Holocaust

Photo illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Amazon pulled listings for English-language copies of an illustrated children’s book written by Nazi propagandist Julius Streicher in 1938 called The Poisoned Mushroom from its website after a U.K.-based charity called The Holocaust Educational Trust complained. Unfortunately, a…

Courtesy of Amazon Prime Recreating moments of the Holocaust for film or television is not an easy task, especially for an actor. Not only do you have to be respectful of the victims and their stories, but they also have to inhabit a very dark mental state in order to…

Photo: Christopher Saunders (Amazon)Late last week, the Auschwitz Memorial—the organization that maintains the former Nazi concentration camp, both as a testament to the victims who died there, and as a reminder of the atrocities that occurred—issued a short statement criticizing Jordan Peele and David Weil’s new Amazon series Hunters. Specifically,…

A century before computing pioneer Alan Turing comforted his dead soul-mate’s mother, and perhaps himself, with the insistence that “the body provides something for the spirit to look after and use,” and generations before Rilke defiantly refused to become “one of those who neglect the body in order to make…

The creator of Amazon’s new Hunters series, David Weil, has responded to criticism from the official Auschwitz Memorial, who have dubbed the Al Pacino-starring Nazi-hunting show disrespectful, “dangerous, and foolish.” The backlash specifically revolves around a “chess match” scene in which a Jewish chess champion is held captive and forced to…

Amazon’s new series Hunters, starring Al Pacino, has been criticised by numerous Jewish groups for its portrayal of the Holocaust. The show, which follows a team of Nazi hunters in 1970s America, has been accused of “Jewsploitation” for its fictitious depictions of atrocities during the Holocaust, in which an estimated…

MSNBC host Chris Matthews is taking heat for comparing Bernie Sanders’ win in Nevada on Saturday to the 1940 Nazi invasion of France. After being asked about his take on Sanders’ win, Matthews said, “I was reading last night about the fall of France in the summer of 1940. And…

MSNBC political analyst Anand Giridharadas called out his colleague Chris Matthews live on-air Sunday morning after the longtime MSNBC host likened Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ strong Nevada showing to France falling to the Nazis in World War II.As early results from Saturday’s Nevada caucuses showed Sanders held a massive…

That’s MSNBC’s Chris Matthews comparing the big win for Bernie Sanders at the Nevada caucuses to the Nazi invasion of France in 1940. Here’s the clip: MSNBC’s Chris Matthews likens Sanders victory in Nevada to Nazi Germany overrunning France in 1940: “It’s too late to stop him … it’s over”…

Chris Matthews of MSNBC after the Democratic presidential primary debate on Wednesday in Las Vegas. Ethan Miller/Getty Images MSNBC’s Chris Matthews is facing a wave of criticism after he compared Bernie Sanders’ victory in the Nevada presidential caucuses to the Nazi invasion of France in 1940. As the results started…