This is the Forward’s coverage of the modern nation of Germany, the successor state to Nazi Germany, which perpetrated the Holocaust during World War II.
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Fast Forward Germany Sees Dramatic Increase In British Jews Applying For Citizenship
(JTA) — The number of Britons who requested Germany for the citizenship that was robbed from their families by the Nazis had risen from 43 in 2015 to 1,667 last year. The applications, which increased following the 2016 referendum in the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, use a German legal provision that aims…
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Fast Forward German Jewish Groups Condemn Jewish Support For Right-Populist AfD Party
(JTA) – Germany’s Jewish umbrella organization and a host of other Jewish groups have joined to condemn the right-populist party Alternative for Germany – and to decry a new group that purports to represent Jews in the party. The Central Council of Jews in Germany in a statement issued on Sunday said the AfD —…
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Fast Forward Former Member Of Nazi Pedophile Sect Avoids Jail Time
A German former member of a Nazi pedophile sect, who was convicted in Chile, will not be sent to jail for complicity in child sex abuse because of the countries’ differing judicial standards, the Guardian reported. Hartmut Hopp, 74, will not be sentenced because the evidence provided in the Chilean court wasn’t strong enough by…
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Fast Forward German Court: Kuwait Airlines Can’t Be Forced To Carry Israeli Passenger
BERLIN, Sept 25 (Reuters) – A German court ruled on Tuesday that Kuwait Airways could not be forced to carry an Israeli passenger who had bought a ticket from Germany to Thailand, upholding a lower court decision that had angered German officials and Jewish groups. The higher court in Frankfurt said a Kuwaiti ban on…
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Fast Forward Jewish Backers Of Germany’s Far-Right Party Create New Source Of Support
(JTA) — Germany’s most influential far-right political party is fast gaining in popularity, and a group of Jews wants to add its voice of support. According to the influential daily newspaper the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), an association of Jewish supporters of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party will announce its incorporation with an event…
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Fast Forward German Bookstore Trivializes Holocaust With ‘Abortion Will Set You Free’ Display
(JTA) – A Cologne politician has filed a lawsuit against a local Christian bookstore over a window display that compares abortion with the Holocaust. Specifically, the shop window of the Marienbuchhandlung book store features a photo of a cemetery in Wiesbaden under the title, “kindermord.org,” or “child-killer.org,” followed by “Abtreiben macht frei,” which translates to…
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Fast Forward Former Nazi Camp Guard Deported From U.S. To Germany
(JTA) — A former guard at a Nazi concentration camp was deported to Germany overnight from the United States, where he had lived for decades. Jakiw Palij, 95, had lived Queens in the United States. He served as a guard at a Nazi forced labor camp during World War II. He may face prosecution in…
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Culture Nazi Symbols In Video Games? For First Time, Germany Says Yes.
Since a 1998 censorship ruling on video games, German gamers have played World War II-themed titles like “Call of Duty” without a swastika in sight. That may soon change. The Telegraph reports that the German video games industry body in charge of regulating content, the Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body — known as the USK —…
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