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Writer: Toby Axelrod

April 8, 2013
1:07 pm

A gravely ill Gilbert Michlin, the Auschwitz tattoo showing on his arm, is comforted by his wife, Mireille, August 2012. (photo credit: Toby Axelrod/JTA)

A Holocaust survivor stonewalled by Siemens

Gilbert Michlin died without getting answers from the German mega-company that enslaved and saved him at Auschwitz

By Toby Axelrod

December 26, 2012
1:52 pm

The main Holocaust memorial in Berlin features an above-ground, abstract monument resembling tombstones. (Plano Light/Creative Commons via JTA)

Come for the Holocaust museums, stay for the dance clubs and art

With its tragic history and growing Jewish population, Berlin offers a compelling, sometimes jarring mix of tourist activities

By Toby Axelrod

June 27, 2012
3:27 am

Lt. Col. Bernhard Fischer, a Jewish officer in the protocol branch, in his office at the German Federal Ministry of Defense. (photo credit: Toby Axelrod/JTA)

Germany’s Jewish patriots find a home in the military

In today’s Bundeswehr, soldiers of all stripes face the same risks. But for many ‘Jewish patriots,’ the past is always present

By Toby Axelrod

June 19, 2012
2:40 pm

Over 12 million copies of 'Mein Kampf' have been sold. (photo credit: dccarbone/CC-BY, vi Flickr)

Playing with, or putting out, the Holocaust fascination fire?

While experts say German plans for ‘Mein Kampf’ excerpts in schools is a way to demystify the Hitler tome, critics prefer to keep it taboo

By Toby Axelrod

April 2, 2012
5:44 am

The Historical Synagogue (1904-1967) of Berlin's Congregation Adass Yisroel.

Ghost congregation?

A court ruling against a historic Berlin shul suggests its reported congregants are a fiction

By Toby Axelrod