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Opinion Real Roots of Austria’s Nazi Comparisons
Supporters listen to Austrian Freedom Party head Heinz-Christian Strache in 2013. / Getty Images Last Friday, a German magazine article quoted Andreas Moelzer, a member of the European Parliament for the far-right Freedom Party of Austria, saying that the Third Reich had fewer rules, regulations and bans than the European Union, and probably looked informal…
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Fast Forward Iran’s Ayatollah Khamanei Blasted for #Holocaust Denial Tweet
The Obama administration condemned the latest Holocaust denial by Iran’s supreme leader. “Unfortunately, these statements are nothing new,” Marie Harf, the State Department spokeswoman, said at the Wednesday briefing for reporters. “They’re inflammatory. They’re, quite frankly, abhorrent. And it’s insulting to the millions of people who died in the Holocaust.” On March 21, in a…
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Fast Forward Amsterdam Monument To Name 102K Holocaust Victims
A Holocaust monument will be erected in the Dutch capital next year naming 102,000 victims of the Nazi occupation, giving long overdue recognition to those deported to death camps, campaigners said on Wednesday. The “Holocaust Names Monument”, the first of its kind in the Netherlands, will be designed by Jewish American architect Daniel Libeskind. It…
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Music Documents Signed by Adolf Hitler in 1909 Up for Auction
Two original “Harry Potter” book illustrations, Winston Churchill’s resignation letter, a dress worn by Princess Diana and documents signed by Adolf Hitler are just some of the eclectic items put on the block by auction house Nate D. Sanders. The sale features more than 600 lots and buyers can bid online until March 27. The…
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Fast Forward Russian Anchorwoman Says Jews Brought on Shoah
A television news anchor on a state-owned Russian television network said the Jews brought the Holocaust on themselves. Evelina Zakamskaya of the Rossiya 24 channel made the statement earlier this week during an interview with writer Aleksandr Prokhanov on the Ukraine crisis. The interview was first made public by Americablog. Prokhanov said that supporters of…
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Fast Forward Albert Schwartz, Texan Veteran Who Fought for Civil Rights, Dies at 94
Albert Schwartz, whose experience liberating a concentration camp in World War Two led him to join the fight to end discrimination in his home of El Paso, Texas, after the war, died over the weekend. He was 94. Schwartz, whose family ran a local department store, was a U.S. Army captain in the 104th Infantry…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Condemn Latest Khameini Holocaust Denial
Jewish leaders condemned Ayatollah Ali Khameini, Iran’s supreme leader, for once again questioning the Holocaust. “#Holocaust is an event whose reality is uncertain and if it has happened, it’s uncertain how it has happened,” was posted March 21 to a Twitter account, @Khamieni.ir, believed to reflect Khameini’s policies. “Once again, the injection of Holocaust denial…
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News Gisela Dollinger, Holocaust Survivor Who Escaped With Husband, Dies at 111
(JTA) — Gisela Kohn Dollinger tricked death twice. Soon after Kristallnacht, when she was 36, Dollinger persuaded the Gestapo to release her husband from the Dachau concentration camp, and the two of them fled Austria for Shanghai, where she almost died of typhoid. After that, death seemed to forget all about her – until last…
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