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US / Politics / Elections / Left vs. Right / Holocaust

Harris Owes Holocaust Victims an Apology for Comparing Trump to Hitler, Survivor Says

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jerry Wartski, 94, who survived Auschwitz said in a Trump add that "I know more about Hitler than Kamala will ever know in 1,000 lifetimes."

News Briefs / Holocaust / Eastern Europe

Jewish Mass Grave Uncovered in Belarus

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The remains of 12 adults and 11 children were uncovered in the town of Strešyn in the country’s southeastern Gomel region, which was occupied by the Nazi Germany in August 1941.

Terrorism / United Nations (UN) / Holocaust

UN Chief Chided on Social Media, Though his Holocaust Statement Didn’t Annul Jews

By Menachem Wecker

António Guterres didn't mention Jews in a clip shared on social media, but his full statement did and quoted former chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks.

Antisemitism / Photo of the Day / Media / Diaspora / Holocaust

Elon Musk, Ben Shapiro Tour Auschwitz-Birkenau Site While in Poland

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

They laid wreaths, lit candles and observed a memorial service ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27.

Israel / Politics / Diaspora / Holocaust

Yad Vashem Cutting Ties with US Fundraising Partner

By Etgar Lefkovits - JNS

The American Society for Yad Vashem has accused the Holocaust memorial's chairman Dani Dayan of attempting to "raid" an endowment built for the museum's perpetual support.

History / Germany / Holocaust

Discovered: Ruins of Munich Synagogue Destroyed by the Nazis

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Among the items found was a stone tablet containing a portion of the Ten Commandments.

Arts and Entertainment / Japan / Holocaust

Japanese Firm Determined to Keep ‘Nazi-Tainted’ Van Gogh

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

According to heir's lawsuit, Sompo’s predecessor purchased the picture “in reckless disregard of its provenance, including Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’s forced sale of the painting in Nazi Germany in 1934.”

US / Holocaust

Biden Compares Asylum Seekers at US Border to Jews Escaping Nazi Germany

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Comparing Haitians leaving Haiti or Nicaraguans leaving Nicaragua to Jews fleeing violent extermination from Nazi Germany is both an outrageous minimization of the Holocaust and a vile slander of Latin American nations,” wrote Miller.

Germany / Holocaust

Former Nazi Camp Secretary, 97, Challenges Her Conviction

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

An estimated 65,000 individuals died at the camp near Gdansk, including "Jewish captives, Polish partisans, and Soviet Russian prisoners of war," according to prosecutors.

Holocaust / Eastern Europe

Israel Recognizes 6 Slovaks as ‘Righteous Among the Nations’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Israeli Embassy there held a ceremony honoring Slovakian Righteous Among the Nations. It awarded six coins and certificates to six families who risked their lives saving persecuted Jews during the Holocaust.

Poland / Holocaust

Mass Graves of 8,000 Nazi Victims from World War II Found in Polish Forest

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The victims of the forest executions were mostly inmates of the Soldau Nazi concentration camp killed between 1940 and 1944.

Abu Ali Express

Zelenskyy's Holocaust Memory and Best Gift to Israel

By Abu Ali Express

Zelenskyy used the memory of the Holocaust and its victims... But, his remarks have already made headlines in both international and Arab media, and you can't take it back.

Europe / Arts and Entertainment / Holocaust

Belgium Museum Returns Nazi-Looted Painting to Heirs of its Jewish Owners

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Workers took down “Flowers,” painted by German artist Lovis Corinth in 1913, and packed it for the family of Gustav and Emma Mayer.

US / Antisemitism / Arts and Entertainment / Holocaust

Yad Vashem Chairman Invites Whoopi Goldberg to Visit Holocaust Museum

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Dani Dayan welcomed the talk-show host’s “important” apology for stating that the Holocaust “wasn’t about race,” but said her remarks were evidence of a “fundamental misunderstanding” regarding the nature of anti-Semitism.

Antisemitism / Diaspora

Massachusetts Teens Offered $2,000 Scholarship for March of Living Trip to Poland, Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Students with Holocaust education are more likely to stand up to negative stereotyping and challenge incorrect, biased information,” said director of teen programming Aaron Kischel.

Holocaust

Owner of Controversial Nazi Tattoo Kit to Donate it to Holocaust Museum

By Israel Hayom

After an Israeli court halted the sale of the tattoo stamps following an outcry, the anonymous seller has decided to donate them to the Haifa Holocaust Museum.

