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Antisemitism / Arts and Entertainment

Roger Waters Dresses as SS Officer at Concert

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The musician also likened Anne Frank to Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqleh.

Germany / Holocaust

Nazi-Era ‘Resistance Fighter’ Exposed as Concentration Camp Guard

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Historian reveals that Irmgard Kroymann was never a prisoner at Gross-Rosen camp, but volunteered to work there.

Politics / Left vs. Right / Holocaust

Former Meretz Leader Zahava Gal-on Compares Ben-Gvir to Hitler

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“The daughter of Holocaust survivors is cheapening and ripping up the [memory] of the holy six million [Jews who were killed by the Nazis],” responded the Israeli National Security Minister.

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.”

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.

Photo of the Day

Menorah from Iconic 1931 Photograph Returns to Germany

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

"This light is a strong societal symbol against hatred," said German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

German Arrested for Nazi Salute to Israeli Athletes Visiting 1972 Munich Massacre Memorial

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Israel’s ambassador to Berlin retweeted an article claiming the offending security guard was of “Arab descent,” and connected the incident with P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas’s claim that Israel had perpetrated “50 Holocausts.”

US / On Campus / Education / Holocaust

Georgia School District Pulls New Logo After Nazi Eagle Comparisons

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Cobb County’s history with anti-Semitism should have prevented something like this,” said the Jewish Federation of Atlanta.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Florida

Florida Holocaust Museum Condemns Nazi Flags Flown Outside Disney World

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“No family should be confronted with threatening symbols of hate, least of all on vacation,” said museum chair Michael Igel.

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 / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Swastika Stickers Placed on Alaska Jewish Museum and Anchorage Bar

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The white stickers, which say “We are everywhere” and include the Nazi symbol in the middle, were first discovered at a bar called “Mad Myrna’s,” and later in the day, at the Jewish museum.

Antisemitism / Germany / Sovereignty

German Lawmakers Attack Jewish State's Sovereignty Plan, Say ‘Silence is Not an Option’

By Orit Arfa

“Germany killed 6 million Jews in World War II, in the Holocaust, and now Germany wants to tell Israel how to defend its security,” said Marcel Goldhammer, a journalist with both German and Israeli citizenship.

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.

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 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.

US / Politics / News Briefs / Germany / Sports / Holocaust

US Vs. Germany Fed Cup Tennis Match Opens with Nazi Anthem

By JNi.Media

Some German fans started singing the correct German anthem, buy were drowned out by the Nazi tune on the loudspeakers.

NY / Politics / The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Holocaust

Nazi Looted Dutch Old Master Painting Returned to Max Stern Foundation

By JNi.Media

Dusseldorf art gallery owner Max Stern was expelled from the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts in 1935, because of his religion, and was forced to sell his collection.

NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs

New Yorkers Step Up in Multiple Neo-Nazi Train Incidents

By Jewish Press News Desk

New Yorkers are stepping up in the face up rising anti-Semitic incidents.

Shiloh Musings

Shiloh Musings: Jews Who Fled Nazi Germany/Europe weren't The Same as Today's Fleeing Arabs

By Batya Medad

There is no equivalency between the Jews who were persecuted and threatened with certain death during the Holocaust and today's Arabs clamoring to leave their troubled countries. Period.

History / News Briefs / Europe / Jerusalem / Archaeology / Holocaust

Archaeological Digs in Nazi Death Camp Unearth Victims' Personal Effects

By JNi.Media

A pendant discovered in Sobibór bears close resemblance to one owned by Anne Frank.

US / Politics / Elections / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media

ADL, Trump, Clashing over 'Nazi'

By JNi.Media

For the record, we are NOT living in Nazi Germany, and next time the president wants to use the N word, he should call up Jonathan Greenblatt.

US / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Maryland Jewish Couple Gets Nazi Note on Windshield after Hanging Black Lives Matter Flag

By JNi.Media

The Franklins woke up to discover a crumpled anti-Semitic note–all caps–on their car windshield, with a yellow star and the word 'Jude,' Nazi style.

