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Fast Forward German ISIS Extremist Once Played on Jewish Soccer Team
A German man on trial for being a member of the extremist ISIS group once played for a Jewish soccer club. Kreshnik Berisha, 20, went on trial in Frankfurt on Monday, in Germany’s first such case, the Associated Press reported. Berisha is alleged to have traveled to Syria where he fought with the group for…
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Fast Forward Former Auschwitz Guard Charged With 300,000 Counts of Accessory to Murder
German prosecutors have charged a 93-year-old man with 300,000 counts of accessory to murder for his service as a Nazi SS guard at Auschwitz. Oskar Groening of Hannover, Germany, has acknowledged that he was a guard at Auschwitz but said he did not personally commit any of the atrocities, The Associated Press reported Monday. He…
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Fast Forward Merkel at Berlin Rally: Anti-Semitism Is ‘Outrageous Scandal’
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany told thousands at a rally in central Berlin that it was the German state’s duty to fight anti-Semitism. “That people in Germany are threatened and abused because of their Jewish appearance or their support for Israel is an outrageous scandal that we won’t accept,” Merkel said Sunday at the rally…
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Fast Forward Germany To Fund Anti-Semitism Education for Muslim Youth
Germany is ready to allocate funds to tailor education about anti-Semitism for its Muslim citizens, its Jewish outreach official said. Felix Klein, Germany’s special representative for relations with Jewish organizations, is in Washington this week to meet with Jewish groups and with Obama administration officials because of American concerns about a spike in anti-Semitism in…
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News Leading German Opposition Politician Calls For Ending Arms Exports to Israel
The top politician in Germany’s main opposition party has come under fire for questioning Germany’s military commitment to Israel. Ralf Stegner, vice chair of the Social Democratic Party, also told the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag in an interview published Sunday said Germany should reconsider its armaments exports to Israel and should never deliver weapons…
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Fast Forward Greek Island Police Chief Photographed in Nazi Salute on Trip to Germany
The police chief of the popular Greek tourist island of Hydra was photographed giving the Nazi salute while on a trip to Germany. The Ethnos Sunday newspaper published the picture of Lt. Yiorgos Kagkalos, which it reported was taken in 2011 during a visit to the Nuremberg Transport Museum. The publication follows persistent reports suggesting…
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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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