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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The Schmooze Nazi Memorabilia on the Block, Again
It seems to have become a monthly ritual: A trove of never-before-seen Nazi memorabilia goes up for auction somewhere in suburban Britain. This time, it’s a collection of “previously unpublished photographs of Adolf Hitler” taken by his personal photographer before the start of World War II, according to the Scotsman newspaper. The snaps are set…
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The Schmooze Doctor Refuses To Operate on Man With Nazi Tattoo
A 36-year-old German man is probably experiencing an acute case of tattoo regret today. After seeing Nazi imagery emblazoned on the man’s arm, a Jewish doctor who was preparing to operate on him left the operating theater and had another doctor complete the procedure, English-language German news site TheLocal.de reports. News reports didn’t specify what…
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Life Germany’s Pioneering Female Rabbis
Alina Treiger made headlines last week, when she became the first woman rabbi to be ordained in Germany in 75 years. But Treiger, 31, is not the first woman rabbi to serve in Germany since World War II. That would be Bea Wyler, who was trained and ordained at New York’s Jewish Theological Seminary during….
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The Schmooze German Police Shut Down Neo-Nazi Radio Station
How many German police officers does it take to shut down one neo-Nazi radio station? More than 270, according to the BBC, which reported this week that authorities arrested 23 people suspected of involvement in a hate-mongering, far-right Internet broadcasting operation. Widerstands Radio — the name means “resistance” — had been under investigation since October…
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The Schmooze Does the German Government Like Some Jews Better Than Others?
With all of the painful history involved, the relationship between the German government and the country’s 12,000 Jews is never simple. Right now, the German Jewish community is up in arms over the government’s apparent discrimination against Orthodox Jews. Germany currently subsidizes the training of Liberal rabbis — the European incarnation of Reform Judaism —…
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The Schmooze Slideshow: A Jewish Refugee’s San Francisco Scene
The title of a current exhibition of works by the late German Jewish American photographer John Gutmann, “An Emigrant’s Visual Discovery of a New World,” says it all. An immigrant to the United States, Gutmann brought to the striking black and white images he created the eye and sensibility, not only of a foreigner, but…
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The Schmooze Israeli Orchestra Canceled at Wagner Festival
Crossposted from Haaretz The Israeli Chamber Orchestra’s participation in the Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, Germany has been canceled after news of the would-be historic visit was leaked. The cancellation is unlikely to be overturned. The visit was to be announced by Katrina Wagner, great-granddaughter of composer Richard Wagner, during a visit to Israel next week….
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The Schmooze British Holocaust Denier To Lead Tour of Nazi Sites
Controversial British Holocaust denier and “historian” David Irving (to call him a historian, sans quotations, seems a tad irresponsible) will lead a group of British and American tourists on an “unforgettable journey” next week to Nazi sites in Germany and Poland. Needless to say, Irving’s trip hasn’t gone over well. “For Holocaust survivors, the planned…
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