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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

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Louis Hofmann (as Cioma Schönhaus) and Luna Wedler (as Gerda) in 'The Forger.' (Courtesy of Kino Lorber)
March 15, 2023, 6:02 am
How a young Jewish man with a talent for forgery hid in plain sight in WWII Berlin
Now playing in the US, the German-language feature film ‘The Forger’ recounts true-life story of the spirited Cioma Schönhaus, who created documents that saved hundreds of lives
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Robert Griesinger (right) in Wehrmacht uniform with one of the horses from the 25th Infantry Division c. 1939 (Courtesy of Jutta Mangold)
June 26, 2020, 4:44 pm
Nazi documents stashed in armchair take author on trail of ‘ordinary’ SS officer
In ‘The SS Officer’s Armchair,’ British-Jewish historian Daniel Lee retraces history of obscure lower-level Third Reich functionary, showing role he played in destroying lives
By Renee Ghert-Zand
In this May 5, 2020 frame from video, Alfred Abayev, head of a volunteer group searching for remains of the WW II Red Army soldiers, right, looks at projectile left on a WW II battlefield near Khulkhuta in the province of Kalmykia in southern Russia. The search is part of a broad effort by myriad volunteer groups across the country to pay tributes to the fallen WW II soldiers. (AP Photo/Radik Nurmukhamedov)
May 9, 2020, 1:23 pm
75 years after World War II, Russian volunteers search for fallen soldiers
Soviet soldiers withdrawing under Nazi onslaught had little time to properly bury comrades. Now various volunteer groups across Russia are working to locate remains and pay tribute
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and Alyona Osipova
This June 6, 1944, file photo shows American soldiers of the Allied Expeditionary Force securing a beachhead during initial landing operations at Normandy, France. (AP Photo/Weston Haynes, File)
May 18, 2018, 1:59 am
Respected British magazine publishes defense of Nazi German troops
Far-right Spectator columnist Taki says readers should feel sorry for Wehrmacht soldiers at Normandy, who were ‘sitting ducks’
By JTA
Still from the documentary “The Waldheim Waltz.” (Via JTA)
February 27, 2018, 8:45 am
Film about Kurt Waldheim’s Nazi past wins top prize at Berlin festival
Movie explores whether ex-president of Austria and one-time UN chief lied about atrocities committed while serving in German army during WWII
By JTA
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
Illustrative: Heinrich Himmler in 1939. (AFP)
August 5, 2016, 11:05 am
Himmler diaries reveal chilling details of Nazi wartime life
Journals illustrate how the SS chief kept tabs on even the banal minutiae of his daily routine, even as he oversaw the systematic slaughter of European Jewry
By AFP
This undated photograph released by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial shows World War II US Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds. (Courtesy of Yad Vashem via AP)
December 2, 2015, 10:01 am
Israel honors GI who told the Nazis, ‘We are all Jews’
US Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds, who died in 1985, led over 1,000 POWs in refusing to deliver Jewish comrades to German captors
By Aron Heller
German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble speaks during a press conference in Athens on April 2, 2014. (AFP Photo/Louisa Gouliamaki)
February 13, 2015, 4:17 pm
Greek cartoon depicts German finance minister as Nazi
Spokesman for Wolfgang Schaeuble calls Holocaust reference in newspaper’s critique of Berlin policies ‘vile’
By AFP
Jewish men rounded up for forced labor in Krakow, Poland (photo credit: Shem Olam Institute)
April 28, 2014, 4:49 pm
German soldiers’ photos show Jews under occupation
Knesset displays collection of images from Poland and Russia
By Stuart Winer
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