Posts Tagged: holocaust
Memorial Dedicated to Albanians Who Rescued Jews During Holocaust: ‘An Inspiring Story of Humanity, Courage and Honor’
A memorial to Albanians who rescued Jews during the Holocaust, established jointly by the US and Albania, was dedicated on Thursday, with the US ambassador...
Kansas Newspaper Publisher Apologizes for Posting Cartoon Comparing Coronavirus Regulations to Holocaust
The publisher of a local Kansas newspaper who posted an antisemitic cartoon comparing coronavirus regulations to the Holocaust apologized on Sunday after being initially defiant. The...
German Prosecutors Call for Three-Year Jail Sentence for Ex-Nazi Death Camp Guard
A 93-year-old man standing trial in Germany for his role in the Holocaust should be given a prison sentence of three years, prosecutors said on...
Controversy Erupts After Kansas Newspaper Publishes Cartoon Comparing Order to Wear Masks to the Holocaust
Controversy erupted over the weekend after a Kansas newspaper posted a cartoon comparing an order to wear masks due to the coronavirus pandemic to the...
New Book Tells Tale of Black US Soldiers Who Took in Jewish Holocaust Survivors After Liberating Nazi Camps
Lieutenant John L. Withers Sr. knew he was breaking military rules but did so anyway. He took in two young Jewish Polish Holocaust survivors just after...
Germany Praised by Top Jewish Group for Contributing Another 60 Million Euros to Preservation of Auschwitz-Birkenau Site
Germany said this week that it would provide an additional 60 million euros for the preservation of the remains of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, drawing...
Illegitimate Children of Jews Evicted by Nazis Are German Citizens, Court Rules
A US woman born to a Jewish father stripped of his German citizenship by the Nazis in 1938 cannot be denied naturalization for being an illegitimate child,...
Notorious Ex-UK Labour Activist Jackie Walker Claims People Only Care About Holocaust Because Victims Were White
A former UK Labour party member expelled for antisemitism retweeted a conspiracy theory article on Tuesday minimizing the significance of the Holocaust and claiming people...
Congress’ Grassroots Effort to Make ‘Never Again’ Resound in Classrooms Across America
JNS.org - Amid the rise in antisemitism in the United States and abroad, President Donald Trump signed the Never Again Education Act last month as...
As 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day Approaches, a 96-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Recounts His Experience
A 96-year-old Jewish man who escaped to Scotland during the Holocaust recounted his feelings about the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, saying,...
A Holocaust Story of Leadership, Resilience and Survival
JNS.org - Mira Rosenblatt will never forget August 12, 1942. On that day, the teenager was among the 30,000 Jews living in the Sosnowiec Ghetto...
Let Us Remember What the Survivors Can’t Forget
JNS.org - Holocaust survivors do not need annual ceremonies to remind them of the Nazi atrocities that they endured or of the family members that...
Taking ‘Never Again’ Seriously on Campus and Beyond
“Never again.” Ever since the final concentration camp was shut down in 1945, the world has clung to this mantra, and with good reason. Yet,...
‘Each One of Us Is a Slap in the Face of Hitler’
"This document saved my life." This is what Kurt Maier tells schoolchildren in Germany about his multi-stamped visa when he speaks to them regarding his successful...