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.

Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Arts and Entertainment / Germany / Holocaust

German Frozen Pizza Maker Reveals Nazi Art Loot in Company Collection

By JNi.Media

Rudolf-August Oetker was the grandson of Dr. August Oetker. He ran the company from 1944 to 1981.

History / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Holocaust / Eastern Europe

Digging for Treasure Resumes in Tracks of Illusive Nazi Gold Train

By JNi.Media

Tadeusz Slowikowski, 86, is responsible for the Nazi gold train rumor and has spent much of his time since the 1950s searching for that train.

Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Germany

German Culture Minister Promises Reform of Judenfrei Nazi Loot Commission

By JNi.Media

German Culture Minister Monika Grütters told the New York Times last March that a Jewish member on the committee “would be the only voice who would be prejudiced.”

InDepth

Nazi Policy and Black Victims—Before, During, and After the Holocaust—from Africa to Berlin to North Carolina

By Edwin Black

Understanding Nazism and the Holocaust is important for Blacks, Roma, people with disabilities, the gay community, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and other groups in addition to Jews.

Israel / News Briefs / Holocaust

Rivlin at Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony: We Will Continue to Survive and Battle Anti-Semitism

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Rivlin addressed the Holocaust survivors attending the ceremony, asking for their help in extracting the meaning of the tragedy and lessons to be learned.

Israel / News Briefs / Holocaust

Spurning Ceremonies, Israelis Invite Holocaust Survivors to Their Living Rooms for Remembrance Day

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Zikaron ba-Salon is a social initiative started six years ago by a group of friends who felt they needed a more direct and unfiltered way of connecting with the memory of the Holocaust on the solemn day.

Government / Antisemitism / News Briefs / The Knesset / Russia / Holocaust

'Russia & Israel Partners Against Holocaust Denial'

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Russia and Israel are partners in the struggle against revisionist history, Russian officials said.

News Briefs / Germany / Assimilation

Comprehensive Survey of Israelis in Germany Finds They Are Secular, Educated Leftists

By JNi.Media

26.1% have a German citizenship; 54% live with a spouse who is a German national; and 54.4% have parents or grandparents who are Holocaust survivors.

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Former Auschwitz Radio Operator Charged with Accessory to Murder

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

A 91-year-old SS woman aided operations that led to the murder of 260,000 Jews.

News Briefs / France / Germany / Holocaust

Ashes of Holocaust Victims Buried after Secretly Kept in French School

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Their remains had been kept in jars and test tubes in a French medical school.

News Briefs / Australia, New Zealand and Oceania / ISIS / Holocaust

Australian PM in Trouble for Saying ISIS Evil Worse Than Nazi Evil

By JNi.Media

“I mean, the Nazis did terrible evil but they ... [did] try to hide it. These people boast about their evil,” Abbott said.

News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Nazi Gold Train Discovery May Bring New Claims from Holocaust Survivors

By JNi.Media

The death bed confessions of a former Nazi soldier revealed the whereabouts of the “Nazi train” which remained hidden for decades in tunnels in Poland and is thought to contain gold, art and other valuables.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Auschwitz Provides Tourists with Outdoor Showers to 'Cool Down'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The management of the former death camp says there was no intention to remind people of the gas "showers."

Jewish / News Briefs / Sports

Jewish Athletes Return to Berlin 79 Years After Hitler’s Olympics

By JNi.Media

Europe’s biggest Jewish sports event will take place in Germany—for the first time in its history.

UK / Government / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Netanyahu Mourns 'Britain's Schindler'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

"The Jewish people and the State of Israel owe an eternal debt to Nicholas Winton who singlehandedly saved hundreds of Jewish children from the Nazis," Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Thursday after hearing of his death. Winton died in Britain at the age of 106. He saved hundreds of Jewish children from the gas chambers […]

US / News Briefs / Holocaust

Social Security Administration Paid $20 Million to Nazi Suspects

By Jewish Press Staff

Thousands of former Nazi war criminals lied their way into the United States and later received old-age benefits.

