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Auschwitz hero's son seeks millions for dad's 1948 execution

The son of World War II Auschwitz death camp hero Witold Pilecki is seeking millions in compensation from Poland's government for his father's post-war arrest and his 1948 execution by the communist authorities of the time

The Independent UK

GOPer wrote Jesusy "Anne Frank" sequel

Johnny Teague wrote a novel in which Frank accepts Jesus and converts to Christianity at Auschwitz

Salon

Champion Celtics alum Ray Allen recirculates article on Auschwitz after Ye West’s antisemitic rants

Allen felt the need to repost his article on Auschwitz 'in light of the rhetoric being spewed through the airwaves.'

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Biopic of French politician and Holocaust survivor defies critics

A biopic of the late Simone Veil, one of France's most admired public figures, has received some damning reviews, but its success at the box office shows there's an appetite for tales of strong women and dark periods in French history.

Radio France Internationale

The value of photographic evidence of Nazi crimes

Letter: Toby Simpson, the director of the Wiener Holocaust Library, on the new Seeing Auschwitz exhibition in London

The Guardian - UK

Seeing Auschwitz photographic exhibition opens in London

Images that shaped perception of Nazi death camp were taken by perpetrators, curator says

The Guardian - UK

Review: 'The Escape Artist,' by Jonathan Freedland

NONFICTION: The harrowing true story of the first Jew to escape from Auschwitz, and his driving need to warn the world about the Holocaust.

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Ukraine accuses Russia of 'mini-Auschwitz' after they claim bucket of dental crowns found in retaken land

The area of Pisky-Radkivski was retaken by Ukraine earlier this week, and the Ministry for Defence have said that two items were found

Irish Mirror

Holocaust comparisons are frequent in US politics – and reflect a shallow understanding of the actual genocide and the US response

Robert Keith Packer, a 57-year-old Virginian, achieved a measure of infamy at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot when he was photographed wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with a skull and crossbones along with the words “Camp Auschwitz.” “Work Brings Freedom,” the front said, a translation of the notorious motto “Arbeit macht…

The Conversation

Arnold Schwarzenegger causes stir after leaving Terminator quote in Auschwitz guestbook

Arnold Schwarzenegger has quoted a line from The Terminator in the Auschwitz guestbook - which hasn't gone down well amongst social media users

Daily Mirror

Schwarzenegger calls for 'fight against hate' during Auschwitz visit

Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the site of the former German Nazi death camp Auschwitz in Poland on Wednesday, vowing to fight hatred and discrimination and keep the story of what took place there between 1940-1945 alive.

Reuters

Schwarzenegger visits Auschwitz in message against hatred

Arnold Schwarzenegger has visited the site of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp to send a message against hatred

The Independent UK

The Jan. 6 rioter who wore a 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt gets 75 days in jail

Photographs of Keith Packer wearing the antisemitic sweatshirt went viral after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Packer said he wore it because he was "cold," according to a court filing.

WEKU

All the Broken Places by John Boyne review – a sequel of sorts

The follow-up to The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a powerful novel about secrets and atonement after Auschwitz

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The Independent UK

Capitol rioter in ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt sentenced to 75 days in federal prison

Robert Packer’s sister asked the judge not to ‘judge a book by its cover’

The Independent UK

Rioter who wore 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt gets jail term

A Virginia man who stormed the U.S. Capitol while wearing an antisemitic “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt over a Nazi-themed shirt has been sentenced to 75 days of imprisonment

The Independent UK

Holocaust survivor sisters die days apart in Alabama: ‘They were always together’

The sisters were forced into work at the Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp

Daily Mirror

'I survived a Nazi gas chamber aged 6 - now I tell children my story on TikTok'

Tova Friedman was selected for the gas chambers at Auschwitz along with other children, but miraculously survived after guards changed their mind at the last minute

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Unknown Holocaust photos – found in attics and archives – are helping researchers recover lost stories and providing a tool against denial

The summer of 2022 marked the 80th anniversary of the first Nazi deportation of Jewish families from Germany to Auschwitz.

The Independent UK

Vatican cardinal honors Jewish convert, tells his own story

A Vatican cardinal has marked the 80th anniversary of the gas chamber killing of the Jewish-born Catholic convert Edith Stein

The Independent UK

Polish Auschwitz survivor, novelist Zofia Posmysz dies at 98

Zofia Posmysz, a Polish World War II-era resistance fighter who survived the Auschwitz and Ravensbrück concentration camps and who later became a journalist and novelist, has died at 98

The Guardian - AU

‘He could not expel the trauma’: Sidney Nolan’s Auschwitz paintings revealed in landmark show

Preoccupied with the inhumanity of Nazi Germany, the artist painted 220 works in just four weeks: a ‘rambling, tumbling turmoil’ that he did not speak of for decades

Daily Record

Artist renowned for his Auschwitz collection and depiction of Ayrshire mining life passes away aged 78

Gordon Cockburn's portrayal of the World War Two concentration camp is said to be amongst his most powerful work.

France 24

Eighty years after France’s Vél d'Hiv roundup of Jews, its last survivors recount ordeal

This month marks 80 years since the Vél d'Hiv roundup, when French police detained 13,000 Parisian Jews, including 4,000 children, acting on orders from occupying German forces and their French allies in the Vichy Regime. Many were first sent to the Vélodrome d'Hiver stadium, which gave its name to this…

France 24

Did Ukrainians really place anti-Russian stickers around Auschwitz? Nope.

Several pro-Russian accounts have been circulating photos that they say show how Ukrainians put anti-Russian stickers in different places in Auschwitz, the former death camp run by the Nazis. The stickers say: "Russia & Russians – The only gas you and your country deserve is Zyklon B", a reference to…

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