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Fast Forward American Yeshiva Student Sentenced For Scratching Name On Auschwitz Barracks
(JTA) — A Polish court gave a suspended one-year sentence to an American teenager for scratching his name on a barracks wall at Auschwitz. Polish police arrested the yeshiva student, 17, in July after he was caught by a guide while etching his name into the interior wall, according to reports. The teen also was…
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Fast Forward Visitors Take Selfies With Hitler At Auschwitz In Indonesian Museum
(JTA) — A museum in Indonesia defended a wax figure of Adolf Hitler set against a backdrop of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Da Mata, a waxwork and visual effects museum in Yogyakarta, amid outrage over the display said it was “fun.” The Hitler figure has been up since 2014. “No visitors complained about it. Most…
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Life How Scientists Deciphered Wrenching Lost Letters From Doomed Jews At Auschwitz
Marcel Nadjary, a Jewish soldier in the Greek army, was 27 years old when he was captured by the SS and deported to Auschwitz in 1944. There, he was tasked with the job of a Sonderkommando — transporting the bodies of gassed victims from gas chambers to crematoria. “I am not afraid of dying,” he…
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Fast Forward Letter Unearthed At Auschwitz Details Horror Of The Gas Chambers
A letter unearthed at Auschwitz and recently restored details the horrors of the gas chamber, the Jerusalem Post reported. Written by one of the Sonderkommando, the prisoners tasked with burning the corpses of gassed victims, the letter was made legible using advanced technology this month. “I am not sad that I will die,” Marcel Nadjari…
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Fast Forward British University Put Auschwitz Picture On Cover Of First-Year Welcome Packet
New students at one of Great Britain’s most elite universities were upset after they received a welcome packet that had a picture of the gates of the Auschwitz concentration camp on the cover. Students at Cambridge University’s Emmanuel College received the packets upon moving in. The packets featured information about a welcome service at the…
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Fast Forward German Court Drops Case Against 96-Year-Old Auschwitz Medic
(JTA) — A German court officially dropped its case against a 96-year-old former Auschwitz medic because he has dementia. The decision on Tuesday came after Hubert Zafke was found unfit to stand trial for his role in the murder of more than 3,600 people at the Nazi death camp. German prosecutors submitted a motion last…
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Fast Forward German Prosecutors Dropping Case Against Former Auschwitz Medic, 96
(JTA) — German prosecutors have submitted a motion to a German state court to drop the case against former Auschwitz medic Hubert Zafke. Zafke, 95, in March 2016, was found unfit to stand trial for his role in the murder of more than 3,600 people at the Nazi death camp. His trial had failed to…
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Fast Forward Polish Tourism Chief Fired After Yanking Auschwitz From Journalist Itineraries
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) – The president of the national tourist organization in Poland was fired after noting in a newspaper interview that he had removed the Auschwitz memorial from the itinerary for foreign journalists’ visits. Marek Olszewski, who has held his post since March, also suggested a similar move for the Museum of the History…
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