Vatican beatifies Polish family executed by Nazis for sheltering Jews Ulma family including unborn child all beatified for their actions to help Jews during second world war The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2023
The week in TV: Top Boy; The Lovers; Love & Death; Ukraine: Holocaust Ground Zero – review Dushane and Sully face off in the brilliantly brutal final series of Top Boy; an unlikely couple fall in love in a dark Belfast anti-romcom; and Elizabeth Olsen shines as a real-life Texas housewife turned axe murderer The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2023
Paris strips Palestinian leader Abbas of special honor for remarks on Holocaust Paris has rescinded a special honor it bestowed on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas because of recent antisemitic comments minimizing the Holocaust The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2023
Palestinian president loses French honour for anti-Semitic remarks Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has stripped Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of the French capital's highest honour after he made remarks about the Holocaust that echoed anti-Semitic tropes, her office said on Friday. Radio France Internationale · Sep 8, 2023
Palestinian leader's comments on Holocaust draw accusations of antisemitism from US and Europe Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is facing American and European condemnations for his recent comments about the Holocaust The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023
Palestinian president condemned over Holocaust remarks Mahmoud Abbas said last month Jews were murdered for their ‘social role’ as money lenders, not because they were Jewish The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2023
Polish director demands apology from justice minister for comparing her film to Nazi propaganda Film director Agnieszka Holland is demanding an apology from Poland's justice minister after he compared her latest film to Nazi propaganda The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023
Yad Vashem Cuts Ties With US Fundraising Partner Yad Vashem said that it has terminated its longstanding relationship with U.S. fundraising arm,amid a financial dispute Zenger · Sep 7, 2023
How one laughing VHS technician saved 95-year-old Michael Roemer’s career As the director nears his 11th decade, two of his films, Nothing But a Man and The Plot Against Harry are being restored; both are marvels of independent cinema The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2023
'No woman in the usual sense': Ilse Koch, the 'Bitch of Buchenwald', was a Holocaust war criminal – but was she also an easy target? In her indictment, the prosecutor described Ilse Koch as “a sexy-looking depraved woman who beat prisoners, reported them for beatings, and trafficked human skin”. The Conversation · Sep 5, 2023
Polish official harshly criticizes film that explores migration crisis at Poland-Belarus border A leading member of Poland’s conservative government has sharply criticized a film that explores the humanitarian disaster affecting migrants along the Poland-Belarus border The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2023
Ukraine: Holocaust Ground Zero review – it is the unfathomable suffering that stays with you This distressing documentary outlines in a clear and accessible way the beginning of the mass execution of Jews under Hitler’s regime. Vital viewing The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2023
'Fact check' linked with Holocaust denier removed from Lesley Riddoch tweet A TWITTER “fact check” from a Unionist group linked to a Holocaust denier on a post by Lesley Riddoch has been removed after sparking outrage. The National (Scotland) · Sep 4, 2023
Outrage as Twitter platforms far-right group beneath Lesley Riddoch tweet AN MSP has criticised X/Twitter for platforming a far-right group beneath a Lesley Riddoch tweet on the site. The National (Scotland) · Sep 3, 2023
Zenger · Sep 2, 2023 A Bavarian Scandal Shines A Light On Germany’s ‘Holocaust Guilt’ Germany has been gripped by an antisemitism scandal centered on Hubert Aiwanger, the deputy premier of the state of Bavaria
The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2023 Trump told fraud probe he was too busy ‘saving millions of lives’ from ‘nuclear holocaust’ to run company ‘My son Eric is much more involved with it than I am. I’ve been doing other things,’ ex-president said of the Trump Organization in April deposition
The Conversation · Aug 29, 2023 How individual, ordinary Jews fought Nazi persecution − a new view of history In Nazi Germany, Hertha Reis, a 36-year-old Jewish woman, performed forced labor for a private company in Berlin during World War II. In 1941, she was evicted by a judge from the two sublet rooms where she lived with her son and mother – she was unprotected as a tenant…
The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2023 Bavaria’s deputy leader faces accusations over antisemitic pamphlet Hubert Aiwanger rejects claims he wrote leaflet mocking the Holocaust when he was a 17-year-old schoolboy
Al Jazeera · Aug 27, 2023 ‘Accusing Israel of apartheid is not anti-Semitic’: Holocaust historian A growing number of Jewish academics are using the term apartheid to describe Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.
Zenger · Aug 25, 2023 Holocaust-memory Program Centers On World War II-era Musical Instruments After World War II, Palestine Symphony Orchestra musician offered Moshe Weinstein an ultimatum
WEKU · Aug 24, 2023 Up First briefing: GOP debate, Trump to surrender, Russia plane crash mystery Republican presidential candidates faced off in the first GOP debate yesterday. Trump is expected to surrender in Georgia today. The leader of Russia's Wagner Group is presumed dead in a plane crash.
The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023 Kosovo inaugurates 'Wall of Honor' statue for 23 Albanians who rescued Jews during the Holocaust In Kosovo, a statue bearing the names of 23 Albanians who rescued Jews during World War II, has been inaugurated in the capital, Pristina
Salon · Aug 22, 2023 He learned from studying Hitler's speech Burt Neuborne, one of America’s top civil liberties lawyers, says Trump is copying Hitler's early rhetoric
WEKU · Aug 20, 2023 Why this chaplain sees her atheism as a gift Vanessa Zoltan describes herself as a Jewish atheist whose outlook on the world and her spiritual life is defined by the Holocaust.
The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2023 US state secretary says 1943 Bialystok ghetto uprising in Poland was an act of bravery and dignity U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken has sent a message marking the anniversary of the 1943 Bialystok ghetto uprising in Poland, saying it was an act of “bravery” that reaffirmed the dignity of Jews during the Holocaust