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Fast Forward Monet Painting Found in German Art Hoarder’s Hospital Suitcase
A Monet painting was found in the suitcase that German art collector Cornelius Gurlitt took to the hospital before he died. The executor of Gurlitt’s estate last week discovered the French Impressionist artwork in a suitcase handed over to him by the hospital, according to reports. Gurlitt, whose uncovered trove of Nazi-looted artworks was discovered…
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Fast Forward Merkel Vows To Fight Anti-Semitism in Germany
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday she would do everything she could to fight anti-Semitism in Germany, amid reports of attacks and a spike in anti-Israel sentiment since the Gaza conflict. In her weekly podcast, Merkel said she was alarmed that Jewish institutions in Germany still needed police protection and called for a big turnout…
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Fast Forward Germany and Claims Conference Announce $250M Fund for Child Holocaust Survivors
Germany and the Claims Conference are establishing a $250 million fund for child survivors of the Holocaust. The fund will provide one-time payouts of approximately $3,280 (2,500 euros) to Jews born in 1928 or later who spent at least six months in Nazi concentration camps, in ghettos, in hiding or living under a false identity…
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The Schmooze Nazi-Themed Spaghetti? Why Not.
How about a side of Hitler with your pasta? Taiwan restaurant owner Tsao Ya-sin caused quite an uproar when she unveiled her latest Italian special: “Long Live Nazi Spaghetti.” Why the Third Reich theme? Tsao explains that the dish has German sausage in it. Tsao was also quoted as saying that she just “wanted to…
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Fast Forward German Panel Says Nazi-Looted Painting Should Go to Jewish Heirs
Art experts have determined that another painting from the art collection of the late Cornelius Gurlitt should be returned to the descendants of its previous Jewish owner. The experts, appointed by the German government, determined that the painting “Two Riders on the Beach” by Max Liebermann was wrongly taken by the Nazis and properly belongs…
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News German Newspaper Publishes Faces of Israeli Soldiers Killed in Gaza
Germany’s most widely read daily newspaper, Bild Zeitung, published the faces of the 64 Israeli soldiers killed in the current conflict in Gaza. Together with short biographies of a few soldiers, the images appeared in the Monday edition of the paper under the headline “Israel’s War Against the Hamas Terrorists: Faces of the fallen.” Among…
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Fast Forward Frankfurt Jews Drop Out of Interfaith Council
Frankfurt’s Jewish community has dropped out of the city’s interfaith “Council of Religions” due to anti-Semitic and anti-Israel statements by local Islamic leaders. At issue is the failure of the interfaith group to condemn statements by members of the Islamic Religious Association of Hessen, according to Leo Latasch, head of social affairs for the Jewish…
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News Did Germany Help Save Palestine’s Jews During World War I?
(Haaretz) – “The war had already had an impact on Palestine. Not a single gunshot had yet been heard, but hundreds of lives had already been claimed by the contagious diseases introduced by the Turkish forces. The crisis had only just begun, and the ‘sick man’ (Turkey) had already demonstrated its state of rottenness, its…
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