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April 30, 2025

The Holocaust, Fallen Soldiers, and Past and Present Jewish Catastrophes

From slaughter to sacrifice and from degradation to dignity.

Since the early days of the current war, the posters bearing the names and faces of individual hostages taken by Hamas have become a common sight for Jews in the Diaspora—as have the remains of those posters that have been torn down or defaced. But another trend has also emerged in Israel, less widespread abroad: stickers with names and faces of those killed on October 7, and of those soldiers who have given their lives in the war that followed.

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