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Aftermath of the Babi Yar ravine massacre in Kiev, Ukraine, during which 33,000 Jews were murdered between Sept. 29-30, 1941. (public domain)
April 11, 2018, 3:40 am
In eastern Europe, when Nazis killed Jews, a ‘carnival atmosphere’ prevailed
In a new, second book about ‘Holocaust by bullets,’ Father Patrick Desbois depicts in grim detail local bystanders' culpability while Nazis implemented the Final Solution
By Matt Lebovic
One of numerous photographs taken following the Kishinev pogrom of 1903. Here, a Jewish family stands outside of their ransacked home (public domain)
April 9, 2018, 5:05 am
How a small pogrom in Russia changed the course of history
Until the Holocaust, the Kishinev pogrom of 1903 was the archetype for anti-Jewish persecution, according to a new book about the massacre's long afterlife
By Matt Lebovic
A view of the Temple Synagogue in Lviv, Ukraine in the early 20th century. (CC BY-SA Wikimedia Commons)
March 22, 2018, 8:54 am
Ukraine to memorialize historic Lviv synagogue destroyed by Nazis
City planning to erect a subtle, outdoor monument to mark site of Eastern Europe's first Reform temple
By JTA
An undated photo of Michael Karkoc that was part of his application for German citizenship filed with the Nazi SS-run immigration office on Feb. 14, 1940. (AP Photo/U.S. National Archives, File)
March 15, 2018, 11:24 pm
Doctors to examine US man sought by Poland in Nazi case
Michael Karkoc, 99, is believed to be an ex-commander of an SS-led Nazi unit that committed war crimes during the Holocaust
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Activists carry placards and ballons during a feminist march in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev to mark International Women's Day on March 8, 2018. (AFP/Sergei SUPINSKY)
March 9, 2018, 4:20 am
Eastern Europe’s Jews are being led by women, partially thanks to communism
USSR's feminist agenda still reverberates in many Eastern Bloc countries, the only places in Europe where national Jewish communities are headed by females
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Paul Manafort walks from Federal District Court in Washington, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
February 24, 2018, 7:30 am
Ex-Trump aide paid Europeans to lobby for pro-Russia Ukraine
Paul Manafort has been accused of money laundering, tax fraud and banking fraud connected to work he did for Viktor Yanukovych from 2006-2014
By AFP
Illustrative: A hacker at work (supershabashnyi, iStock by Getty Images)
February 17, 2018, 8:33 am
Cyberattacks are costly — over $57b in US in 2016 — and things could get worse
White House notes particular concern over targeting of so-called critical infrastructure, such as highways, power grids, communications systems, and dams
By AFP
A vandalized Holocaust memorial in the Ukrainian town of Ternopil. (Screen capture: Twitter)
February 15, 2018, 7:32 pm
Ukrainian monument to Jewish Holocaust victims vandalized
Swastika and SS symbol daubed on memorial in Ternopil, day after regional newspaper claimed Jews have too much power and only 800,000 were killed during Second World War
By JTA
Veterans of the Latvian Legion, a force that was commanded by the German Nazi Waffen SS during WWII, and their sympathizers carry flowers as they walk to the Monument of Freedom in Riga, Latvia, March 16, 2016. (AFP/Ilmars Znotins)
February 7, 2018, 2:43 am
Poland isn’t the only country trying to police speech about the Holocaust
Several Eastern European nations have introduced legislation that limits discourse, though they have seen far less scrutiny than Warsaw
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A March of the Living delegation at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp site in Poland on May 5, 2016. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
February 3, 2018, 6:47 am
Ukraine chief rabbi calls for canceling Poland trips over Holocaust bill
In letter to Israel's education minister, Rabbi Moshe Azman says March of the Living should instead be held in his country
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Lviv, Ukraine (Wikimedia Commons/Lestat/Jan Mehlich/CC BY-SA 2.5)
February 2, 2018, 4:22 am
Smoke grenade hurled into Ukrainian bookstore during Holocaust lecture
Unidentified teenager said to attack lecture by historian Elena Andronatiy
By JTA
Illustrative image of students visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp site in Poland, April 16, 2015. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
February 1, 2018, 11:12 pm
Education Ministry vows it will ‘tell the truth’ to youth trips visiting Poland
Tour guides at Holocaust sites will not be deterred by local law against putting blame for Nazi atrocities on Polish nation, head of ministry says
By TOI staff
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko gives a joint press statement with the German Chancellor (not in picture) prior to their talks at the Chancellery in Berlin on January 30, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Odd ANDERSEN)
February 1, 2018, 6:40 pm
Ukraine leader slams ‘unacceptable’ Polish Holocaust bill
President Petro Poroshenko protests controversial Holocaust bill for criminalizing denial of war crimes committed by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II
By AFP
The desecrated grave site of a daughter of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in central Ukraine, February 22, 2015. (Photo credit: Oholei Tzadikim)
January 29, 2018, 1:01 am
In ‘striking exception,’ anti-Semitic incidents soar in Ukraine, report says
Israel's Diaspora Ministry says 'use of Jews as scapegoats in public discourse has increased' since 2014 Ukrainian Revolution
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Pro-Russian incumbent Milos Zeman (seated) is applauded as he celebrates his victory with his staff members after he was reelected Czech president, January 27, 2018, at the Top hotel in Prague. (AFP / RADEK MICA)
January 27, 2018, 10:33 pm
Pro-Israel Zeman scores second term as Czech president
Populist ex-communist takes 51.55 percent of vote against 48.44 percent for liberal rival Jiri Drahos, with 99.32 percent of ballots counted
By AFP and TOI staff
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