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Breaking News Righteous Pole’s Maccabiah Reunion With Rescued Jew
Many of the athletes flying into Israel this week to participate in the 19th Maccabiah Games would say this is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. But for one 86-year-old Polish-Catholic woman who will be among the crowd of tens of thousands attending the opening ceremony at Teddy Stadium on Thursday evening, it marks the…
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The Schmooze The Heroic Brit Who Saved 600 Jewish Children
To the roster of Righteous Gentiles that includes Oskar Schindler and Chiune Sugihara — the Japanese diplomat who in 1940 issued 2039 visas that saved 6000 Jews (including my mother and me) — one must now add Sir Nicholas Winton whose British chutzpah illuminates the Menemsha Film documentary “Nicky’s Family.” Directed by Matej Minac, the…
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Breaking News Holocaust Denier David Irving Turned Away From Berlin Hotels
Berlin’s hotel and restaurant association has warned members not to book a room for Holocaust denier David Irving during his planned visit to the German capital. The British self-styled historian – who was banned from entering Germany until last March — plans to visit the city in September, where he will address guests at a…
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Breaking News Bones of Jewish Victims From 1941 Polish Pogrom Are Reburied
The remains of victims from the Jedwabne pogrom were reburied at a ceremony marking the 72nd anniversary of the massacre in the Polish town. Dozens of people gathered Wednesday at the site in Jedwabne where Poles murdered hundreds of their Jewish neighbors on July 10, 1941. Polish Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich and Piotr Kadlcik, the…
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News How Anonymous 2001 Letter Shook Claims Conference to Foundations
A single, anonymous letter was the focus of attention as dozens of board members met in New York from around the world at the annual meeting of the organization responsible for allocating billions of dollars in Holocaust restitution funds. The 2001 letter, which warned of a fraud that went unheeded and that turned out almost…
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Breaking News Trial of Most-Wanted Nazi Killer Laszlo Csatary Halted in Hungary
Video: Nate Lavey Citing double jeopardy, a Hungarian court suspended the trial of war criminal Laszlo Csatary three weeks after its start in Budapest. In suspending the trial on Monday, the Metropolitan Tribunal of Budapest said Csatary, 98, already may have been convicted and sentenced for some of the crimes attributed to him, the Hungarian…
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Breaking News Jews Make Pilgrimage To Honor Portugal’s ‘Righteous’
Dozens of Jewish Holocaust survivors and their descendants have journeyed to Portugal to honor Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a relatively obscure diplomat who is credited with rescuing 30,000 Jews from the Nazis. Mendes was the Portuguese consul in Bordeaux, France, when the Nazis invaded and personally provided precious escape visas to Jews, allowing them to…
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Breaking News Forgotten Nazi ‘Euthanasia Holocaust’ of Disabled To Get Memorial in Berlin
Berlin has laid the foundations for a memorial to a largely neglected group of Nazi victims – hundreds of thousands of mentally and physically disabled people murdered by Hitler’s regime under its “euthanasia” programme. A 30-metre blue glass wall will stand on the site of the former headquarters of the “euthanasia” scheme in the heart…
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