US / Politics / History / Antisemitism

Biden's Nominee for Envoy on Fighting Anti-Semitism: Singling Out Israel for Criticism is Anti-Semitism

By Jewish Press News Desk

“Give me an example of one Muslim state with possibly the exception of Morocco, where Jews and other religions live and prosper as minorities."

Israel / The Courts / Holocaust

Israeli Court Halts Auction of ‘Auschwitz Tattoo Kits’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Bidding had reached $3,400 when the auction was suspended pending a Nov. 16 hearing, following an outcry from Jewish leaders and Holocaust survivors.

Holocaust

Jewish Leaders, Holocaust Survivors Livid Over Auction of Nazi Prisoner Stamps

By Israel Hayom

The “extremely rare” stamps are expected to sell for $30,000-$40,000, says Tzolman’s Auction • European Jewish Association chairman appeals to Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar to halt the “despicable sale.”

Jerusalem / Japan / Holocaust

Jerusalem Names New Square for a Japanese Diplomat, Righteous Among the Nations

By Gil Tanenbaum / TPS

Mayor of Jerusalem Moshe Leon said, “The Righteous Among the Nations Chiyona Sugihara did everything in his power and worked tirelessly to save Jews from the clutches of the Nazis, at no small a personal price.”

US / Holocaust

California Governor Creates Council for Holocaust and Genocide Education

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Senate Bill 693 was favorably received in the state legislature and is supported by the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California.

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

German Government Allots Another $767 Million for Holocaust Survivors

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Every year these negotiations become more and more critical; as this last generation of survivors age, their needs increase,” said Gideon Taylor, president of the Claims Conference.

News Briefs / Poland / Holocaust

Warsaw’s Jewish Community Buries Remains Found of Unidentified Holocaust Victim

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The human bones were found in a basement, thought to have resulted from a Jew hiding from German forces that destroyed the area during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943.

Poland / Holocaust

Polish Appellate Court Throws Out Ruling Against Two Holocaust Scholars

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

It comes days after Poland passed a new law that sets a 30-year limit on restitution claims for property stolen by the Nazis during World War II, which has led to a row between Israel and Poland.

Israel / Poland / Holocaust

Israel Up in Arms After Polish Parliament Passes Law Limiting Restitution of Property Lost in Holocaust

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated the US is “deeply concerned” by the law and urged Duda not sign the bill into law or refer the bill to Poland’s constitutional tribunal.

The Courts / Germany / Holocaust

German Prosecutors Prepare Dozen-Plus Cases Against Nazi War-Crime Suspects

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“The passage of time is no barrier to justice when it comes to the heinous crimes of the Holocaust,” said Karen Pollock, chief executive of the Holocaust Education Trust.

Israel / Antisemitism / Poland / Holocaust

Israeli Foreign Minister Lapid: Polish Property Restitution Bill Hints at Anti-Semitism

By Ariel Kahana

The Polish ambassador was summoned by the Foreign Ministry over the draft legislation • Yair Lapid: “We will not allow any parliament to pass laws the purpose of which is to deny the Holocaust.”

Israel / Poland / Holocaust

Row Between Israel and Poland over Holocaust Property Restitution Escalates

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“We are not interested in Polish money and the very implication is anti-Semitic. We are fighting for the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, for the pride of our people, and no parliament can enact laws aimed at denying the Holocaust,” Lapid stated.

Am Yisrael Chai

Two Important Lessons from the Holocaust

By Shmuel Sackett

With Yom Ha’Shoah being commemorated this week, what lessons did we learn from that tragic era?

Asia / Holocaust

Honoring the Japanese Diplomat Who Saved Thousands of Jews from Holocaust

By Shiryn Ghermezian

Chiune Sugihara defied his own government’s orders by issuing handwritten transit visas in 1940 to more than 6,000 Lithuanian Jews, enabling them to escape Nazi-occupied Europe.

US / Antisemitism / Holocaust

Trump Cites Executive Order Addressing Anti-Semitism in Yom Hashoah Proclamation

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Far too many Americans of Jewish faith still face persecution,” said U.S. President Donald Trump.

Holocaust

Lithuanian Lawmakers Draft Bill to Absolve Nation, Leaders from Holocaust Crimes

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Efraim Zuroff slammed the proposed legislation as the “final stage of a long attempt to whitewash massive complicity by Lithuanians.”

