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Haj Amin al-Husseini, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Chairman of the Supreme Islamic Council, with German dictator Adolf Hitler in 1941. (German Federal Archive via Wikimedia Commons)
August 26, 2026, 8:46 pm
Historian’s book on Nazi World War II propaganda targeting Arab world to be republished
Jeffrey Herf says ‘Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World’ holds new relevance because it dispels ‘falsehoods’ about Hamas ideology; title to be distributed by Columbia University Press
By Luke Tress
Leni Riefenstahl checks her appearance for the recording of the three-part 1999 documentary 'Speer und Er' by director Heinrich Breloer. (Bavaria Media)
September 3, 2025, 11:51 pm
Documentary lays bare Nazi propagandist celebrated for her cinema, unpunished for crimes
In his film ‘Riefenstahl’ out in the US Sept. 4, director Andres Veiel mines hidden archives to cut through a gifted auteur revered by Hitler as the epitome of Aryan womanhood
By Jordan Hoffman
Haj Amin al-Husseini, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Chairman of the Supreme Islamic Council, with German dictator Adolf Hitler in 1941. (German Federal Archive via Wikimedia Commons)
February 25, 2024, 9:35 am
A New York Yiddish center finds Nazis lurking deep within Hamas’s ideology
Starting Feb. 26, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research sponsors a 3-part webinar with scholars countering the view that October 7 was ‘payback’ for Israel’s rule over the West Bank
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A screenshot of KTLA5 footage of 3D printers taken from Ryan Scott Bradford's home one of which is clearly emblazoned with a swastika. (YouTube screenshot/ used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 24, 2023, 5:38 am
Jewish security group says it tipped off FBI about neo-Nazi arrested with arms trove
LA-based Community Security Initiative says Ryan Scott Bradford showed worrying online behavior; when nabbed, he possessed guns, ammo, Nazi propaganda, and a homemade bomb
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Johnny Berchtold and Lily McInerny in 'Camp Siegfried.' (Photo by Emilio Madrid)
November 18, 2022, 2:48 am
An adorkable actor can’t save gimmicky ‘Camp Siegfried,’ set at Nazi retreat in NY
While well-executed and boasting fabulous talent, the off-Broadway show based on a true place ultimately feels like not much more than a cleverly-written teenage love story
By Jordan Hoffman
Robert R. McCormick, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, addresses a crowd gathered to commemorate the establishment of the freedom of the press in America at Mount Vernon, New York, October 28, 1933. Prominent editors, publishers and journalists were present. (AP Photo)
August 12, 2022, 10:32 pm
Bad news for the Jews: How six US and UK media moguls aided the nascent Nazi regime
In ‘The Newspaper Axis,’ historian Kathryn S. Olmsted details how prior to WWII, press barons including William Randolph Hearst worked to sway the public toward Hitler’s line
By JP O’ Malley
The ghost of Henry Ford, played by John Lepard, kills time on Detroit’s People Mover in '10 Questions for Henry Ford.' (Andy Kirshner)
July 29, 2022, 4:52 pm
Henry Ford’s ‘ghost’ opens up about his infamous antisemitism in new art documentary
A century after the publication of ‘The International Jew,’ filmmaker Andy Kirshner revives the automaker in ’10 Questions for Henry Ford,’ screening at the SF Jewish Film Festival
By Rich Tenorio
Illustrative: Police vehicles are parked on the grounds of Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany, January 24, 2022. (R.Priebe/Pr-Video/dpa via AP)
May 12, 2022, 4:51 pm
German police said to foil an attempted school ‘Nazi attack’ by teenager
‘Police prevented a nightmare,” says state minister Herbert Reul, noting that right-wing extremist, antisemitic and anti-Muslim materials were found at suspect’s home
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Video released by Russian security forces on April 26, 2022, shows apparent arrest of neo-Nazis who plotted to assassinate Russian TV host Vladimir Solovyov, deemed by some as a staged plot by Russia. (Screengrab/Russian police)
April 26, 2022, 11:05 am
Russia accused of faking Ukrainian assassination plot of Russian TV host
Photos released by Russian police from the apparent scene of arrest show Nazi memorabilia next to copies of The Sims 3 video game, which critics say was mistaken for SIM cards
By ToI Staff
Charles E. Coughlin attacking the Roosevelt administration in a speech before the Townsend National Convention, July 17, 1936. (AP Photo)
January 28, 2022, 5:27 am
FBI files shine light on homegrown Nazi plot to overthrow US government during WWII
In ‘Nazis of Copley Square,’ historian Charles R. Gallagher argues that the widely overlooked Christian Front posed a true threat – and he’s got newly released intel to prove it
By JP O’ Malley
Picture taken on July 4, 1959 shows Italian actress Sophia Loren, American journalist Elsa Maxwell and festival director Dr. Alfred Bauer, right, at the festival in the Palais am Funkturm in Berlin. (Konrad Giehr/dpa via AP, file)
October 1, 2020, 11:08 am
Major Berlin film fest acknowledges its founder’s ‘alarming’ hidden Nazi past
The Berlinale, one of Europe’s top cinema showcases, says that Alfred Bauer, who ran the festival for its first 25 years, was a high-ranking Nazi propagandist during WWII
By Deborah Cole
Adolf Hitler and Leni Riefenstahl during the 1934 filming of 'Triumph of the Will' (public domain)
November 28, 2019, 8:18 pm
Yair Netanyahu compares Israeli media to Nazi filmmaker Riefenstahl
Journalists condemn tweet by prime minister’s son, who has a history of posting incendiary content on social media
By Sam Sokol
Cover image of Istoe magazine's article titled 'Goebbels of the Planalto.' (via JTA)
November 12, 2019, 1:03 pm
Brazilian Jews slam magazine likening Jewish politician to Nazi propagandist
Leadership condemns comparison of Fabio Wajngarten to Hitler’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels by popular weekly in article that claims ‘manipulation by Jewish colony’
By Marcus M. Gilban
Fascist politician and Nazi propaganda broadcaster William Joyce, known as Lord Haw Haw, lies in an ambulance after his arrest by British officers at Flensburg, Germany, on May 29, 1945. He was shot in the leg during his arrest. (Public domain)
August 26, 2019, 4:17 pm
The unfortunate odyssey of ‘Lord Haw Haw,’ the Nazis’ wartime voice in Britain
80 years ago, William Joyce fled the UK for Berlin to broadcast German propaganda. Bad luck and a series of poor decisions led to him being the last Brit executed for treason
By Robert Philpot
Scene from a Nazi documentary filmed in the Theresienstadt ghetto during the summer of 1944 (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
August 5, 2019, 11:51 pm
74 years since liberation, a visit to Theresienstadt finds an eerie ghost town
Unique in the Nazi empire, Theresienstadt was both a way-station to Auschwitz for Jews and a well-planned show camp to deceive diplomats about the Holocaust
By Matt Lebovic
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