Posts Tagged: Nazi Germany
IDF General’s ‘Nazi Germany’ Comparison Draws Ire in Israeli Government
JNS.org - On Yom HaShoah in Israel on Thursday the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Yair Golan drew criticism from government...
Sweden’s Housing Minister to Resign After Comparing Israel to Nazi Germany
JNS.org - Sweden’s housing minister, Mehmet Kaplan, will resign following remarks in which he compared Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to Nazi Germany’s treatment of Jews, Swedish...
Albert Einstein Blasted US for Not Doing Enough to Defeat Nazi Germany, 1942 Letter Reveals
In a private letter recently revealed to the public, renowned physicist Albert Einstein berated the United States for not doing enough to defeat Nazi Germany. "If Hitler were not a lunatic...
Holocaust Survivors Sue Hungary in US Court Over Nazi Cooperation
JNS.org - Fourteen Hungarian Holocaust survivors have filed a class action lawsuit in the US against the Hungarian government and its national train company for cooperation...
British-Jewish Publisher, Philanthropist, Savior of Mideast Christians Dies at 96
JNS.org - British-Jewish publisher and philanthropist George Weidenfeld, known for funding the rescue of 2,000 Syrian and Iraqi Christians who were being threatened by the Islamic...
Koch Industries President Blasts New Book Claiming Founder Helped Hitler Build Oil Refinery
The president of Koch Industries rebutted claims in a new book about billionaire families that the late Fred Koch had financial dealings with the Nazis, The Blaze reported on...
At Kristallnacht Memorial in Amsterdam, Arab Knesset Member Compares Israelis to Nazis
JNS.org - Arab Member of Knesset Hanin Zoabi (Joint Arab List), who has a well-documented history of anti-Israel rhetoric, on Sunday compared Israeli government policies to...
Washington Post, Huffington Post, New York Times All Whitewash the Genocidal Mufti (VIDEO)
It is sort of amazing. Twenty-four hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew his remarks about the Mufti of Jerusalem and clarified them with specific citations...
Washington Post Columnist: US Must Be Prepared ‘Belligerently’ to Keep Israel Safe
No matter the "bourgeois yearnings" of ordinary Iranians excited by the prospects of a newly open Iran, Iran's leadership has committed itself to remaining on a steadfast, virulently antisemitic...
Scholar: Iran Deal Fuels ‘World’s Leading Exponent of Anti-Jewish Racism’
Dubbing Iran "the world's leading exponent of anti-Jewish racism," a former professor of comparative literature and Yiddish at Harvard decried the nuclear deal with Iran touted by President Barack...
Munich Maintains Ban on Sidewalk Holocaust Memorials
With backing from the local Jewish community, the city council of Munich voted to uphold a ban on the cobblestone-shaped plaques commemorating Holocaust victims, The Local reported on Wednesday. The decision came after about 100,000 people...
102-Year-Old German Doctor Defends Thesis 80 Years After Nazis Deny Her
JNS.org - Eighty years after the Nazis denied Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport the chance to defend her doctoral thesis because she was Jewish, she became the oldest doctoral recipient...
Jewish Violinist Finishes Brahms Concert 82 Years After Nazis Interrupted His Father
A Jewish violinist played in Israel on Sunday the complete Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, 82 years after Nazis interrupted his father mid-performance and...
Remembering a Fighter Against Oppression of Jews and Blacks
JNS.org - Before he gained fame for posing as an African-American in order to expose racism, journalist John Howard Griffin secretly helped rescue Jewish...
