Holocaust

STUFF Labour MP Sarah Pallett is heckled by anti-vax protesters at the Christchurch Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony on Thursday night. Christchurch’s Holocaust remembrance ceremony organisers want a public apology from anti-vaccine protesters whose “appalling behaviour” manipulated the event into their own agenda. A crowd of about 50 rowdy protesters refusing to…

epa09713228 An illustration pictures shows Art Spiegelman's graphic novel 'Maus' being read in Los Angeles, California, USA, 27 January 2022. A school board in Tennessee bans the Pulitzer prize-winning novel about the Holocaust from being taught in its classrooms. EPA-EFE/ETIENNE LAURENT By Steve Gorman The 10-0 vote by the McMinn…

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now   For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS   | Updated: Friday, January 28, 2022, 8:19 Washington, Jan 28: A seminal memoir of the Holocaust and its aftermath has been banned by a Tennessee school district over accusations it contains "swear words" and depictions of nudity. "Maus"…

A SCHOOL BOARD in the US state of Tennessee has added to a surge in book bans by conservatives with an order to remove Maus, an award-winning 1986 graphic novel on the Holocaust, from local student libraries. Author Art Spiegelman told CNN today – which is International Holocaust Remembrance Day…

The first time I saw the cover of Art Spiegelman’s “Maus,” I stopped cold. The drawing on its cover depicts two mice huddled under a large, menacing swastika and the face of a cat sporting the same narrow mustache as that of Adolf Hitler. My own experience with “Maus” demonstrates…

BBC Two produced a moving documentary about Holocaust survivors being painted as part of a Prince of Wales-commissioned project Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper attends an exhibition called ‘Seven Portraits: Surviving the Holocaust’, which has been commissioned by the Prince of Wales Credit: Getty If you were able to watch Survivors:…

President Isaac Herzog on Thursday warned of rising antisemitism, saying “the shock is wearing off” of Nazi Germany’s genocide of six million Jews in the Holocaust. Herzog issued the warning at a ceremony for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which has been marked each January 27 since United Nations member states…

Mickey Levy, Speaker of the Knesset, reacts during the commemoration of the "Day of Remembrance of the Victims of National Socialism". Photo / AP Survivors recalled their agony to a world they fear is forgetting, Israel's parliamentary speaker wept in the German parliament and politicians warned of a resurgence of…

Residents described theft, beatings, torture and at least one killing of an unarmed civilian at the hands of Russian soldiers. Read More

Exhibits and online programs spotlighting one of history’s darkest events were planned Thursday for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating when Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp in Europe in 1945. Educating citizens about the horrors of the Nazi era is essential to guarding the future, says Simmy Allen, international…