Speaking with Holocaust survivors who've died
Survivors of the Holocaust now have the chance to preserve their stories in a way that allows them to directly answer future generations' questions about their experiences. Lesley Stahl reports.
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Survivors of the Holocaust now have the chance to preserve their stories in a way that allows them to directly answer future generations' questions about their experiences. Lesley Stahl reports.
Max Eisen is one of the participants in a project that will let future generations engage in real-time conversations with Holocaust survivors, even after their deaths. Producer Shari Finkelstein writes about meeting Eisen and watching him tell his story.
In 1992, Lesley Stahl reported on the Nazi officer's brutal experiments at Auschwitz. On 60 Minutes this week, she interviewed one of his victims again.
In 2017, 60 Minutes spoke with Ben Ferencz about his far-reaching message of peace for today's world.
Survivors of the Holocaust now have the chance to preserve their stories in a way that allows them to directly answer future generations' questions about their experiences.
In 1992, Lesley Stahl reported on the Nazi officer's brutal experiments at Auschwitz. This week on 60 Minutes, she re-interviewed one of his victims in an innovative new way.
Holocaust survivor Max Eisen tells 60 Minutes about the act of human kindness that saved his life and why it’s so meaningful to live forever -- virtually at least.
Romanchenko survived the concentration camps at Buchenwald, Dora-Mittelbau, Peenemünde and Bergen-Belson during World War II.
In Germany, a 96-year-old woman is facing charges of accessory to the systematic murder of more than 11,000 people at a Nazi concentration camp where she served as secretary. Charlie D'Agata is at the courthouse and highlights how this case reflects a race against time in the hunt for justice, as both eyewitnesses to the Holocaust and those responsible for it succumb to old age.
A contest that took place in the years before WWII and the Holocaust asked Jewish teenagers living in Eastern Europe to write essays about their lives. Now, these long-lost entries are being reimagined into a new graphic novel, titled "When I Grow Up" by Ken Krimstein, published by Bloomsbury and available November 16. Jim Axelrod shares some of the fascinating stories being featured.
"It's hard to wrap my mind around the fact that in '41, I had to hide in the basement of this building, and that I'm going to have do that again now."
The video, widely circulated on social media, is said to show them looking into a camera in a bomb shelter.
Actress and talk show host Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from ABC's "The View" for two weeks after she said the Holocaust was "not about race." Here’s what happened.
Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert has shared her stories from the Auschwitz death camp for decades. Now, with the help of her great-grandson, she is amassing followers on TikTok as users flock to learn more.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke at the rally, sparking outrage for comparing vaccination requirements to the Holocaust.
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A retired FBI special agent and a team of investigators believe they've solved one of the world's most well-known and tragic cold cases.
Decades later, it's still not known how the Nazis discovered Anne Frank, her family, and four others in their secret Amsterdam annex during the Holocaust. "60 Minutes" speaks with a former FBI agent leading an investigation into the theory that they were betrayed.
A group of investigators believe they've solved the decades-old mystery of who alerted the Nazis to where Anne Frank and her family were hiding. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday.
In 2006, 60 Minutes showed to the public artifacts from the Nazi archives, including Oskar Schindler's list and the file that tracked the movement of Anne Frank.
In 2006, Scott Pelley took viewers into the vast archive, which contained millions of Nazi Holocaust documents kept out of the public eye for more than 60 years.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. will confront "anything that shouldn't be happening, whether it's in public or back-channeled."
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The People's Celebration, allowed former presidents, family members, and more to honor the icon of the Civil Rights Movement.
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President Trump predicted the destruction not just of college sports but the entire U.S. collegiate system unless the industry is fixed quickly.
Video of last year's fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims that Martinez was shot by an ICE agent because he "accelerated" and "intentionally ran over" another agent.
Venezuela's new administration is cutting deals, but there's a big reward available for a key figure.
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Jet fuel costs have shot up more than 50% since the U.S.-Israel attack on Iran sparked a jump in global prices.
The maker of the Claude chatbot says its research could help identify economic disruptions by measuring how AI is currently reshaping work.
Stocks fell after new government data showed U.S. employers shed 92,000 jobs in February and as investors fret over oil prices.
The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal appeals court to overturn a lower court ruling that invalidated President Trump's executive orders targeting four major law firms.
A Pakistani business owner accused of trying to hire hit men to kill a U.S. politician has been convicted in a trial that showcased allegations of Iran-backed plotting on American soil.
President Trump predicted the destruction not just of college sports but the entire U.S. collegiate system unless the industry is fixed quickly.
Video of last year's fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims that Martinez was shot by an ICE agent because he "accelerated" and "intentionally ran over" another agent.
President Trump has indicated he's keeping an eye on Cuba and predicted on CNN that "Cuba is gonna fall pretty soon."
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. will confront "anything that shouldn't be happening, whether it's in public or back-channeled."
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country will work with the Pentagon and Gulf allies to share what it has learned during four years of drone warfare.
Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters Russia's government is in "dialogue" with Iranian leadership representatives.
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Britney Spears is out of police custody after she was arrested Wednesday in California on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. A representative for Spears said this "was an unfortunate incident that is completely inexcusable," adding, "Britney is going to take the right steps and comply with the law."
Savannah Guthrie thanked her colleagues for "caring about my mom as much as I do" in her visit to the studio since Nancy Guthrie's disappearance.
Artificial intelligence promised to lighten the workload while increasing productivity. But as more people are using AI for work, a new study published in Harvard Business Review finds AI overuse could cause "brain fry." CBS News correspondent Lana Zak spoke with the study's lead author to unpack the findings.
The most recent government data shows nearly 28% of Americans live alone. The number has risen for decades, especially for older generations. Ash-har Quraishi shows simple tools that can provide extra security and protection for your aging loved ones.
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The CEO of Anthropic is apologizing for a leaked internal memo amid a feud with the Pentagon over its AI model. The memo criticized the Trump administration and OpenAI. It comes after the Defense Department declared Anthropic a supply chain risk or a possible security risk.
The Pentagon formally designated artificial intelligence firm Anthropic as a supply chain risk on Thursday amid their feud over AI guardrails. Yahoo Finance senior reporter Brooke DiPalma joins CBS News with more.
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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced significant changes to the agency's Artemis program, which aims to land on the moon in 2028.
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On the evening of Christmas 1776, Gen. George Washington surprised the King's forces by leading the Continental Army in a surprise crossing of a near-frozen Delaware River - a watershed military maneuver that dramatized a changing America, and a changing climate.
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NASA has announced a major overhaul of its Artemis moon program amid ongoing safety concerns. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has more details.
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