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Israel News For Alice Herz-Sommer, Oldest Holocaust Survivor, Music Was a Religion
At 110 years old, Alice Herz-Sommer died too soon. As the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, Herz-Sommer, a noted musician, was limited in recent years in her daily existence. She lived alone in London in a tiny cocoon-like efficiency apartment. But she revered life and mused on its mystery and majesty. Where others saw a tree…
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Opinion The Lesson of Angela Merkel’s Hitler Mustache
Benjamin Netanyahu casts Hitler mustache on Angela Merkel / Marc Israel Sellem Ah, the hazards of light and shadow. When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at a press conference today with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, he didn’t mean to point his finger in a way that would cast upon her face a distinctly Hitler-mustache-like…
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Breaking News 3 Auschwitz ‘Guards’ Arrested in Germany
Three suspected former guards of the Auschwitz death camp run by the Nazis during World War Two have been arrested in southwestern Germany, the public prosecutor’s office in Stuttgart said on Thursday. it said the three accused, aged 88, 92 and 94 years old, are believed to have been involved in the murder of prisoners…
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Breaking News Bertrand Russell’s 1937 ‘Dinner With Hitler’ Letter Shown at Tolerance Museum
The Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles purchased at auction a 1937 letter in which British philosopher Bertrand Russell says that the British should invite Hitler to dinner rather than fight the Nazis. The museum is part of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The letter was purchased for $4,000 at an auction last month in London,…
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Opinion Hoarder Wants ‘Nazi’ Art Back — Looted or Not
Art historian Meike Hoffmann speaks to the media regarding the seizure in 2011 of 1,500 paintings from Cornelius Gurlitt in Germany. / Getty Images It looks like the German lawmakers will be too late. Cornelius Gurlitt’s spokesman, Stephan Holzinger, announced today that Gurlitt’s lawyers filed a complaint at an Augsburg court, arguing that tax authorities’…
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Breaking News Nazi Symbols Seller Ordered To Take Holocaust Course
A Buenos Aires city court is requiring a vendor of Nazi souvenirs and symbols to perform community service and take a course about the Holocaust. City prosecutor Gustavo Galante collected evidence in the case with the help of the Anti-Discriminatory Division of the Federal Police. The seller, who has not been publicly named, sold Nazi…
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Breaking News Bulgaria Asked To Ban Sale of Nazi Mementoes
Israel’s ambassador in Sofia asked Bulgarian authorities to ban the sale of Nazi memorabilia. Shaul Kamisa-Raz made the request in a letter to Bulgarian government officials with copies to mayors of major cities, the Sofia Globe news website reported Wednesday. He asked whether there were legal ways to ban the sale and, if not, whether…
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Breaking News Nazi ‘Looted Art’ Hoarder Cornelius Gurlitt Launches Web Site
Cornelius Gurlitt, whose stash of art in Munich was revealed to the world last fall, has launched a web site. In English and German, Gurlitt explains that he is both duty bound “to preserve and maintain his father’s collection” and “open to historic responsibility” in a post on the gurlitt.info site. At issue is whether…
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