Photo of the Day

Netanyahu on VE Day

By Photo of the Day

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony marking the victory day on Nazi Germany, 70 years ago, in Latrun on May 7, 2015.

Global / News Briefs / Holocaust

Red Cross Says it 'Failed to Protect Jews' Murdered by Nazis

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“We cannot guarantee that a humanitarian catastrophe of the extent of the Holocaust will not happen again,” said Red Cross President Peter Maurer.

Jewish / News Briefs / Russia

Art Spiegelman's ‘Maus’ Removed from Moscow Bookstores for Promoting Nazism

By Shalom Bear

The Russian government’s plan to rid the capital Moscow of swastikas and everything else of Nazi origin, in time for Victory Day.

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Survivors to Testify in Trial of 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Oskar Groening's admission of crimes and denial of guilt exposes the depths and truth of evil.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany

Berlin Teacher Taught Students to March and Sing Nazi Anthem

By Jewish Press Staff

The teacher could face three years in jail for displaying Nazi symbols, which includes singing Nazi songs.

Global / News Briefs / Archaeology / Holocaust

Archaeologists Find Suspected Nazi Hideout in Argentine Jungle

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Nazi symbols were written on the walls of a building that may have been designated as shelters for Nazi leaders.

Op-Eds

The Left has Learned Nothing from the Rabin Murder

By Naftali Bennett

Last night I arrived to a Bayit Yehudi campaign event in Haifa. My security detail would not let me enter the building because of radical leftist activists who had entered the hall...

Photo of the Day

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

By Photo of the Day

An IDF soldier at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem. Tuesday, January 27th is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On January 27, 1945 the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was liberated by Soviet forces.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

'Six Million More' graffitied on Greek Jewish Cemetery

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Greek Jewish cemetery vandalized, graffiti called for "six million more."

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Hanukkah-Decorated Florida Home Vandalized with Swastika

By JTA

Anti-Semites always are around to remind Jews to be scared.

News Briefs / Holocaust

When is a Swastika not a Swastika?

By JTA

A swastika is a swastika is a swastika, but not always.

Holocaust

Fashion and Perfume Tycoon Chanel Exposed as Having Been Nazi Spy

By Jewish Press News Desk

Document proves she not only slept with senior Nazis but also spied for them.

Op-Eds

The Nazis Are Coming, The Nazis Are Coming

By Tibbi Singer

The average Israeli is remarkably stupid and thick-headed when it comes to the sanctity of freedom of speech.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Jewish Watchdog Group Sues Romanian Mayor for Hitler Hairdo in 2009

By JTA

He explains he was just following that other people were doing. Sound familiar?

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Who Gave $1 Million for Museum That May Deal with Nazi-Looted Art?

By JTA

The Gurlitt Museum promises all looted art will be returned to the rightful owners.

News Briefs / The Knesset

Feiglin Bans Arab MK from Podium for Calling Him ‘Fascist’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Does democracy allow even a legislator to call a fellow MK a “fascist?

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Sears and Amazon Remove 'Swastika Ring’ from Websites

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The question remains why they advertised the anti-Semitic rings.

Jewish / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Jewish Stars of ‘Star Trek’ Shill for VW

By JTA

Volkswagen tries to cleanse its Nazi-linked past.

Antisemitism / Germany / Holocaust

Ex-Auschwitz Guard Charged with 300,000 Counts of Accessory to Murder

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Oskar Groening’s defense is that he only was cog in the Nazi death machine.

@Israel_Shield

If You're Anti-Israel Then You're Anti-Semitic

By '@israel_shield

How many times have you heard anti-semites spew words like Israel are Nazis, or what you are doing to the Arabs is worse that what the Nazis did to the Jews?!...

