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Breaking News Jewel Box Hidden From Nazis Returned to Son
The mayor of Amersfoort in the Netherlands returned a box of jewels to a Jewish man 70 years after his parents hid the box in their pharmacy. According to De Telegraaf, a Dutch daily, the parents of 73-year-old Bert Manasse hid the box in the cellar of the building and fled to Soest, a nearby…
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The Schmooze In Holocaust Film, Reality Is Bad Enough
Watching “La Rafle,” which dramatizes the painful episode of French police rounding up 13,000 Parisian Jews, including 4,000 children, in July 1942, is difficult enough given its grave subject matter without also having to consider questions of artistic merit. With the help of thousands of French police working from immigrant registration records, Vichy leader Philippe…
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Food Behind the Scenes of ‘Oma and Bella’
Don’t miss Leah Koenig’s full story, “Berlin’s Jewish Comeback” For centuries, Jewish food traditions have been passed down from generation to generation. In kitchens around the world, parents and grandparents have guided youngsters as they roll their first matzo balls for soup, taste the batter for a sour cream coffeecake, or learn the sharp, malty…
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Breaking News Neo-Nazis Behind Attack on ‘Stumbling Blocks’ Site
Neo-Nazis are behind the destruction of 11 “stumbling block” Holocaust memorials, say police in the German city of Greifswald. The vandalism in the eastern Germany city was discovered Nov. 9, the 74th anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews. According to the Die Welt newspaper, the brass plaques, which bear the names of murdered Jews…
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Breaking News ‘Stumbling’ Memorial Hit on Kristallnacht Date
Police in the city of Greifswald in former East Germany believe neo-Nazis are behind the destruction of 11 “stumbling block” Holocaust memorials. The vandalism was discovered on Nov. 9, the 74th anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews. According to Die Welt newspaper, the brass plaques, which bear the names of murdered Jews and are…
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Breaking News Medical Aid Fund Turns Away Holocaust Survivors
A fund that helps Israeli Holocaust survivors pay medical expenses told recipients that it would stop receiving applications until next year, citing an overflow of requests. The Israeli news site Ynet reported that the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel this week suspended the transfer of funds to over 8,000 survivors eligible…
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Breaking News Spanish Jews Want Tough New Anti-Semitism Laws
The president of Spain’s Jewish community called for changes to the country’s penal code to better combat online anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. Isaac Querub, president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Spain (FCJE), said at a seminar on anti-Semitism in Barcelona on Thursday that article 510 of the Spanish penal code, which deals with…
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Breaking News $5.8M Looted Poster Collection Hits Block
A collection of pre-World War II posters that were returned to the heir of a Jewish dentist who fled the Nazis is going on sale. The more than 4,300 posters collected by Hans Sachs and looted by the Nazis will be auctioned at Guernsey’s in New York on Jan. 18, though the auction house is…
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