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Fast Forward A Jewish Woman Is Competing To Be Miss Germany
(JTA) — A Jewish woman is among the 20 contestants hoping to represent Germany in the Miss Universe pageant. Tamar Morali, 21, said organizers have told her she is the first Jewish woman to get this far in the Miss Germany competition. “I see my candidacy not only as a personal achievement but as an…
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Fast Forward Massive Concrete Swastika Found Under German Soccer Field
Construction workers in Hamburg unearthed a massive concrete swastika under a soccer field Tuesday, Fox News reported. The 13-foot-by-13-foot swastika was buried more than a foot underneath where a local soccer club is planning to build locker rooms. Local officials made a quick decision to bust up the swastika using jackhammers and move it from…
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Fast Forward German City Cancels Art Exhibit Over Holocaust Restitution Demands
MONTREAL (JTA) — “Anti-restitution bias” is being blamed for the sudden decision by the mayor of Dusseldorf, Germany to cancel a planned exhibit about world-renowned Montreal art dealer Max Stern. Due to open in February after more than three years of planning by Dusseldorf’s Stadtmuseum, the exhibit – titled “Max Stern: from Dusseldorf to Montreal” –…
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Fast Forward Kuwait Airways Can Ban Israeli Passengers, German Court Rules
(JTA) — Kuwait Airways may bar Israeli citizens from boarding its planes in Germany, a Frankfurt court ruled. Jewish and political leaders in Germany criticized the ruling handed down Thursday by the district court. The plaintiff, an Israeli student living in Frankfurt, will appeal, his lawyer said. “This is a shameful ruling for democracy and…
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Fast Forward Karl Lagerfeld Cites Holocaust To Slam Germany Bringing In Muslim Refugees
(JTA) — Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld criticized Germany for welcoming Muslim refugees, saying the country should not take in the Jews’ “worst enemies” given its responsibility for the Holocaust. Lagerfeld, 80, the chief designer at the Chanel fashion house, made the comments Saturday on a French television talk show. “One cannot – even if there…
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Fast Forward With Help Of Concentration Camp Pendant, Forgotten Holocaust Victim’s Family Reunited
One year after her name was recovered from a silver pendant found at a Nazi death camp in Poland, far-flung relatives of a young Holocaust victim named Karolina Cohn gathered in Frankfurt for the first time to honor her memory. “It’s a heart-warming emotion to meet family who were strangers to us before today,” Barry…
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Fast Forward Richard Spencer Has ‘A Face In Need Of A Slap’
Richard Spencer was a racist, grandstanding, insufferable classmate — but an impeccable German speaker — wrote one woman who spent a summer studying the language with him in Berlin. Julie Hill, a New Zealander, was one of a number of classmates who grew to find the future “alt-right” leader’s xenophobia so off-putting that they boycotted…
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Fast Forward 12 Holocaust Memorial Stones Swiped On Eve Of Kristallnacht Anniversary
German police have launched an investigation into the theft of at least 12 inscribed metal memorial stones embedded in the pavement in Berlin to commemorate Nazi victims. The stones, called “Stolpersteine,” bear the names of the victims and are set in the ground in front of the last address where they lived before being murdered…
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