Featured / Interviews and Profiles

Should We Leave America? An Interview with Activist Shifra Hoffman

By Molly Resnick

A Holocaust doesn’t just happen one, two, three. A Holocaust doesn’t begin with Auschwitz. It ends there!

Arts and Entertainment / Poland / Holocaust

Netflix to Edit Demjanjuk Docuseries After Pressure by Polish Government

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in a letter to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings that the program showed maps that place Nazi concentration camps within the borders of modern-day Poland.

Europe / Holocaust

Dutch National Railway to Compensate Holocaust Survivors

By Arye Green / TPS

Over 75% of Dutch Jews, an estimated 102,000, were exterminated in the Holocaust.

Beyond the Matrix

“Jews Should Keep Quiet” – Why FDR Failed to Bomb Auschwitz-Birkenau. - Beyond the Matrix

By Israel News Talk Radio

FDR's Administration blocked repeated calls for the bombing of the rail lines, bridges and crematoria at Auschwitz.

Featured / Russia / Holocaust

Mass Grave of Jews Shot by Nazis Unearthed in Brest, Belarus

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“We expect the number of victims to go over 1,000,” said Brest official Anna Kondak. “During three weeks, every day about 40 remains are being found."

Featured / Ari Fuld's Sword of Israel

KRISTALLNACHT ‘The Night of Broken Glass’

By Ari Fuld HY"D

I remember growing up and wondering why my grandmother would jump and go pale every-time a glass broke in the house.

Government / Antisemitism / France / Diaspora / Holocaust

Naftali Bennett Rebukes French President Macron For Praising Nazi Collaborator

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Marshal Philippe Petain was a French leader and Nazi collaborator in World War II.

The Walter Bingham File

Walter's Eyewitness Report of the Worst Nazi Pogrom - The Walter Bingham File

By Israel News Talk Radio

The Holocaust, Kristallnacht, and harrowing reports of conditions in concentration camps, as described by a British Senior doctor during his visit just after liberation.

Headline / Government / Poland / Holocaust

Former Chief Rabbi: Poles 'Shot Selves in Foot' with Holocaust Law

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“The thousands of Righteous Gentiles were not the rule. They were the exception that proved the rule.”

Israel / Holocaust

'They Say There Is a Land' - Longing for Eretz Israel during the Holocaust

By JNi.Media

The new Yad Vashem exhibition tells how Jews yearned for Eretz Israel during and immediately following the Shoah in the years 1933-1948.

From Jerusalem with Love

Never Again is a Choice - From Jerusalem With Love

By Israel News Talk Radio

Orly speaks with Holocaust survivor Samuel Schlesinger and future MK Roei Kashi from the Likud party. Orly also mentions and analyzes the current Syria-Russia-USA tensions and sends their leaders a personal message.

Pull Up a Chair

In. Your. Face. - Pull Up A Chair

By Israel News Talk Radio

The most powerful week on the Israeli secular calendar is one that storms the Heavens and screams "ZIONISM"!

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Don't Have to Live Like a Refugee

By Moshe Herman

Malkah Fleisher joins Yishai to talk about the bad guys of the past and present. Then, Yishai visits Rabbi Mois Navon to search for the elusive Tekhelet snail. Finally, the words of Mike Bernath, Auschwitz survivor and heroic partisan, who passed away this year.

Headline / IDF & Security / Syria / Government / History / Iran / Jerusalem / Russia / Holocaust

At Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony, Netanyahu Warns Iran: ‘Don’t Test Israel’s Resolve’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Iran warned Israel Wednesday that it would exact retribution for a missile strike on a Syrian air base earlier in the week in which at least seven Iranian military officials were killed.

History / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem / Holocaust

To Sign or Not to Sign: Jerusalem Theater Troup Brings Nazi-Era Dilemma to the Stage

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The author of 'The Statement' forms his connection to all the characters. “I seem to have lived with these characters and shared their suffering,” he says.

US / History / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Interfaith Relations / Holocaust

'Never Again Education Act' to Teach American Students About the Holocaust

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

If passed the legislation would grant money raised through donations to American schools as part of the Holocaust Education Assistance Program.

The Walter Bingham File

Conference Of Presidents - Arab Gulf States are Warming To Israel - The Walter Bingham File

By Israel News Talk Radio

The annual meeting in Israel of the Leadership Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organisations and their achievements.

