Posts Tagged: Nazi Germany
Macron Plan to Pay WWI Tribute to Nazi Collaborator Petain Stirs Anger
President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday it was "legitimate" to pay tribute to Marshal Philippe Petain, who led the French army to victory in World...
New Eichmann Film Puts the Lie to Hannah Arendt’s ‘Banality of Evil’
One of the most notorious lines -- and lies -- that grew out of the trial of Adolph Eichmann for his important role in the...
Canada Will Formally Apologize for Turning Away Jewish Refugees in 1939
JNS.org - Canada will formally apologize for turning away a boat full of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany in 1939. Speaking at a Jewish fundraiser for March...
80 Years On, Austria’s Jews Renew Demand for Holocaust Reparations
JNS.org - On the eve of the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria, or Anschluss, Holocaust survivors in Israel are calling on Vienna to provide...
A Wartime Tragedy Resurfaces in Berlinale Refugee Study
Decades after he won a Silver Bear prize for a pioneering film about the fate of Jews fleeing Nazi Germany, Swiss director Markus Imhoof returns...
Judge: New York’s Met Can Keep Picasso Sold During Nazi Flight
A US judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking the return by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan of a Pablo Picasso masterpiece that...
Israel Slams Polish Bill Banning Statements Implicating Poland in Holocaust
Israel called on Poland on Saturday to amend a bill approved this week by Polish lawmakers that would make it illegal to suggest Poland bore...
Japan Prime Minister Abe Honors ‘Japanese Schindler’ Chiune Sugihara in Lithuania
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the former Japanese consulate in Lithuania on Sunday to commemorate a Japanese diplomat credited with saving an estimated 6,000...
Netanyahu: Iran, Like Nazi Germany, Has ‘Ruthless Commitment to Kill Jews’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised concerns over the threat posed against Israel by Iran while addressing the Saban Forum taking place in Washington, D.C. via satellite from...
Responding to the European Crusade Against Jewish Ritual
It comes as no surprise to me that more European countries are trying to make life difficult for Jews in various ways. But, how should...
Wielding the Holocaust Stick
JNS.org - In late November, radical protesters in London attacked a Jewish communal building. As they wrestled with police at the gates, they screamed abuse about...
How Post-World War II Kismet Brought a German-Jewish Refugee Into the Arms of a US Army Veteran Who Fought Against the Nazis
A unique American love story captured ABC News audiences on Friday -- with the protagonists of the tale telling of the kismet that brought them together,...
Israel’s Ben-Gurion University Receives Historic $400 Million Donation
JNS.org - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has received a $400 million donation, the largest donation ever made to any Israeli educational institution. The donation...
A Personal Take on Victory Day and Honoring Russian-Jewish WWII Veterans (VIDEO)
JNS.org - While Israel’s annual Holocaust commemoration day, Yom HaShoah, has now passed, another memorial day took place May 9. On what is known as "Victory Day," or simply as...
