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Dutch Jewish group decries honoring of soldier who fought for Hitler

Federative Jewish Netherlands says inclusion of man in monument bearing victims’ names ‘shocking and cowardly’

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Couple has sex at memorial for soldiers

Police arrest male suspect, who was caught on video engaging in relations at a monument in Carmiel

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Monument lovemaker professes innocence

Man says he did not realize that having sex on a war memorial would offend, was only looking for privacy

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Guggenheim hosts Polish-Jewish artist’s visual ode to handwriting

Growing up in communist Poland, Agnieszka Kurant only learned as a teen that her maternal grandparents were Jewish, and Holocaust survivors

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Listen to the past, from the Golan to the Negev

Monuments to heroes, a lone oak with resonant history, the thriving Dead Sea Works and more — a selection of visits amplified by free audio guides

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Cuba bans monuments named after Fidel Castro

President says his brother 'rejected any manifestation of cult of personality,' did not want his name or likeness used for tributes

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A statue is never just a statue

From Rome to Virginia, efforts to shift the scenery have tried to transform how society relates to its places of memory

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Amid outcry over Confederate markers, new ones are going up

Supporters of new monuments reject criticism they are racist, say they are meant to preserve their history

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A monumental problem

How to redirect the evil inclination for idol worship that still dances among us

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A slap in America’s face

There's a new statue honoring Saddam Hussein in the Palestinian Authority city of Qalqilya

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Landowner asks Polish town to remove monument to Jews killed by Nazis

Chrzanow town council discusses alternatives in case memorial removed, including installing plaque at site

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Mount Herzl memorial to fallen, an architectural gem, up for top design prize

Built of 'stone, concrete and light,' site meant to give space for grief and educating public, reflecting a shift in commemoration from the collective to the personal

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NYC monument honoring Nazi collaborator to remain in place

Plaque dedicated to Henri Philippe Petain, who handed 10,000 Jews over to Hitler, will continue to be a part of lower Broadway's 'Canyon of Heroes'

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Underground remains of Warsaw ghetto in line for protected status

Protection would require archaeological supervision during all earthworks in area, recording of finds

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Historical figures face reckoning around the globe after Floyd death

Protests and vandalism have taken place in cities from Boston and New York to Paris, Oxford and Brussels, in an intense reexamination of centuries of racial injustice

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