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News Controversy Erupts Over Effort To Honor Bulgarian Who Saved Jews From Nazis
A seemingly innocuous move to honor a Bulgarian politician who helped save Jews during the Holocaust has triggered an unexpectedly fierce debate about the less than heroic role played by the Balkan nation during World War II. At issue is a nondescript small green sign bearing three words: “Dimitar Peshev Plaza.” A former Washington city…
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Opinion Facing Up to the Fraud
When board members of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany gather next month at their annual meeting, they must seriously consider the continued leadership of their chair, Julius Berman. Berman is a rabbi, a lawyer — first in the class of 1960 at New York University Law School — a longtime communal volunteer…
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Breaking News Archeologists Unearth Escape Tunnel at Death Camp in Poland
A series of historic archaeological findings were made in recent weeks at the Sobibor Nazi death camp in what was occupied Poland. Archaeological excavations carried out at the site by Israeli and Polish researchers unearthed an escape tunnel, a crematorium, human skeletal remains, a substance that appears to be blood and the identification tag of…
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News Pressure Mounts on Claims Conference Chief Over Fraud Probe
When the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants called for an independent review into the handling of an anonymous tipoff that could have curtailed a $57 million fraud, it became the latest in a string of Jewish organizations to publicly break ranks with the leadership of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims…
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Breaking News Claims Conference Ombudsman Will Probe Botched Fraud Investigation
An ombudsman will investigate how top officials at the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany handled an anonymous letter that could have drastically reduced a multi-million dollar fraud at the organization. Julius Berman, chairman of the Claims Conference, has faced growing calls from board members for an independent investigation into the 2001 letter, which…
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Breaking News Muslim Clerics Who Visited Auschwitz and Dachau Slam Holocaust Denial
A group of imams who toured Auschwitz and Dachau said “denying the reality of the Holocaust” was “unacceptable.” “We bear witness to the absolute horror and tragedy of the Holocaust, where millions upon millions of human souls perished, more than half of whom were people of the Jewish faith,” said the May 28 statement from…
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Culture Holocaust Museum, Turning 20 Years Old, Confronts 21st Century Challenges
When the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s 20th Anniversary National Tour comes to Chicago in June, Suzy Snyder, the museum’s associate curator, hopes that survivors and their children in the Windy City will consider donating their Holocaust artifacts and documents. “We want people to understand that we don’t have enough. There’s no such thing as…
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Culture World War II’s Unsung Heroes Get Their Due at Spruced Up Lyon Museum
A new facility in Lyon, France tells the story of the local — and largely unsung — heroes of World War II. The Centre de l’Histoire de la Résistance et de la Déportation — Center for the History of the Resistance and Deportation, or CHRD — aims to educate visitors about the role of the…
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