Yehuda Bauer, a leading scholar of the Holocaust and antisemitism, has died at the age of 98. Bauer, who narrowly escaped the Nazis with his family in 1939, became a prominent researcher of the Holocaust and worked to highlight the resistance of Jews against the Nazis. He challenged the prevailing victim narrative and emphasized the importance of understanding the Jewish side of the Holocaust. Bauer authored numerous books and articles on the subject, drawing on his fluency in multiple languages and his interviews with survivors. He was known for his nuanced reading of the Holocaust as a historical event and his efforts to prevent its recurrence.
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