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Greek Island Police Chief Photographed Giving Nazi Salute

By JTA

Greek police officers are among those who support the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party.

News Briefs / European Union

SS War Criminal Lived in Britain for 66 years, Nazi Hunter Says

By JTA

One of Woronyj’s neighbors, who did not want to be named, said he was “a big man who kept himself to himself.”

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

‘Jews vs Nazis’ Latest Teen Rage in Florida

By Jewish Press News Desk

Trivialization of the Holocaust has reached new lows.

Israel / Iran / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Holocaust

Netanyahu Connects Hitler with Nuclear Iran

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It is one thing “never to forget,” and it is another to remember not to let it happen again.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Holocaust

Youngest Holocaust Survivor from Schindler’s List Tells her Story

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

A survivors’ daughter serving in the IDF brings pride and joy to a Holocaust survivor.

US / News Briefs / France / Holocaust

Maryland Legislators Take a Pass on Railway Reparations Bill

By JTA

Maryland lawmakers failed to vote on a bill that would have required the French rail firm SNCF to pay compensation to Holocaust survivors in order to work on a new line. The bill did not progress past committee hearings in the state legislature, where the 2014 legislative session ended Monday night. State Sen. Joan Carter […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Building of WWII Statue Begins in Budapest as Jews Protest

By JTA

Members of the Jewish community were among the demonstrators protesting the construction of a controversial monument to the Hungarian victims of the German occupation, implying that the Hungarian government bore no responsibility for the death of Jews. Work on the statue began Tuesday in downtown Budapest, according to Klubradio, a news station known to be […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Irish Jewish Cabinet Minister Victim of Nazi Hoax

By Jewish Press News Desk

One or more anti-Semites sent a package of suspicious white powder and a photograph of Nazis to the home of Ireland’s Justice Minister Alan Shatter on Wednesday. Security officials raised an emergency alert, and a bomb squad arrived to investigate. Officials concluded the powder was harmless baking powder. The photograph showed Nazi soldiers at a […]

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Anti-Israel NGOs

A Day in History: The First Nazi BDS of Jewish Business

By Jewish Press Staff

On April 1, 1933, the Nazis carried out their first nationwide boycott of Jewish businesses. Today we would call that BDS.

US / Antisemitism

Minnesota Nazi Uniform Party Was Just an ‘Historical Exercise’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

What would have been the reaction if the actor dressed up as KKK members, just for the sake if history?

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Dutch Candidate Compares Geert Wilders with Hitler

By JTA

Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch rightist, pro-Israel Party for Freedom, called for The Hague to be home to fewer Moroccans, which led an opposing candidate to compare him to Hitler. Wilders, an anti-Islam and anti-immigration politician and a supporter of Israel, made the comments last week during a campaign event. Local elections in Holland […]

NY / News Briefs / Holocaust

New Yorker Suing Munich Collector for Return of Nazi-Looted Art

By JTA

A New York man has gone to court for the return of several Nazi-looted artworks from the controversial collection of Cornelius Gurlitt in Munich. David Toren, 88, whose father and uncle were art collectors in the pre-war German city of Breslau, sued in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., earlier this month to demand the […]

Europe / Holocaust

Nazi Auschwitz Metal Stamps for Tattooing Found in Poland

By Jewish Press Staff

Nazi stamps used to tattoo death camp prisons are proof of the evil system as Holocaust survivors’ numbers dwindle.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Stockholm School ‘Love-Bombed’ after Nazi Graffiti Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

The youth wing of Sweden’s Liberal party organized a “love bombing” Monday night and pasted heart-shaped papers on the same school that was attacked by neo-Nazi vandals the night before. Stockholm’s “Vasa Real” school was sprayed with swastikas and slogans, such as “disgusting Jews” and the number 1488 that is a symbol for white power […]

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

German Police Three Auschwitz Guard Suspects

By Jewish Press News Desk

German police arrested three men in their 80s and 90s Thursday on suspicion of accessory to murder when they were guards at the Auschwitz death camp. Three others, all in their 90s, may also be arrested if police uncover enough evidence to warrant putting them on trial. "This is a major step," said Nazi hunter […]

News Briefs / Holocaust

World’s Oldest Holocaust Survivor Stars in Oscar-Nominated Film

By JTA

If there is one movie that must be seen, it is the documentary of a Holocaust survivor now 110.

