mendelsohn: six of six million
Daniel Mendelsohn is an American memoirist, essayist, critic, columnist, and translator who is presently a Contributing Editor at Travel + Leisure. He is the author of the international 2006… Audio