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The Beit Bella Synagogue in Tallinn, Estonia (YouTube screenshot)
May 27, 2017, 4:21 pm
Estonian Jewry celebrates revival 75 years after Nazis declared it extinct
Country’s president hosts Israeli politicians and rabbis to mark 10 years since establishment of first synagogue post-Holocaust
By JTA
Memorial at mound of victims' ashes, Sobibor (photo: public domain)
May 21, 2017, 2:12 am
Museum to be built at Nazi death camp in Poland
Project at Sobibor is being funded by Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Netherlands
By AFP
Former Nazi guard Jakiw Palij seen at his home in Queens, New York City. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 18, 2017, 11:38 am
Tillerson urged to deport former Nazi guard living in New York
Rep. Josephy Crowley says if action not taken against Jakiw Palij, 92, he 'may never face any form of justice'
By JTA
Opposition activists holding candles protest against the deaths of 43 people in clashes with the police during weeks of demonstrations against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas on May 17, 2017. (AFP JUAN BARRETO)
May 18, 2017, 4:11 am
Venezuela leader says officials treated like Jews under Nazis
Comments from embattled president Nicolas Maduro spark anger from country's small Jewish community
By AP
31-year-old Lea Heitfeld shares an apartment with 95-year-old Holocaust survivor Ben Stern. (Courtesy)
May 12, 2017, 11:19 pm
Odd couple: The Holocaust survivor who shares a flat with the granddaughter of Nazis
When 95-year-old Ben Stern got a call from 31-year-old Lea Heitfeld about becoming flatmates, he kept an open mind. After all, she is a Jewish Studies grad student
By Lisa Klug
This Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008 file photo, shows Isidore Heath Campbell, left, his wife, Deborah, and son Adolf Hitler Campbell, 3, in Easton, Pa. On Monday, May 8, 2017, (AP Photo/Rich Schultz, File)
May 11, 2017, 5:26 am
NJ man, a self-proclaimed Nazi, officially renamed Hitler
'It's great. My driver's license is changed over... I'm the new Hitler,' says Isidore Heath Campbell as change goes into effect
By AP
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen (R) and Volker Wieker, inspector general of the German armed forces Bundeswehr, give a statement on May 10, 2017 in Berlin, after von der Leyen was questioned by a parliamentary investigation committee.(AFP PHOTO / dpa / Michael Kappeler)
May 11, 2017, 3:16 am
German defense chief bids to rid army of Nazi Wehrmacht links
Reforms to clear military of Nazi memorabilia announced following foiled far-right attack plot by soldier
By Frank Zeller
A drug deal is photographed in Berlin, 1924 (Public Domain/German Federal Archive)
May 10, 2017, 8:26 pm
Did stimulants fuel Nazi Germany’s war of annihilation?
A probe into drug and alcohol use during Nazi Germany's 'blitzkrieg' assault on Europe opens a Pandora's box of coverups and accusations
By Matt Lebovic
Men sit in village square in Iwaniska, Poland in 'Scandal in Ivansk' (Blumenfeld Pictures)
May 9, 2017, 1:54 am
New documentary digs up controversy as Polish Jewish cemetery restored
In 'Scandal in Ivansk,' opening May 9, a Canadian-Israeli filmmaker charts the maelstrom surrounding Poles' relationship to the word 'collaborators' in a new nationalist era
By Renee Ghert-Zand
German soprano Diana Damrau poses for pictures during an interview with AFP at the Warner Music headquarters in New York City on May 5, 2017. (AFP Photo/Angela Weiss)
May 7, 2017, 9:27 am
German soprano brings new life to work of Jewish composer
The work of Giacomo Meyerbeer, who was attacked by Richard Wagner and sidelined by Nazis, is getting a fresh look
By Shaun Tandon
A bus and driver photographed outside Germany's Hartheim killing center in 1940, where physically and mentally disabled people were given 'mercy killings' through the secret T4 program (Public domain)
May 3, 2017, 8:09 pm
Scientists to identify victims of Nazi euthanasia
Project relies on 2014 discovery of slides of brain sections of those killed during Hitler's rule
By Hui Min NEO
European Union Council President Donald Tusk gives a press conference following a Special Meeting of the European Council at the EU Council building in Brussels on April 29, 2017. (AFP/THIERRY CHARLIER)
April 30, 2017, 11:48 am
Polish diplomat suspended over picture of Tusk as Nazi
Honorary consul in US Maria Szonert Binienda, linked to critics of European Council president, says her Facebook page was hacked
By AP
Students at the Foxboro Regional Charter School in Massachusetts pose with a Holocaust-related mural in 2016, created through the school's Holocaust Stamps Project (Courtesy)
April 24, 2017, 5:47 pm
More than 9.2-million canceled stamps later, Holocaust postage project recognized in Boston
For 8 years, students at a Massachusetts charter school have collected stamps to learn about the Shoah -- and push back on bullying
By Matt Lebovic
DP card. In a policy paper drafted on 18 November 1944, the Allies coined the term "Displaced Persons," prescribed how the survivors of Nazi terror were to be treated, cared for, and returned to their countries of origin. (ITS)
April 23, 2017, 11:28 pm
Vast German archive holds the secret to combating Holocaust denial
Increased access to 30 million documents housed in the International Tracing Service helps fuel research, combat revisionism and bring closure to victims' families
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Activists hold a banner reading 'Remove the Plaque' as Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic (C,R) walks during a ceremony honoring the victims of its most brutal World War II death camp in Jasenovac, on April 23, 2017. (AFP/STRINGER)
April 23, 2017, 7:51 pm
Anti-fascists, Jews boycott Croatia memorial at WWII death camp
Opponents hold own memorial, denouncing what they believe to be a resurgence of sympathies for pro-Nazi Ustasha regime in government
By AFP
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