Research Shows Nazi Camps Twice as Vast as Thought
Previously it was presumed that these institutions numbered around 20,000.
Turkish Youth in Holland: Hitler Should Have Killed All the Jews (video)
Edmond says that discussions of killing Jews is practically as common in Turkey as are discussions of killing rodents or invasive plants in other parts of the world.
Sour Sound of Music: Vienna Philharmonic’s Nazi Past
The Vienna Philharmonic had low level Nazi Party members, but also officials with the SS, one of whom turned over more than a dozen orchestra members, at least five of whom perished in Nazi concentration camps. After the war, that Nazi official become the orchestra's executive director.
Peres Tells EU Parliament, ‘Europe Has Divorced Its Past’
President Shimon Peres told the European Union Parliament Tuesday, “In the past thousand years, more Jews lived in Europe than in any other continent....
Last Survivor of Plot to Kill Hitler Dies at 90
Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist, who was a Nazi Germany army lieutenant volunteered to blew himself up along with Hitler, died at his Munich home as...
Chief Rabbis Praise Vatican for ‘Banning Terror in God’s Name’
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel on Thursday reacted to the election of Pope Francis I by highlighting his predecessors' “rich and fruitful dialogue …with...
French Jews Sue Twitter for $50 Million over Anti-Semitic Tweets
Twitter is being sued for about $50 million in France for failing to honor a court ruling which ordered it to identify users who...
Russian Bill on Holocaust Denial Prompts Anti-Jew Feedbacks
Hatred of Jews is alive and well in Russia. Legislators have proposed that a new law impose harsh punishment for Holocaust denial, but Feedbacks are overwhelming negative: “Jews are cockroaches.”
Israel’s 6 Million Jews Makes It Largest Jewish Center
The term “6 million” has chilling reminders of the Holocaust. Now that the number of Jews in Israel has reached that mark, the country is the largest Jewish center in the world.
Amsterdam Fined Holocaust Survivors for Unpaid Taxes while Hiding
The City of Amsterdam fined hundreds of Jewish Holocaust survivors as late as 1947 for failing to pay taxes while they were in hiding...
Feiglin Wants Turkey Apology for Deaths of 766 Holocaust Refugees
If Erdogan wants Israel to apologize for killing terrorists, it should search its own soul for the deaths of 766 Holocaust refugees by towing their stricken ship to the high seas, where it was sunk.
Nazi-Looted Art to Return to Heirs of N.Y. Collector
Two artworks sold under duress during the Nazi occupation of Germany will be returned to the heirs of New York art collector Michael Berolzheimer,...
Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Memorial Day Starts Sunday Night
Yom HaShoah will open at sundown at Yad Vashem's Warsaw Ghetto Square in Jerusalem.
Nazi’s Mass Grave Posted on Facebook under Headline ‘Lazy Jews’
Facebook has removed a page featuring anti-Jewish content, including a photo of murdered Jews in a mass grave at Bergen-Belsen with the headline "Lazy...
Chief of Staff, Son of Holocaust Survivor, Visits Auschwitz
A woman who survived the Holocaust had no idea at the time that her son would command Israel’s army. On Monday, Benny Gantz will become the first IDF Chief of Staff to lead the March of the Living.
Peres: Holocaust ‘Cries from the Prayer Shawls’
The Holocaust “cries from the prayer shawls the hair, the shoes that we see with our own eyes, resonates as we step on the stones...
Hamas Attacks Sderot with Missile to Mark Holocaust Day
An early warning siren wailed in the Sderot area Sunday night, hours before a nationwide siren reminds the country of the Holocaust. “The journey for justice and freedom is not yet over,” said Peres.
Auschwitz Center to Buy Home of Last Local Jewish Resident
The Auschwitz Jewish Center launched a fundraising campaign to rescue the house of the last Jewish resident of Oswiecim, the Polish town where the...
Third Generation Breaks the Silence of Holocaust Survivor
Senior IDF spokeswoman Lt. Col. Leibovich never was able to convince her father to speak of his horrors in surviving the Holocaust, even after she visited Auschwitz. Her daughter broke the silence.
PA Refuses to Change ‘A Few Words’ for Kerry
Kerry’s latest “listening tour” is drawing the familiar echo of “no.” The Palestinian Authority boasts that Kerry asked it to change a “few words” in the Saudi Peace Initiative. Nice try. John.
Brooklyn Anti-Semites Mark Holocaust Day by Burning Mezuzahs
Anti-Semitic vandals torched more than 10 mezuzahs on the doorposts in the Williamsburg district of Brooklyn apartments Monday, Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is not...
Polish Jews against Righteous Gentiles Monument at Ghetto Site
Poland's Jewish community does not want a planned monument to righteous gentiles to be erected near the Museum of the History of Polish Jews,...
Yom Ha’atzmaut Draws 200 New York UJA Leaders
The UJA Federation of New York’s William Rosenwald Mission landed in Israel Sunday with 200 leaders who will be celebrating the country’s 65th anniversary...
Justin ‘Weird’ Bieber Says Anne Frank Would Have Been a Fan
Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber visited the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam, stayed for about an hour and wrote in the guestbook, "Truly inspiring...
Fresh Complaint on Twitter Anti-Semitism Filed in France
A French Jewish group which last month sued Twitter for hosting anti-Semitic content has lodged a fresh complaint against the company and accused it...
‘Righteous Muslim’ Exhibition Planned for those Who Saved Jews
The London Board of Deputies of British Jews is launching a new Righteous Muslim Exhibition with 70 photographs and stories of Muslims who sheltered...
Hagel Thumps ‘I Love Israel’ Litany, Visits Yad VaShem
Who cares whether Hagel loves or hates Israel? The US needs the Jews. He brought money and parroted the official line: ‘Israel has the right to defend itself.” Thank you. He even visited Yad VaShem.
UN Rights Council’s Falk Blames Boston Terror on US and Tel Aviv
The US is darned lucky. It deserves worse terror than the Boston bombing. And the root cause is the US backing Israel. Is that Iran talking? No. Just Richard Falk, the UN’s great god of human rights.
Anti-Semitic Slogans Found near Nazi Work Camp in Lithuania
Lithuanian police said they discovered Nazi slogans drawn on a former concentration camp after Adolf Hitler’s birth date.
The slogans "Heil Hitler," “Jews out” in...
Anti-Semitic Incidents Doubled in Last Decade in Canada
Anti-Semitic incidents in Canada rose last year by nearly four percent, continuing a 10-year-old trend that has sewn anti-Semitics acts double, according to B'nai...