Posts Tagged: holocaust
‘Blatant Antisemitism’ Behind Boycott by Anti-Israel Campus Groups of Vote on Holocaust Education Week at Ryerson U, Jewish Students Say
A staged walkout on Tuesday during a session to discuss instituting "Holocaust Education Week" at Ryerson University in Toronto was an act of blatant antisemitism and “one...
Tennessee Students’ Calls to ‘Annihilate Jewish, Zionist Dogs’ Uncovered by Covert Campus Watchdog
Students at two Tennessee colleges have issued calls on social media to annihilate Jewish and Zionist “dogs,” a covert campus watchdog group revealed to The Algemeiner this...
Baptist Pastor Unearths His Father’s Holocaust Heroism in Wartime Diaries
JNS.org -- Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds never spoke about his experiences as a prisoner of war during World War II. Captured during the Battle of the...
Is Poland Normalizing Auschwitz?
What is life like in a town that's associated with the biggest crime in history, but that's also a thriving city where people go about their daily lives? The town...
German Police Open Investigation After Neo-Nazi Group Publishes Addresses of Berlin Jewish Institutions on Facebook on Kristallnacht Anniversary
German police have opened an investigation after a neo-Nazi group published online the addresses of dozens of Berlin Jewish institutions -- including schools, stores, restaurants...
Generations Unite to Remember the Shoah
I am an octogenarian and one of the few who has both witnessed the tragedies and become engaged directly in the triumphs of the Jewish...
Head of Raoul Wallenberg Center: Official Declaration of Disappeared Swedish Diplomat’s Death Must Not Obscure Real Fate of Holocaust Hero
The announcement that Sweden’s tax authority has formally pronounced Raoul Wallenberg dead “should not obscure the main issue that his family has been pursuing for...
Jewish U of Virginia Students ‘Horrified’ by Nazi-Style Graffiti Sprayed on Wall of Popular Housing Complex
Jewish students at the University of Virginia (UVA) expressed shock over the appearance of Nazi-style graffiti on the wall of a popular apartment complex over the...
Plan to Turn Schindler Factory Into Museum Reportedly Hits Snags Over Finances, Local Opposition
A plan to turn the deserted factory of famed German industrialist Oskar Schindler, who protected Jews from extermination during the Holocaust, into a museum is in jeopardy,...
Antisemitism Experts Disagree on Legitimacy of Holocaust-Aleppo Comparison During Second Presidential Debate
The Holocaust has frequently and rightly been invoked when subsequent genocides and mass killings are ignored, an antisemitism expert told The Algemeiner on Monday, the morning...
Full Transcript of Bernard-Henri Lévy Address at Commemoration of Babi Yar Massacre in Kiev
Below is the full transcript of remarks delivered by Bernard-Henri Lévy, special representative of French President François Hollande, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of...
Jewish Leaders Condemn Philippine President’s Remarks on Holocaust
JNS.org - Global Jewish leaders are condemning Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who compared his effort to combat drug use to the Holocaust. “Hitler massacred three million...
Dolls Taken From Young French Jewish Sisters Deported to Auschwitz Given to Holocaust Museum in Paris
Two dolls that were taken from a pair of young French Jewish sisters in 1944 as they were deported to Auschwitz from where they never...
World’s Oldest Working Journalist, 90-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Noah Klieger, Fears Nazi Genocide Will Be Forgotten in 50 Years
One of Israel’s best-known Holocaust survivors told a packed audience in Tel Aviv on Tuesday evening about his genuine fear that the Nazi genocide will...