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Report: Croatia Probes Former US Citizen on Auschwitz War Crimes

By JTA

Croatian authorities are investigating a 90-year-old man suspected of committing war crimes as an SS soldier and guard at the Auschwitz death camp. Germany’s Special Prosecutor’s Office for Investigation of Crimes during the Period of National Socialism last month alerted Croatian authorities to the presence in Croatia of Jacob Dencinger, the Croatian news outlet Jutarnji […]

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Holocaust

Palestinian Authority Daily Claims Netanyahu Has ‘Nazi Genes’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The official Palestinian Authority daily last week, days before International Holocaust Remembrance Day, published an op-ed demonizing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who it said has Nazi genes that he may have “acquired it genetically from the days of the Nazis and the Aryan race." The report, translated and published by the Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), […]

News Briefs / Holocaust

Nazi ‘Death Train ‘Car to Be Displayed in Netanya

By Jewish Press News Desk

An authentic German train car that transported Jews to concentration camps will be placed at the Netanya Memorial Site and service as a “living monument” and educational center in memory of the Jewish victims of the Holocaust The car will arrive in Netanya tomorrow on Friday and will be the first time it has been […]

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs

Syrian Opposition Leader Compares Assad Regime with Nazis

By Jewish Press News Desk

Recently published photographs of people allegedly tortured by the regime of Syrian President Bassar al-Assad brought out the Nazi comparisons Wednesday by Syrian opposition leader Ahmed Jarba. Speaking to the Geneva II talks, he said, "The pictures of torture are unprecedented except in the Nazi camps during the Second World War.” The photos were provided […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Hungarian Jewish Leaders Accuse Government of Minimizing Holocaust

By JTA

Hungarian Jewish leaders demanded the resignation of a key government appointee and threatened to boycott government-sponsored events marking the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust in Hungary. In an unusually strong statement posted Sunday on its website, the leadership of Mazsihisz, the official Hungarian Jewish umbrella organization, said they were “aghast and find incomprehensible” the “relativization […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / The Knesset / Holocaust

Knesset Bill Proposed to Outlaw Nazi Slogans

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Knesset easily passed on preliminary reading on Wednesday a bill that would make it illegal to use the word Nazi and Nazi symbols, but Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein said the measure violates freedom of speech. Only 19 Knesset Members voted against the bill, sponsored by Likud Knesset Member Shimon Ohayon, with 44 in favor, […]

News Briefs / Europe / Sports / Holocaust

Polish Prosecutors Clear Auschwitz Soccer Chanters

By JTA

Several Jewish organizations have criticized a Polish prosecutor’s decision not to try soccer fans who chanted about Jews and Auschwitz. A spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office of Poznan in central Poland said last week that no charges would be brought against the fans because they did not mean to offend Jews when they chanted the […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Sports / Holocaust

Nazi-Era Soccer Program with Swastika Up for Auction

By Jewish Press News Desk

Nazi lovers and sports fans now have chance to add a Nazi-era soccer poster, complete with a swastika, to their collections. A Nazi-era poster of soccer game between Ireland and Germany, represented by a picture of a swastika, is going on sale at an auction in Dublin.The poster is expected to bring in up to […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

French Police Search for Merah Fan over Quenelle Photos

By JTA

French police are searching for an unidentified man who performed an anti-Semitic gesture at three locales connected to the murder of Jews. A photo of the suspect surfaced last week online in which he performed the quenelle, a quasi-Nazi salute, in front of the Toulouse school where the Muslim extremist Mohammed Merah murdered four Jews […]

News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Artwork in German Parliament May Have Been Nazi-Looted

