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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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Fast Forward 400 Accounts Of Anti-Semitic Crimes In Germany Seen Halfway Through 2018
(JTA) — The number of anti-Semitic crimes in Germany during the first half of 2018 increased 10 percent over the same period last year. There were 401 anti-Semitic crimes in Germany from January through June, according to government data reported Wednesday by Politico. The vast majority, 87 percent, came from the far-right. One-fifth were committed…
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Fast Forward Germany Blasts Mark Zuckerberg On Holocaust Denial Remarks
(JTA) — Berlin issued a withering critique of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s recent announcement that he would not remove Holocaust denial posts from the widely used social platform, stating that such a policy was contrary to German law. “There must be no place for anti-Semitism. This includes verbal and physical attacks on Jews as well…
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