Israel / News Briefs / Ukraine / Holocaust

President Rivlin Meets Delegation from Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial Center

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The museum would serve to rectify a “blind spot” that many Ukrainians have about their country’s role in the Holocaust.

Featured / Israel / Holocaust / European Union

Holocaust Survivors March on Polish Embassy in Tel Aviv Protesting Complicity Law

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Protesters held up banners in Hebrew and Polish reading ‘No law can change history’ and ‘Poles, we remember what you did.’

The Tamar Yonah Show

HELL as Your Next Door Neighbor - The Tamar Yonah Show

By Israel News Talk Radio

The Polish nation is passing a bill threatening a prison sentence of up to three years to anyone using the phrase “Polish death camps” to describe the extermination camps in Poland during WWII.

News Briefs / Ukraine / Holocaust

Ukrainian Rabbi Wants Holocaust Moved to Ukraine

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rabbi Moshe Azman wants the March of the Living trips moved out of Poland.

Featured / Op-Eds

How Many Poles Does It Take to Leave an Anti-Semitic Comment?

By Jewish Press Staff

We've spent the past few days deleting a lot of horribly anti-Semitic comments written by Polish commenters.

Featured / Holocaust

Yad Vashem Condemns Poland's Holocaust Whitewash Law

By Jewish Press News Desk

Restrictions on statements... regarding the Polish people's direct or indirect complicity with the crimes committed... during the Holocaust are a serious distortion.

Headline / Politics / Government / Antisemitism / Holocaust / Eastern Europe

Israel Demands Poland Reverse Law Outlawing Mention of 'Polish Death Camps' or Polish Complicity

By JNi.Media

The term "Polish death camp" was first used by Polish resistance fighter Jan Karski in a 1944 article that was titled "Polish Death Camp."

Headline / Government / Antisemitism / The Knesset / Diaspora / Holocaust / European Union

Edelstein in Europe: Never Again! ¡Nunca más! Plus jamais! Mai più! Nie wieder!

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

What has been learned from all the memorials if synagogues across Europe need round-the-clock protection?

Ari Fuld's Sword of Israel

KRISTALLNACHT ‘The Night of Broken Glass’

By Ari Fuld HY"D

I remember growing up and wondering why my grandmother would jump and go pale every-time a glass broke in the house.

A Hebrew in the Heartland

A Hebrew in the Heartland - Photoshopping History

By Israel News Talk Radio

Photoshoping pictures of disrespectful people into historical holocaust photos.

US / Politics / Business and Economy / Holocaust

Yad Vashem Asking Amazon to Stop Aiding Holocaust Denial

By JNi.Media

'The Six Million: Fact or Fiction?' by Peter Winter is reportedly available for sale by Amazon in Germany, a country where Holocaust denial is a crime.

US / Politics / History / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education / Holocaust

US Holocaust Museum Official: Digitizing the Records a Bulwark Against Denial, Anti-Semitism

By JNi.Media

For decades, the International Red Cross and governments around the world, including the US and Israel, did not allow the archives to be opened for public use.

Editorial

The Administration’s Holocaust Remembrance Day Statement

By Editorial Board

Yes, the Trump administration is literally in its infancy and the Holocaust statement may well reflect nothing more than an incomplete vetting process. But it is nonetheless worthy of note.

The Lid with Jeff Dunetz

Trump’s Ban of Refugees from Terror-Prone Countries Not Comparable to Holocaust

By Jeff Dunetz

Trump’s decision was made to prevent terrorists from coming into America. FDR prevented refugees from coming into America because they were Jewish and he thought the country didn’t need any more Jews

Op-Eds

The White House Holocaust Horror

By John Podhoretz

The decision not to mention the Jews was deliberate, a way of demonstrating the inclusive approach of the Trump administration. This omission negates the specifically Jewish quality of the Holocaust.

Politics / News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs / Germany / Israeli Arabs / Holocaust

Outrage: Germany to Observe Holocaust Remembrance Day while Funding Anti-Israel NGO

By JNi.Media

From 2012-2016 the German government has provided more than $290,000 to NGO promoting turning Israel into a multicultural, Arab-majority state.

News Briefs / Europe / Media / Jerusalem / Holocaust

Yad Vashem Online Presents Touching 'Last Letters From the Holocaust'

By JNi.Media

There are thousands of personal letters in the Yad Vashem Archives, which were sent by Jews – adults and children – to their relatives and friends from their homes, the ghettos and the camps.

