Holocaust

The 200-page report issued Wednesday was mandated by the Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today Act, or JUST Act of 2017. By MARCY OSTER/JTA  AUGUST 2, 2020 11:49 The Company for Location & Restitution of Holocaust Victims' Assets (photo credit: courtesy) The State Department released a report that assesses the progress…

According to the report, “Jewish communities throughout Europe continue to face challenges in recovering or receiving compensation for communal and religious properties..." The seal of the United States Department of State is seen in Washington, US, January 26, 2017. (photo credit: REUTERS) WASHINGTON - The US Department of State has…

In digital campaign, message to Zuckerberg is “Holocaust denial posts on Facebook are hate speech and must be removed!” Facebook logo is reflected in glasses in this picture illustration taken April 1, 2019 (photo credit: REUTERS) Well-known survivors of the Holocaust from around the world began a new online campaign…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is criticizing a number of eastern and central European nations, including Poland, for failing to compensate Holocaust victims and their families and communities for property seized during Nazi occupation in World War II as the numbers of survivors dwindles due to age.In a report…

The basements were opened after the war, but they were left open without moving the bodies with a sign marking it as the place of a mass murder. Mass grave of Holocaust victims in the Ukraine. (photo credit: MIKHAIL YEHUDANIN) The bodies of 286 Jewish people, mostly women and children,…

The municipality of Düsseldorf posted a public service announcement featuring Farid Bang on its Facebook page Wednesday. By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA  JULY 25, 2020 10:55 German rapper Farid Bang poses during a photocall upon arrival for the 2018 Echo Music Award ceremony in Berlin, Germany April 12, 2018. (photo credit: AXEL…

A 69-year-old woman was arrested in connection with the murder. By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA  JULY 25, 2020 07:59 Medical specialists wearing protective gear push a stretcher while relocating a non-transparent bag, which presumably contains a human body, outside a hospital for patients infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the outskirts…

The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each.1. Hugo Rifkind in The Timeson pointing the finger at villainsOur weird politics can’t all be blamed on Russia“If feels like a damp squib, the main reason will be because the…

After the events of World War II, many Nazi war criminals took refuge in Argentina under the rule of Juan Perón. SUPREME COURT judges deliberate in the courthouse at Jerusalem’s Beit Ha’am before delivering their verdict at the appeal of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in 1961 (photo credit: GPO)…

A 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard apologised to Holocaust victims at a Hamburg court on Monday, ahead of the verdict in a high-profile trial over his complicity in World War II atrocities."Today I would like to apologise to those who went through the hell of this madness, as well…