Holocaust

The world will commemorate International Holocaust Day, or International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, on Monday, January 27. But in Germany, there is growing concern at the rising levels of anti-Semitism. One example is th…

3-D restored Matzevah fragment recovered from Oswiecim Jewish cemetery, Poland. Credit: William Mitchell, Author provided It's now 75 years since Soviet troops liberated the notorious death camp at Auschwitz and the vast majority of Holocaust survivors are no longer with us. The impact of continuing to research the Holocaust can,…

Screenshot: Twitter (Katie Waldman)Barf BagWelcome to Barf Bag, a daily politics roundup to help you sort through the chaotic Trumpian news cycle.Vice President Mike Pence and his press secretary really, really, really want you to know that Prince Charles didn’t snub him on camera at the World Holocaust Forum. Yes,…

A video of Prince Charles walking by US Vice President Mike Pence without shaking his hand at a Holocaust remembrance event in Jerusalem on Thursday went viral, with many interpreting it as a deliberate "snub" on the part of the prince however, Buckingham Pal…

Call it “snub-gate” (actually, call it anything but that), but a new video shows Prince Charles walking straight past U.S. Vice President Mike Pence without shaking his hand. The video above was captured at the start of a World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem memorial center in Jerusalem on Thursday. It shows…

In a video that's making the rounds on social media, Prince Charles appears to noticeably snub Vice President Mike Pence at the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem, skipping by him to shake Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hand: As the clip gained …

Mittelbau-Dora was a forced labour camp that provided slave workers for the factories that produced V1 and V2 rockets. More than 20,000 of its mostly Slavic inmates were killed many of them literally worked to death. Prof Knigge blamed for the rise in incide…

Dozens of world leaders descended upon Jerusalem on Thursday for the largest-ever gathering focused on commemorating the Holocaust and combating modern-day anti-Semitism. Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron, Britains Prince Ch…

Survey on Americans' Holocaust Knowledge

By John IrishJERUSALEM (Reuters) - "Go outside," French President Emmanuel Macron demanded in English in a melee with Israeli security men on Wednesday, demanding they leave a Jerusalem basilica that he visited before a Holocaust memorial conference.The French tricolor has flown over the Church of St. Anne in Jerusalem's walled…