Posts Tagged: Auschwitz
Daughter of Auschwitz Kommandant, Modeled for Balenciaga, Then Worked at Jewish Owned Shop for 35 Years
One of the daughter's of Auschwitz Kommandant Rudolf Höss once capitalized on her beauty to walk the runway as a model for dress maker Balenciaga,...
Footage of Controversial, Never-Released 1972 Jerry Lewis Holocaust Film Surfaces (VIDEO)
Scenes from a controversial never before released Jerry Lewis film are finally seeing the light of day, forty-one years after they were initially filmed, the BBC reported...
Polish Auschwitz Survivor Sues German TV Over Inaccurate ‘Polish Death Camps’ Phrase
A survivor of Nazi death camp Auschwitz is suing German public television network ZDF for using the term "Polish death camps" in relation to Auschwitz...
A Call to Humanity (VIDEO)
Muslim leaders from across the globe visited Auschwitz recently and prayed for those who were killed during the Holocaust. The imams, visiting as part of...
German Police Arrest 93-Year Old Suspected Auschwitz Guard
ABC News - German state police on Monday arrested a 93-year-old man suspected of being a former guard at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp...
Tens of Thousands Take Part in March of the Living to Mark Holocaust Memorial Day
JPost - Tens of thousands of people from Israel and around the world took part in this year's March of the Living on Monday,...
IDF Chief Gantz at Auschwitz: “Israel Ensures That a Horror Such as This Will Not Recur”
Jerusalem Post - IDF Chief of Staff Lt-Gen. Benny Gantz spoke at the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland on Sunday on...
On Holocaust Memorial Day Obama Vows to Prevent Genocide
AFP - US President Barack Obama on Sunday vowed to prevent genocide, as the world marked Holocaust Remembrance Day on the anniversary of the...
Fundraising Campaign Secures Millions in Effort to Preserve Auschwitz
A host of countries have donated money to a recent fundraising effort by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation meant to help preserve the historical site. Because of weather...
Avid Hollywood Activist Jane Fonda Headlines Special Holocaust Panel
Actress, political and women's rights activist Jane Fonda will host an event in Los Angeles this Thursday, discussing sexual violence during the Holocaust. Fonda will read excerpts...
SS St. Louis Survivor Urges State Department to Aid Holocaust Insurance Claims
At a U.S. State Department program on Monday marking the 73rd anniversary of the SS St. Louis voyage, honoree Herbert Karliner—one of the voyage's surviving...
Estonian Newspaper Under Fire for Nazi Death Camp Joke
Jewish groups around the world have denounced an Estonian newspaper's decision to run a fake advertisement in their humor section, which featured famished and emaciated...
Nazis’ Grandchilden March with Holocaust Survivors in Poland
A group of grandchildren of Nazis, along with Holocaust survivors and their descendants, will be taking part in a march across Poland with ...
One of World’s Most Decorated Olympic Gymnasts Lives In Israel, Still Does Her Splits
One of the world's most decorated Olympic medalists is currently living in the country whose capital is known as "the City of Gold." Agnes Keleti,...
