New math

Holocaust DNA

Jewish families long separated by the Holocaust could one day be reunited by new DNA matching techniques, say scientists who are building a genetic database of holocaust survivors. As this ScienCentral News video explains, the new methods were initially developed to identify victims of the World Trade Center attacks.
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Is it because shoes have tongues?

On Storytelling and Remembrance

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The Diary of Anne Frank made real the 11 million deaths of the Holocaust. One of the most affecting displays in the Holocaust Museum is the room with a jumble of shoes. It allows us to grasp the enormity of the murder when we see thousands of pairs of shoes, each one taken from a unique life, itself just a fraction of the total count.
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