Posts Tagged: Germany Holocaust
102-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Graces the Cover of Vogue Germany: ‘She Is a Remarkable Woman’
Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer is the cover star of Vogue Germany's July/August issue, which is also the publication's collector's issue, dedicated to love. "When I met...
Kristallnacht and the Legacy of Jew Hatred
The ninth of November was the anniversary of the Kristallnacht attack on the Jews of Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland in 1938. The Nazis unleashed...
Auschwitz Survivor Who Helped Convict SS War Criminal in German Court Dies at Age 95
A survivor of the Auschwitz death camp who assisted a German court in convicting an SS war criminal passed away on Tuesday in Chemnitz --...
German Schools Mark Anne Frank Day Amid Rising Antisemitism
Schools across Germany commemorated what would have been the 91st birthday on Friday of Anne Frank -- the young German Jewish girl who kept a...
For the Berlin Jewish Museum, Better Late Than Never
JNS.org - The resignation of Berlin Jewish Museum Director Peter Schäfer is a small victory in an important campaign against the continued efforts by German...
The Horrendous Way a German Museum Remembers the Holocaust
The Nazi racial laws that led to the murder of millions of Jews in the Holocaust were enacted in the city of Nuremberg. Nuremberg is...
The Situation in Germany Is Deteriorating for Jews — and Everyone
"The twelve years of national socialist rule was a speck of bird poop compared to the more than thousand years of Germany's glorious past." This graphic...
Egyptian Journalist: ‘Scope of the Holocaust Is Just a Rumor’
JNS.org - Egyptian journalist Dr. Hoda Zakariya, a lecturer on political sociology, said that while “there was some persecution of the Jews by Hitler,” the scope...
Hanukkah and Christmas Lights Intertwine in Former Nazi Hotbed
JNS.org - Most residents of Tübingen, Germany, probably don’t even know that the local “synagogenplatz” (synagogue plaza) even exists. The rusted memorial to the synagogue -- which burned...
Today’s Germans Are Not Responsible for the Holocaust
I spent the past weekend as scholar-in-residence to the Jewish community of Munich, Germany -- a city where the Nazi party was born, and where Hitler...
US House Passes Measure Calling on Germany to Increase Holocaust Restitution
JNS.org - The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed a resolution calling on Germany to increase restitution support for Holocaust survivors. The resolution, sponsored by U.S....
German Memorials Reveal Clash Between Holocaust Guilt and Anti-Zionism
JNS.org - Germany is known for a strong state-level commitment to atoning for its Holocaust past, manifested through formal ceremonies, museums, and monuments. At the same time,...
Never Forget – But Don’t Stay Trapped in the Past
Films that reawaken the horror of the Holocaust are an unfortunate necessity. They introduce that time of despicable inhumanity to the uninformed and misinformed, and...
Assailants Steal Bulldozer and Attack Nazi Concentration Camp in Germany
Telegraph - A month after the infamous "Arbeit macht frei" sign was stolen from Dachau, another former Nazi concentration camp has been attacked in Germany. Unknown assailants...
