Germany Expecting Billions in Flood Damage
On Tuesday, flood waters continued gushing north along the Elbe Rive.
Memorial to Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Vandalized
The same day Michelle Obama visited a Holocaust memorial in Berlin, vandals in Poland remembered the Holocaust and Warsaw Ghetto Uprising by defacing a memorial.
Anti-Israel Chants at Turkish Rally in Duesseldorf
AJC called on state authorities to investigate the anti-Israel rhetoric at the pro-Erdogan rally.
Rabbinical Group Aims to Standardize Circumcision in Europe
A European rabbinical group has created a union to include every mohel - ritual circumciser - in an effort to standardize ritual circumcision and...
Russia Giving Up to $1 Million to Auschwitz Conservation Fund
Russia will contribute up to $1 million to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation for the conservation and maintenance of the site of the former Nazi concentration...
Video: Hitler Used Drugs Including Cocaine to Become ‘Nazi Superman’
Hitler is presented as an appalling hypochondriac who abused laxatives and suffered from stomach cramps and embarrassing flatulence.
Germany Wants to Indict 30 Auschwitz Nazi Guards
Judicial officials in Germany have investigated 49 former Nazi guards at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp and said 30 of them should be prosecuted, while...
Plans for Munich Olympics Memorial Unveiled
Plans for a memorial in Munich to 11 Israelis and a German police officer murdered at the 1972 Summer Olympics there were unveiled on...
Hitler’s ‘I Knew Nothing’ Bodyguard Dies at 96
Adolf Hitler’s bodyguard, who claimed he knew nothing about the Nazi extermination of 6 million Jews. Has died at the age of 96.
SS Staff...
Obama Begins Attack Blitz, Says 24 Nations Back ‘Strong Response’
The White House announced Monday that more than dozen more countries have formally backed a “strong international response" to the use of chemical weapons...
AJC: New IOC Chief Must Quit BDS Group
The newly elected president of the International Olympic Committee heads a German-based organization that helps companies to guarantee that their products do not contain...
Dutch PM – Unlike Germany, the Netherlands Will Not Separate Products from the Jewish...
During a press conference with President Shimon Peres on Thursday, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte unequivocally stated that products made over the 1967 Green...
Anne Frank Video Game Re-Creates One Day of Hiding
An interactive video game will allow users to relive a day in the life of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank.
The focus of the game, simply...
Report: Germany Tells Israel to Cooperate with UN Rights Panel
Germany reportedly has told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that Israel faces “serious consequences” if it does not restore its former relationship with the U.N....
New Berlin Jewish Student Center Fights Anti-Israel Trend
Berlin’s first Jewish student house opened its doors on Sunday for pro-Israel lectures and activities in response to anti-Israel tendencies commonly found on Berlin’s...
Cache of Nazi-Looted Art Found in Munich
In a sensation for the art world, authorities in Munich revealed that a cache of works, many by artists the Nazis considered “degenerate,” was...
Claims Conference Calls on Germany to Return Nazi-Looted Art
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) has accused Germany of being morally complicit in the theft of 1,500 works of...
Israeli Chief Rabbi Recalls Kristallnacht at Berlin Kindergarten
Israel’s chief Ashkenazi rabbi marked the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht with a visit to a Jewish kindergarten in Berlin.
“Connecting Jews in Germany to their...
Nazi-Looted Art Discovered In Munich to Go Online
German authorities have bowed to international pressure and are publishing a partial list of artworks found in a Munich apartment. The spectacular art find...
Hoarder of Nazi-looted Art Vows to Fight for Munich Stash
Cornelius Gurlitt said he is the legal owner of the 1,400 works of Nazi-looted art found in his Munich apartment and he will fight...
Europe’s First State-Run Jewish Divinity Program Opens in Germany
Europe’s first Jewish divinity program at a state university opened in Germany at the University of Potsdam outside Berlin.
The School for Jewish Theology, which...
Council of Jews in Germany Awards Pastor Who Defends Circumcision
A German pastor who defended Jews’ rights to ritual circumcision will receive the highest award of the Central Council of Jews in Germany in...
German Satirical Novel about Return of Hitler to Become Movie
A best-selling German satirical novel about the return of Adolf Hitler to modern-day Germany is being adapted into a film.
“Er Ist Wieder Da,” German...
German Soccer Team Boycotts Saudi Airline that Banned Israelis
A German soccer team withdrew from a sponsorship agreement with Saudi Arabia’s national airline because it refuses to ticket Israeli citizens.
The FSV Frankfurt team...
Germany to Sell Two Destroyers to Israel
Germany will sell two destroyers to Israel for one billion euros ($1.3 billion), the Bild daily reported Saturday.
The paper speculates that the torpedo-carrying vessels...
German Court: Nazi War Criminal Unfit for Trial
Accused Nazi war criminal Hans Lipschis was released from custody in Germany after being diagnosed with dementia.
The arrest warrant against Lipschis, 94, was canceled...
German Jewish Family Fighting 22 Years to Reclaim Its Land
German-American non-Jewish attorney Peter Sonnenthal and his family, which has Jewish roots (his grandmother was Jewish and perished in Auschwitz) have been fighting for...
Merkel Bed-Bound by Ski Accident
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be running her country from bed doe three weeks because of an injured pelvis she suffered during a Christmas...
New Year’s Revelers Urinate on Holocaust Memorial in Berlin
New Year’s revelers shot fireworks and urinated in Germany’s Holocaust memorial in Berlin.
Reacting to a disgusting and shocking video that also explicitly showed a...
German Grandmother Celebrates 104th Birthday by Dead Sea
At the age of 104, she decided the time had come to “live a little.”