Holocaust

Jerusalem (AFP) - Berthe Badehi, who hid from the Nazis as a child during World War II, has become one of the many Holocaust survivors confined in their homes to evade the coronavirus."It's not easy, but we do it to stay alive," the 88-year-old said of her current self-isolation at…

Kara Scannell / CNN: Michael Cohen will be released from prison due to pandemic  —  (CNN)The federal Bureau of Prisons has notified Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, that he will be released early from prison due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to people familiar with the matter…

While responding to comments made by Colorado House Minority Leader Patrick Neville where he compared the state’s stay-at-home orders to law enacted by Nazi Germany, Gov. Jared Polis, who is Colorado’s first Jewish governor, grew emotional and expressed how the remarks personally offended him. “As a Jewish American who lost family…

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Growin­g number of tour guides have been interr­upted by extrem­ists right-wing propag­ating revisi­onist theori­es Founded in 2013, the AfD is now the largest opposition party in Germany's parliament, and many of its key figures have attacked the long-standing culture of atonement for Nazi crimes. PHOTO: AFP BERLIN: From swastikas sprayed on…

The head of social media at Auschw­itz Museum posts photos of victim­s of the former Nazi German death camp on Twitte­r For the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz, Twitter has become a powerful tool in Holocaust education. PHOTO: AFP Every day, Pawel Sawicki, head of social media at the…

Berlin (AFP) - From swastikas sprayed on the walls to Hitler salute selfies, far-right provocations are a growing problem at the sites of former Nazi concentration camps in Germany.Museum directors have sounded the alarm over a spike in incidents, which include visitors writing messages of Holocaust denial in the guestbook…

JTA — Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial based in Jerusalem, is creating a global name-reading initiative to mark this year’s Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. Since gathering for the annual national Yom Hashoah ceremony and smaller community ceremonies in Israel are impossible this year due to coronavirus related restrictions,…