Holocaust

International Holocaust Remembrance Day has special significance for Michael Hartogs and Fred Kader. Author of the article: Bill Brownstein  •  Montreal Gazette Fred Kader, far right, and Michael Hartogs, second from right, at Wezembeek orphanage in Antwerp, Belgium, in November 1942. They were among a group of Jewish orphans who…

news, latest-news, "It's 1944. My mother is only nine years old. There's loud banging on the door, shouting. "It's a round up. Terrified, she is. Even at nine, she knows, she's about to be taken." With these words, Dr Karin Blumenthal Elix transported her audience to the bitterly cold, inhumane…

Their faces etched with fear, Jewish children and mothers carrying toddlers walk unknowingly to their horrendous fate. These innocent victims were among around 1.1million people murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz-Birkenau, near the town of Oswiecim, in what was then occupied Poland.  The victims at Auschwitz were among 6million Jews…

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Penny Faust lights a candle The Lord Mayor of Oxford, Councillor Mark Lygo, hosted an online service of reflection to mark Holocaust Memorial Day yesterday. The theme of the service, which was attended by local councillors and faith leaders plus Oxford East MP Annaliese Dodds, was “Be the light in…

In a Washington Post editorial published Wednesday, authors Deborah E. Lipstadt and Norman Eisen argue for the radical comparison of challenging recent election results with denying that a Nazi Holocaust, the “best-documented genocide in the world,” ever occurred.  The essay, titled “Denying the Holocaust threatens democracy. So does denying the…

So who is Halie Soifer? According to her Twitter bio, she was a senior policy adviser in the Obama administration, served as national security adviser for Kamala Harris, and is CEO of the Jewish Democratic Council of America. She also seems bothered that President Trump on Tuesday named Richard Grenell…

WASHINGTON: The lingering legacy of World War Two reached the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday as the justices weighed two cases involving claims by Jews in Germany and Hungary and their descendants whose property was taken amid persecution that culminated in the Holocaust.The justices heard arguments in the two cases…

New York Times bestselling author and tentacle porn enthusiast Kurt Eichenwald is taking COVID-19 very seriously while stewing that others aren’t. On Friday, he wished for Rep. Jim Jordan to suffer after telling Americans to enjoy Christmas:Dr. Fauci says Americans should “avoid travel” over the holidays. What will he cancel…