Top Nazi official who spied for US was allowed to avoid trial until his death...
(JTA) — A top Austrian Nazi who was responsible for the murder of thousands of Jews avoided prosecution until his death in 1975 because he spied for the West, The New York Times reported. Franz Josef...
View ArticleAntony Blinken in Holocaust Day speech recalls past State Department...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations are by their nature calls for accountability for atrocities past and present. Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, used the occasion...
View ArticleGrowing up in Anne Frank’s shadow, my kids have known about the Holocaust...
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — On a country road steeped in spring blossom, the 5-year-old in the backseat asked a question that sent shivers down our spines. “Did the farmer plant those trees around his house...
View ArticlePolish Jewish leader quits Auschwitz museum board over right-wing...
(JTA) — A Polish right-wing politician has been appointed to a board of the Auschwitz state museum, leading to a Jewish member’s resignation on Wednesday amid claims of politicization. Stanisław...
View ArticleDutch museum will pay $240K to owners of Nazi-looted painting it won’t return
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A Dutch museum will compensate the rightful owners of a Nazi-looted painting the government said it could keep because displaying it would benefit the public interest. Museum de...
View ArticleOscar-nominated filmmakers to produce documentary on French Nazi hunters...
(JTA) — Two of the world’s most famous Nazi hunters, Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, are getting the documentary treatment. Alexander Nanau, a Romanian filmmaker whose documentary “Collective” is up for...
View ArticleGermany won’t prosecute 95-year-old former concentration camp guard deported...
(JTA) — German prosecutors said they had insufficient evidence to prosecute a 95-year-old man who was deported from the United States on suspicion of involvement in Nazi war crimes. The Public...
View ArticleMuseum opens at one of Holland’s most infamous Nazi camps
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte inaugurated a museum on the former grounds of one of the Netherlands’ most infamous Nazi camps 80 years after its construction. National Monument Camp...
View ArticleA 1998 Spielberg-produced Holocaust documentary will be streamed on Netflix
(JTA) — An Oscar-winning documentary about the experience of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust that was produced by Steven Spielberg will be made available for streaming on Netflix. “The Last Days”...
View ArticleIs Pudu Pudu Nazi pudding? How Dr. Oetker came to terms with its past
When Max Goldblatt noticed a high-end pudding shop opening in L.A.’s uber-hip Silverlake neighborhood, he had a few questions. For one thing, a high-end pudding shop? Also, did that sign in the window...
View ArticleOregon auction house removes Himmler’s purported dagger after Jewish groups...
(JTA) — “VERY RARE HEINRICH HIMMLER PRESENTATION SS HONOR DAGGER,” said the entry posted Sunday on the website of the Portland auction house O’Gallerie. On Monday, after Jewish groups complained, it...
View ArticleElie Wiesel’s bust will feature in the National Cathedral. He may (or may...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Washington’s National Cathedral, known for its role during presidential inaugurations and other days of national import, is honoring Elie Wiesel, the Nobel Peace Laureate and...
View ArticleJewish music in Germany after the Holocaust
Tina Frühauf Transcending Dystopia: Music, Mobility, and the Jewish Community in Germany, 1945-1989 Oxford University Press, 2021, 644 pp. Immediately after World War II, the German rabbi Leo Baeck,...
View ArticleAssociated Press Changes Spelling of ‘Anti-Semitism’ to ‘Antisemitism,’...
The Associated Press has changed its spelling of the word “antisemitism,” now writing it without a hyphen — joining the leading experts of hatred against Jews who have long advocated that usage. The...
View ArticleThe World Federation at Liberation 75
Liberation75 has launched their library of events held as part of the virtual conference May 4-9, 2021 and you can watch the World Federation session here.The post The World Federation at Liberation 75...
View ArticleChildren of the Holocaust Who Are Anonymous No More
Researchers using enhanced, rare footage of a transport to a Nazi death camp have been able to identify some passengers, including children who survived. AMSTERDAM — They appear for less than three...
View Article‘Lost’ film predicting rise of Nazism returns to screen
A silent film from 1924 predicting the rise of Nazism was found in a Paris flea market in 2015 after being lost for decades. Thanks to a huge fundraising campaign, it has now been restored and...
View ArticleIn Ukraine, bullet holes are found in a synagogue and a mass grave of...
JTA) — In two separate disturbing incidents in Ukraine, bullet holes were found in a synagogue and grave robbers allegedly raided a Holocaust-era mass grave , exposing and scattering human remains.The...
View ArticleWhy do we keep turning Holocaust survivor stories into self-help books?...
On a recent segment of “The Today Show,” a cadre of well-coiffed hosts discussed the life of Eddie Jaku, a 100-year-old Holocaust survivor and the author of “The Happiest Man on Earth,” a memoir about...
View ArticleIn significant verdict, French court sentences Holocaust denier to 5 years...
(JTA) — A blogger who posted videos of himself calling for the murder of prominent French Jews was sentenced to five years in prison by a court in France. The sentence, for promoting terrorism and...
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