By JTA

Two artworks hanging in Germany’s parliament building in Berlin may have been confiscated or acquired at artificially depressed prices by the Nazis from the original owners, German newspapers reported. The Die Welt newspaper suggested that one of the works coincidentally stems from a gallery owned by an uncle of Hildebrand Gurlitt, the Nazi-era dealer whose […]

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

NBA’s Tony Parker Apologizes for Anti-Semitic Salute

By JTA

National Basketball Association star Tony Parker has apologized for performing an anti-Semitic salute after a three-year-old photo was published in the French media. The photo shows Parker, who was born in Belgium and is French by nationality, performing the quenelle salute earlier this year standing next to the gesture’s founder, anti-Semitic French comedian Dieudonne Mlaba […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

German Town Revokes Hitler's Honorary Citizenship

By Jewish Press News Desk

The testimony of a woman whose family was exterminated by the Nazi helped convinced a Bavarian town council to vote unanimously to revoke the honorary citizen that the municipality had granted Hitler in 1933. The town council of Dietramszell was deadlocked over whether to adopt the resolution revoking the honorary citizenship after the discovery of […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Germany / Holocaust

German Satirical Novel about Return of Hitler to Become Movie

By JTA

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 for “He’s Back,” sold 1.3 million copies in Germany after its 2012 release. In the book, Hitler awakens in modern-day Berlin and garners enough attention to become host of his […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Ukrainian Jewish Leaders: Romania Unfit to Lead Holocaust Body

By JTA

Ukrainian Jewish leaders said Romania was unfit to head a Holocaust remembrance forum because it has not done enough to come to grips with its own Holocaust-era culpability. Approximately 380,000 Jews were murdered in Romania-controlled areas during the Holocaust, according to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. “Romania’s actions prove it is not ready […]

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Holocaust

D.C. Street Renamed For Bulgarian Official Who Saved Jews

By JTA

The street in front of the Bulgarian Embassy  in Washington has been renamed Dimitar Peshev Plaza, in honor of the man credited with halting the deportation of about 50,000 Jews. In March 1943, Peshev, who was the deputy speaker of the Bulgarian Parliament at the time, heard of a deportation order and decided he had […]

News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Germany / Holocaust

Nazi-Looted Art Discovered In Munich to Go Online

By JTA

German authorities have bowed to international pressure and are publishing a partial list of artworks found in a Munich apartment. The spectacular art find – including works by Chagall, Picasso, Matisse and Beckmann – was publicized by the Munich-based Focus magazine earlier this month. Officials are assembling a “task force” of experts to speed up provenance research. […]

NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Holocaust

NY Deliveryman Awarded $900,000 in Anti-Semitism Suit

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Anti-Semitism is for Europeans, right? Sure, there is a swastika here or there in the US, but would a NY restaurant manager mock a Jewish worker and make fun of the Holocaust? Yes, he can. Aliyah, anyone?

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Golden Dawn Leader Jailed Ahead of Trial in Greece

By JTA

A Greek court has ordered the head of the ultranationalist Golden Dawn party held in jail until his trial following six hours of testimony that ran through the night. Nikolaos Michaloliakos was arrested last week with several other lawmakers and senior Golden Dawn members on charges of forming a criminal organization, part of an unprecedented […]

Antisemitism / France

French Soldiers Face Disciplinary Action for Anti-Semitic Photo

By JTA

Two French soldiers who posed in front of a Paris synagogue a few weeks ago while making an anti-Semitic gesture will be sanctioned by the French army. The soldiers of the Alpine Hunters elite unit currently are the subject of an investigation, the French military’s spokesperson, Bruno Louisfert, told radio station RTL France Tuesday. He […]

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Germany Wants to Indict 30 Auschwitz Nazi Guards

By Jewish Press News Desk

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 nine others have since died Another seven of the former guards are living outside of the country. Some of the guards are reportedly as old as 97. The justice agency in […]

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