Op-Eds

Confronting the Politicization of the Holocaust

By Ben Cohen

If the Holocaust is now primarily an instrument to be deployed in politics, rather than a central historical memory with a direct bearing upon politics & ethics, we can expect its further manipulation

The Lid with Jeff Dunetz

Obama Cynically Appoints Man Who Peddled Iran Deal To Holocaust Memorial Council

By Jeff Dunetz

Obama stuck it to the Jews one more time before he leaves office by appointing Ben "I massaged the truth to sell the Iran deal to the American public" Rhodes to the US Holocaust Memorial Council.

US / Politics / Hamas / UK / Elections / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

As Trump Confirms Kushner Will Broker Israel-PA Deal, Don't Take Jared for Granted

By JNi.Media

Jared Kushner is a man who knows how to keep a grudge, and knows the secret of revenge being best served ice cold. Don't underestimate him, don't mess with him, don't take him for granted.

Book Reviews

A Gadol’s Holocaust Memoir

By Rosally Saltsman

The memoir follows a year and a half of the travels and travails of Rabbi Hirschprung from the beginning of World War II until his arrival in Japan.

Features

Holocaust Survivor’s Name Lives On

By Nataly Blumberg

Named after their beloved grandfather, who did not have grandsons to carry on the family name, Apeloig Collection serves as a living memory for all generations.

US / Politics / News Briefs / Europe / Arts and Entertainment / Holocaust

Senate to Vote on Holocaust Restitution as Vienna Philharmonic Returns Looted Painting

By JNi.Media

The law allows the heirs six years to sue in US court from the day they become aware of the existence and location of the looted object.

History / News Briefs / Obituaries / Holocaust / Eastern Europe

Holocaust Banknote Forger Adolf Burger Dead at 99

By JNi.Media

He visited the Bank of England and met the Chief Cashier, who presented him with one of the notes which he had forged in the concentration camp more than sixty years earlier.

Politics / Global / News Briefs / Holocaust

New Zealand PM, Son of Holocaust Refugee, Resigns

By JNi.Media

Key is often asked why he didn't speak any German, considering his Austrian roots, and his response is: “The simple answer is my mother refused to teach me. She did not want to reflect on her history.”

Interviews and Profiles

How A Baptist Pastor Unearthed His Father’s Holocaust Heroism

By Jeffrey F. Barken

Answers to Chris’s questions about his father’s war record finally began trickling in when he discovered a New York Times article published in late 2008, in which Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds is mentioned.

History / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Central America / Holocaust

Guatemala Holocaust Museum First in Central America

By JNi.Media

When it opens officially, in early 2017, the museum's permanent collection will focus on the "Holocaust by Bullets."

News Briefs / Holocaust

Holocaust Historian Yaffa Eliach Dead at 79

By JNi.Media

She was the creator of the exhibit the Tower of Life at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, a soaring display of 1500 photographs depicting the people of a typical East European shtetl.

South Florida

Holocaust Documentation and Education Center Moves to Dania Beach

By Shelley Benveniste

The center has always strived to teach people from all walks of life the universal lessons of the Holocaust.

Interviews and Profiles

Kastner: Holocaust Hero Or Nazi Collaborator? - An Interview with Author Paul Bogdanor

By Elliot Resnick

Although six decades have since passed, the Kastner Affair remains highly controversial.

Op-Eds

Will Detroit’s Historic Holocaust Museum Stay True To Its Mission?

By Edwin Black

Too many Holocaust memorials have lost their original identity and transitioned to an institution which devotes itself to both Holocaust and genocide, or simply to global genocide

Interviews and Profiles

Detroit Holocaust Museum Enters New Phase but Stays Strangely Mum

By Edwin Black

Too many Holocaust memorials have lost their original identity and transitioned to an institution which devotes itself to both Holocaust and genocide, or simply to global genocide

History / News Briefs / Europe / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem / Science and Tech / Holocaust

Conference Debating Bringing Holocaust Images to Life

By JNi.Media

In today's digital age, such film footage is particularly compelling and stirring, granting us a glimpse into a living memory of a world that was – and is no longer.

Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Holocaust / Eastern Europe

Hungarian Neo-Nazis Vandalize Holocaust Protest 'Living Memorial'

By JNi.Media

For more than two years, the Living Memorial has served as a site for regular talks, lectures, discussions groups, musical performances and commemorations.

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