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Bari Weiss, Founder of The Free Press, Is Building a New Media Empire

The founder of The Free Press has built a new media empire by persuading audiences that she is a teller of dangerous truths.

By Matt Flegenheimer

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Walter Arlen, Holocaust Refugee and Belated Composer, Is Dead at 103

After fleeing Vienna, he was a music critic and teacher before returning to composing in the 1980s. His memories of Nazi barbarism inspired his music.

By Robert D. McFadden

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Overlooked No More: Otto Lucas, ‘God in the Hat World’

His designs made it onto the covers of fashion magazines and onto the heads of celebrities like Greta Garbo. His business closed after he died in a plane crash.

By Jillian Rayfield

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Choosing Love and Marriage During the Holocaust

Natalie Mandelbaum, a coordinator and researcher of Yad Vashem’s online photo exhibit “Weddings During the Holocaust,” describes highlighting 11 Jewish couples who married during that perilous time.

By Alix Strauss