Swastika discovered at U.S. embassy in Bulgaria day after Holocaust Remembrance The latest swastika was found in a secure part of the embassy. Axios · Feb 13, 2022
Why the Holocaust learning centre is set for the wrong location Concentration camp survivor Dr Martin Stern is among the many voices questioning the education project’s site The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2022
'Cancelling Jimmy Carr for his Holocaust gypsy joke would endanger free speech' Our columnist believes we should allow people to go on challenging sensitivities so that we can debate, evolve and develop into a fairer, more rounded and more equal society Daily Mirror · Feb 12, 2022
Love in a time of terror: the tragic couples who married at a Dutch Nazi transit camp ‘Aunt Annie’ was killed in the Holocaust – but not before marrying her sweetheart in captivity. Now her great-niece has found 260 other couples who did the same The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2022
Tennessee parents, teachers push back against 'Maus' removal Parents, teachers and students packed a crowded meeting of the McMinn County School Board to talk about “Maus," a Pulitzer-Prize winning graphic novel the board banned from its curriculum last month The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2022
Jimmy Carr sent vile letter to Stephen Hawking and was left shocked by his response The comedian faced backlash recently over a 'sickening and unacceptable' Holocaust 'joke' featured in his Netflix stand-up special 'His Dark Material'. Daily Record · Feb 11, 2022
MPs call for Roma and Sinti genocide to be taught on national curriculum after Jimmy Carr row Education secretary urged not to let genocide be ‘air-brushed out of teachings on this dark period’ The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2022
Roma and Sinti genocide must be taught in schools after Jimmy Carr ‘joke’, charities say The comedian should not be left to teach the British public, they warned The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2022
Latvia passes long-awaited Holocaust restitution law The bill includes funding to revitalize the Baltic nation’s Jewish community, which was almost completely wiped out during World War II The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2022
Germany’s FM to Visit Israel, Ramallah to Bolster Peace Process Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock hopes to revitalize the Middle East peace process that has laid mostly dormant since 2014. She will kick off on Thursday a three-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, Jordan and Egypt. The agenda includes a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial that… Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 10, 2022
Holocaust memorial says it's unlikely purported 'Auschwitz tattoo kit' was used on Jews A partial tattoo kit offered at auction in Israel as an Auschwitz artefact is highly unlikely to have been used on Jews at the Nazi concentration camp, a court-ordered investigation has found following outcry from Holocaust survivors. Reuters · Feb 10, 2022
Blinken in Melbourne says Australia demonstrated best of humanity U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told students in Melbourne that Australia had showed it was capable of the best of humanity, transforming the life of his step-father who arrived as a teenage refugee after the Holocaust. Reuters · Feb 10, 2022
The Glasgow trail that sheds light on the lives of Jewish refugees during the Second World War A new history walk honours the hundreds who fled Nazi persecution in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic during the Holocaust to build new lives in Scotland. Glasgow Live · Feb 9, 2022
Add genocide of Gypsies to national curriculum, say charities Forty organisations call for ‘meaningful change’ after Jimmy Carr’s joke about mass murder of Roma and Sinti people The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2022
The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2022 Ron Johnson erupts at Biden’s Holocaust expert who accused him of ‘white supremacy’ over Jan 6 Wisconsin senator is a frequent promotor of outrageous conspiracy theories
The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2022 Jimmy Carr: Protesters demand apology outside comedian’s Dunstable show Carr has been widely condemned for a joke about the Holocaust in his Netflix special
Chronicle Live · Feb 9, 2022 North East woman who lost 10 family members in Holocaust demands Jimmy Carr show be removed from Netflix Gwen Lamb from Middlesbrough called on Netflix to remove his programme immediately
Reason · Feb 9, 2022 Brickbat: Now, That's Going Too Far British Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said the government is preparing legislation that would limit streaming services from showing comedy that some people might find offensive. Her remarks came after some people expressed outrage about comedian Jimmy Carr's latest special for Netflix. In one bit, Carr said that when people talk…
The Conversation · Feb 8, 2022 Banning ‘Maus’ only exposes the significance of this searing graphic novel about the Holocaust A school board in Tennessee voted unanimously in favour of removing the graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman from its Grade 8 language arts curriculum in January. Maus is based on interviews with Spiegelman’s father, Vladek Spiegelman, a Polish Jew and Auschwitz survivor, and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992…
Daily Mirror · Feb 8, 2022 Channel 4 bosses remain silent over calls to axe comedian Jimmy Carr after backlash Channel 4 is reportedly not commenting about 8 Out of 10 Cats star Jimmy Carr's future after the comedian was slammed for making an 'evil' joke about the holocaust
Daily Mirror · Feb 8, 2022 Jimmy Carr's life, net worth and controversies as Holocaust joke condemned Jimmy Carr recently landed in hot water once again for a joke said in his Netflix special 'His Dark Materials' about Romani Gypsies being killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust - here's a round up of some of his most controversial moments
The Conversation · Feb 8, 2022 Whoopi Goldberg awkwardly demonstrates how the idea of race varies by place and changes over time Whoopi Goldberg, co-host of ABC’s “The View,” set off a firestorm when she insisted on Jan. 31, 2022 that the Holocaust was “not about race.” Hands outstretched, she went on to describe the genocide as a conflict between “two white groups of people.”
Irish Mirror · Feb 8, 2022 Tommy Tiernan says Jimmy Carr shouldn't be 'hounded out of a job' over 'mistake' Jimmy Carr said he's 'going down swinging' as he faces huge backlash over his Netflix joke about the murder of gypsies and the Holocaust
Daily Record · Feb 8, 2022 Scots council sorry after X-rated comment about Jimmy Carr Holocaust joke row The comedian made offensive remarks about the killing of gypsies during the Holocaust in a Netflix show.
Evening Standard · Feb 8, 2022 Fresh Jimmy Carr row as it emerges comic wrote ‘dehumanising’ Holocaust joke in his book The comedian had already been condemned by politicians for remarks made during his show