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Fast Forward Austrian Candidate Who Called Nazis ‘Liberal’ Quits Race
A far-right Austrian candidate for a seat on the European Parliament withdrew from the race over remarks in which he called Nazi Germany more liberal than the E.U. Andreas Moelzer, a candidate from the far-right Freedom Party, withdrew his candidacy on Tuesday, Reuters reported. Austrian Jewish leader Oskar Deutsch, president of the Federation of Jewish…
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News Tiny Greek Community of Ioannina Struggles To Keep Romaniote Traditions Alive
(JTA) — When the Jews of Ioannina gathered in their whitewashed-stone synagogue over the weekend, it was to commemorate 70 years since the Nazis destroyed their community. But the March 30 gathering also served to highlight a source of present-day sadness: the withering of the unique 2,300 year-old Romaniote Jewish tradition. Ioannina, a postcard-pretty town…
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News Hungary ‘Yellow Star Houses’ Project Spotlights Complicity With Nazi Invaders
(JTA) — In 1944, Andras Szasz’s mother obtained an admittance slip to a Red Cross children’s home that she hoped would save her 8-year-old son from the Hungarian fascists then prowling Budapest in search of Jews to torture or kill. Szasz never made it to the home. In the summer of 1944, he and his…
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Fast Forward Britain’s Tate Gallery To Return Nazi-Looted Painting
Britain’s Tate Gallery said it would return a Nazi-looted painting to the heirs of an art collector from Hungary. The gallery announced on March 27 that it would return the 1824 painting “Beaching a Boat, Brighton” by John Constable. The artwork had been loaned to museums in the United States as late as 2006, The…
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Fast Forward Czech Minister: ‘Not That Much Happened’ During Nazi Occupation
Czech Justice Minister Helena Valkova is facing harsh criticism for saying nothing much happened during the Nazi occupation of her country. Valkova, whose father is an ethnic German and who grew up in a bilingual home, made the statement in an interview which was published on the news website echo24.cz Asked about her views on…
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Fast Forward Chile Art School Promotes Nazi Ideology
An art school that promotes Nazi ideology is scheduled to open in Chile. The “Art school, President General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte,” which is set to open Friday on the southern island of Chiloe, is named for the dictator who stepped down in 1990 after the South American country held democratic elections. Posters promoting the school…
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Fast Forward German Hoarder’s Vow To Return ‘Nazi’ Art Greeted With Skepticism
A German recluse’s pledge to give his billion-dollar hoard of Nazi-looted artworks back to their rightful owners was welcomed on Thursday but also met with scepticism about how it would work in practice and whether all of it would actually be returned. The legal custodian of Cornelius Gurlitt, who inherited the paintings drawings and sculptures…
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Opinion Real Roots of Austria’s Nazi Comparisons
Supporters listen to Austrian Freedom Party head Heinz-Christian Strache in 2013. / Getty Images Last Friday, a German magazine article quoted Andreas Moelzer, a member of the European Parliament for the far-right Freedom Party of Austria, saying that the Third Reich had fewer rules, regulations and bans than the European Union, and probably looked informal…
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