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Fast Forward Israelis Caught Dancing Naked At Nazi Death Camp
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Israeli students were caught on video dancing naked at the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland over the weekend. Workers at the camp made the video and the students were subsequently expelled from their trip by their school, Haaretz reported. It was the latest in a series of incidents involving bad behavior…
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Community Poland Must Reckon With How It Treated Jews During WWII, For Good And For Bad
The “Polish Death Camp Law” has stirred many feelings across Poland and Israel, and among Diaspora Jewry. Jail time has been removed for making a claim that “the Polish nation or the Republic of Poland is responsible or co-responsible for Nazi crimes committed by the Third Reich,” but the law remains on the books. Many…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Should Not Go ‘Unchallenged,’ Says Chicago Write-In Candidate
A former Republican congressional staffer is launching an independent write-in campaign in the Chicago-area district where a neo-Nazi will be on the ballot in November, Politico reported. Lawyer and former congressional aide Justin Hanson said he felt compelled to join the race for the 3rd Congressional District after learning Holocaust denier Arthur Jones was the…
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Fast Forward Poland Accesses WWII-Era Archives Proving Efforts To Save Jews During Holocaust
(JTA) — Poland has obtained a World War II-era archive that documents efforts by Polish diplomats to get Jews out of Europe by issuing fake passports from Latin American countries. The Eiss archive shows that 330 people survived the Holocaust due to the efforts of the Polish diplomats based in Switzerland, and another 387 were…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Denier Running For Mayor Of South Carolina Town
A self-proclaimed “Holocaust revisionist” is running for mayor of Hilton Head, South Carolina, and says his views won’t impact his policies as mayor, The Island Packet reported Tuesday. Michael Santomauro has no previous experience in government, according to The Island Packet. He worked as the editorial director of U.S. operations for the Theses and Dissertations…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Experts Urge Zuckerberg Not To Allow Denial On Platform
Twenty-five of the world’s leading Holocaust educators co-signed a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, urging him to stop Holocaust denial on the platform, Haaretz [reported] (https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/gal-gadot-to-star-as-hedy-lamarr-in-new-american-tv-series-1.6359278). “Facebook must not allow complete and utter falsehoods about the Holocaust, and about the Jewish people, to go systematically unchecked,” they said. “Freedom of speech laws…
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Fast Forward Tech-Focused Son Of Holocaust Survivor Running For Colorado Attorney General
Phil Weiser, a former deputy attorney general and White House technology advisor, is running for Colorado attorney general. Weiser, who also launched the popular Silicon Flatirons technology policy conference in Boulder, is one of several candidates with ties to the tech industry found on this year’s midterm election ballot, Axios reported. All of the candidates…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Victims Didn’t ‘Tap Into Strength,’ College Textbook Claims
An online textbook that blames Holocaust victims for failing to actualize their strength is required reading at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CNN reported. The textbook accompanies “21st Century Wellness,” part of a one-credit hour course the nearly 19,000 UNC undergraduates have to take before graduation. It aims to teach students how…
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