Toby Axelrod
By Toby Axelrod
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Fast Forward Photos surface showing convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk at Sobibor
BERLIN (JTA) – Photos have surfaced of convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanuk in the Sobibor Nazi death camp, where he denied ever having been a guard. The recently discovered images come from the estate of a deputy commandant at the camp, Johann Niemann, one of ten SS-men killed by prisoners in the famous October…
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Fast Forward Florida man who forgave Nazi guard may have invented his Holocaust story
(JTA) — Moshe Peter Loth made headlines in November when he hugged defendant Bruno Dey during his trial in Hamburg, Germany. Loth is a Florida man who identified as a Holocaust survivor, and Dey is a former concentration camp guard. “Watch out everyone, I’m going to forgive him,” Loth, 76, said as he approached Dey,…
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Fast Forward Two men arrested for Jewish cemetery vandalism in Germany
(JTA) — German police arrested two suspects in the vandalism of a Jewish cemetery in the town of Geilenkirchen. The suspects, ages 21 and 33, allegedly knocked over more than 40 gravestones in the Jewish cemetery in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Sunday. The men, who were reportedly wearing hoods, also defaced some…
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Fast Forward Jewish Mother Removes Son From German School Due To Classroom Anti-Semitism
A Jewish mother in Germany is taking her son out of a public high school because of frequent anti-Semitic comments in the classroom. Though her son was not personally targeted by the comments, the atmosphere at the school in the city of Offenbach, near Frankfurt, led Alina R. to make the move. She told the…
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Fast Forward 70-Year-Old German Man Beaten In Anti-Semitic Attack
BERLIN (JTA) – A 70-year-old man was beaten in Berlin in what news reports have described as an anti-Semitic incident. The victim suffered wounds to his head and chin in the Monday afternoon attack, which started with a verbal assault featuring anti-Semitic insults. He lost his balance and fell while trying to defend himself. The…
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Fast Forward German Concentration Camps Should Offer Tours In Arabic, Jewish Leader Says
BERLIN (JTA) — Concentration camp memorials in Germany should offer tours in Arabic, Germany’s main Jewish leader urged. Josef Schuster, head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, told the Welt am Sonntag weekly newspaper that the former concentration camp in Flossenbürg is already considering adding tours in Arabic. “This should be expanded to…
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Fast Forward German Amusement Park To Redesign Ride That Looks Like Spinning Swastikas
BERLIN (JTA) — An amusement park in southwest Germany’s Black Forest is redesigning a thrill ride after an online video showed that it resembled spinning swastikas. The park, Tatzmania, opened a few weeks ago in Löffingen. The ride in question, the “Adlerflug,” or “Eagle Flyer,” features four crooked arms with gondolas. A park spokesperson told the…
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Fast Forward German Historian Who Faked Family Holocaust History Dies At 31
BERLIN (JTA) – German historian and blogger Marie Sophie Hingst, whose invention of a family Holocaust history was outed in a Spiegel Magazine article in June, has died in Dublin at the age of 31. She was found dead in her apartment on July 17. Police have not confirmed the cause of death, but said…
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