Holocaust

The curriculum is the first designed and developed by a living Holocaust survivor, and includes six lesson plans designed by a living Holocaust survivor. CHILD SURVIVORS on the day of their liberation from Auschwitz (Seventh and eighth from left Marta Wise and her sister Eva Slonim) (photo credit: YAD VASHEM)…

Wilmès’s mother is an Ashkenazi Jew who lost several relatives in the Holocaust. A Belgian national flag flies over the Royal Palace (photo credit: FRANCOIS LENOIR / REUTERS) The Prime Minister of Belgium, Sophie Wilmès, said that having a Jewish mother has been "an important element in my life," the…

Historians estimate that up to 500,000 Roma and Sinti were sent to death camps and murdered in the Holocaust, alongside Jews and others deemed subhuman by the Nazi regime. Croatian Sinti and Roma women and children, 1941 (photo credit: BUND ARCHIVES) Representatives of the Roma and Sinti community marked European…

Nintendo has yet to turn the Legend of Zelda series into novels, but Irish author John Boyne appears to have gotten an accidental head start. In his latest book, A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom, the award-winning writer of Holocaust tragedy The Boy in the Striped Pjyamas includes several…

Updated 3 weeks ago · Published on 3 Aug 2020 10:10PM · French comedian Dieudonne is infamous for his trademark 'quenelle' hand gesture that looks like an inverted Nazi salute, but which he insists is merely anti-establishment. – EPA pic, August 3, 2020. FACEBOOK said today it has permanently banned…

The ADL worked with Facebook for years on strategies to curb hate speech online but lost patience with the company after Zuckerberg said he would allow Holocaust denial on the platform. By MARCY OSTER/JTA  AUGUST 3, 2020 06:25 Facebook symbol (photo credit: REUTERS) The advertiser boycott that the Anti-Defamation League…

TEL AVIV, Israel — A 66-year-old soft-spoken, bespectacled grandfather who shies away from the spotlight has emerged as a new face of the opposition to scandal-plagued Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Retired Brig. Gen. Amir Haskel, who has written books on the Holocaust, said that period had shown him that standing…

Duke’s final tweet included a link to an interview he had conducted with Germar Rudolf, who was convicted of Holocaust denial in Germany. By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA  AUGUST 1, 2020 02:54 David Duke 224.88 (photo credit: AP) (JTA) — Twitter has banned David Duke, a prominent white supremacist and former leader…

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…