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Breaking News German Town Yanks Honorary Citizenship for Adolf Hitler
A town council in the German state of Bavaria voted to strip Adolf Hitler of his honorary citizenship. The 21 members of the Dietramszell town council voted unanimously on Tuesday to remove the honorary citizenship granted to Hitler 80 years ago. Last week, the council decided during a special session not to adopt a resolution…
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Breaking News Richard Wagner Protestor Clashes With Organizer of Jerusalem Symposium
A man stormed the stage at a Jerusalem symposium on composer Richard Wagner and hurled insults at the audience in a protest over the German maestro’s associations with the Nazis. Ushers at Tuesday’s event struggled to restrain the strongly built protester, a man in his late 30s who gave his name as Ran Carmi. Ignoring…
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The Schmooze Tila Tequila Banned From Facebook
Did you think Tila Tequila had come to her senses and deleted her Facebook rant defending Hitler? Wrong. The D-list celebrity was banned from Facebook for 30 days and her previous entries removed from the social media platform. This was her response: So you want to talk about hypocrisy? Ok then let us talk about…
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Breaking News Institute for Contemporary History Vows to Publish ‘Mein Kampf’ Despite Ban
The Institute for Contemporary History vowed to press ahead with the publication of an annotated version of “Mein Kampf” despite a ban by the Bavarian state. In a statement, the institute said it would not abandon the project, which it considers an “important contribution toward historical-political education” and the book’s “demystification.” The copyright on “Mein…
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Breaking News German State Will Not Publish Reprint of ‘Mein Kampf’ When Legal Ban Expires
The German state of Bavaria announced on Wednesday it had scrapped plans to publish a new academic reprint of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” with critical commentary when its legal power to ban the book expires in 2015. The southern German state owns the copyright and has banned any republication. But the copyright expires at the…
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Breaking News Best-Selling German Satirical Novel About Return of Hitler To Be Made Into Film
A best-selling German satirical novel about the return of Adolf Hitler to modern-day Germany is being adapted into a film. “Er Ist Wieder Da,” German for “He’s Back,” sold 1.3 million copies in Germany after its 2012 release. In the book, Hitler awakens in modern-day Berlin and garners enough attention to become host of his…
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Culture Sacred and Profane History of Cherished Jewish Number 18
For Jews the world over, the number 18 has long enjoyed a special status. In Jewish liturgy, the prayer known as the Amidah is also called the “Shmoneh Esreh” (“the 18”), referring to the number of separate blessings that originally comprised the prayer. In the Jewish numerological tradition of gematria, the number 18 has long…
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Breaking News Saudi King Abdullah ‘Treasures’ Dagger Gift From Hitler
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah keeps, “treasures” and sometimes shows off a dagger given by Adolf Hitler himself to a visiting Saudi delegation in 1939. This tidbit is contained in “The U.S.-Saudi Royal Rumble”, an article by Washington Institute expert Simon Henderson published on Sunday in Foreign Policy on the current tensions between the two countries….
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