Nazi collaborator monuments in Hungary
Hitler ally Miklós Horthy has a bust in Budapest, Csókakő, and Kenderes
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Fast Forward ‘Europe is Soros’ gas chamber:’ Hungarian minister compares Soros to Hitler
In an op-ed in Hungary’s pro-government outlet Origo, a Hungarian minister compared George Soros to Hitler on Saturday, calling the Hungarian-born Jewish philanthropist and Holocaust survivor “the liberal Führer” before retracting his comment and deleting his Facebook page. “Europe is George Soros’ gas chamber,” wrote Szilard Demeter, ministerial commissioner and head of the Petofi Literary…
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Community A Jewish cemetery in Hungary, restored by a Christian
I found the Tállya cemetery, located kilometers away from the village of Tállya, in northeastern Hungary, by chance. I am a Christian scholar researching Jewish culture, and I have been photographing Hasidic pilgrimages in nearby Kerestir, Olaszliszka and Sátoraljaújhely and elsewhere for years. I often visit the area, and discovered the cemetery thanks to a…
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News Sebastian Gorka and his neo-Nazi ties are poised to return to the Trump administration
Sebastian Gorka, a previous White House adviser and the subject of a wide-ranging, award-winning 2017 investigation by the Forward, has been appointed to serve as a member of the National Security Education Board, which oversees a program that partners with educational institutions to teach students foreign language skills and cultural competencies. The Forward’s investigation found…
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Culture Buried For Decades, These Roman Coins Might Identify Forgotten Victims Of The Holocaust
This February, homeowners in Keszthely, Hungary were working on renovations when they stumbled on a potentially historic find. While digging a hole in their cellar, the building owners discovered five sealed glass jars containing 2,800 gold and silver coins, many of them dating back to the Roman Empire. The question of to whom the coins…
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Fast Forward Instagram For 13-Year-Old Holocaust Victim Aims To Reach Younger Generation
A new Instagram account is dedicated to educating younger generations about the Holocaust, the Associated Press reported. Eva. Stories is based on the journal of real 13-year-old Jewish victim Eva Heyman, one of the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. Mati Kochavi, an Israeli high-tech billionaire and descendent of victims, survivors and educators,…
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Fast Forward Israeli Divers To Search Danube River For Remains Of Holocaust Victims
(JTA) — Divers from Israel’s ZAKA Search and Rescue will begin to search the Danube River in Hungary for the remains of Jewish Holocaust victims. The work, which was scheduled to begin on Tuesday, comes nearly 75 years after tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews in October 1944 were shot on the banks of the…
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Fast Forward George Soros Accused Of Funding Protests Against Hungarian ‘Slave Law’
Thousands of people took to the streets of Hungary to protest the government’s harsh new legislation being called the “slave law,” and Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros is being accused of funding the marches in his native country, The Guardian reported. About 10,000 people marched through Budapest to the parliament building in objection to the measure,…
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