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Fast Forward Latvian Nazi SS Veterans March in Annual Riga Parade
Latvians who fought in the local unit of Nazi Germany’s Waffen SS held their annual parade on Sunday, an event which the government feared could raise tensions with Russia as former Soviet states watch events in Ukraine with growing concern. Around 1,500 people – veterans in their 80s and 90s and their supporters – marched…
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Fast Forward Latvia Minister Fired for Nazi Veterans March
Latvia’s prime minister said she would fire a cabinet minister planning to march with local SS veterans. Einars Cilinskis, Latvia’s minister for environment and regional development, said he would attend the March 16 rally in Riga, Reuters reported Friday. Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma’s spokesman Andis Blinds said: “Taking into account that the minister has said…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Denier Runs for Paris City Council
France’s far-right National Front party placed a Holocaust denier on its list of candidates for the municipal elections in Paris. The candidate, Pierre Panet, wrote in 2012 that he “shares the analysis of Roger Garaudy,” a convicted Holocaust denier. The L’Express daily reported on his candidacy Wednesday. The same year, he told the AFP news…
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Fast Forward New Yorker Sues Munich Collector for Return of Nazi-Looted Art
A New York man has gone to court for the return of several Nazi-looted artworks from the controversial collection of Cornelius Gurlitt in Munich. David Toren, 88, whose father and uncle were art collectors in the prewar German city of Breslau, sued in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., court earlier this month to demand…
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Fast Forward Latvia Warns Against Nazi Veterans March Amid Ukraine Tension
Latvia’s government warned people to avoid an annual march of World War Two Waffen SS veterans through its capital Riga on Sunday, citing tensions over Ukraine. Many of Latvia’s large Russian-speaking minority say the event distorts history, honours Nazism and insults the victims of the conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intervention in Ukraine’s Crimea, on…
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Fast Forward France Set To Return Nazi-Looted Art
Ahead of the French premier of a Hollywood film on art looted by Nazi Germany, France has announced the restitution of three precious paintings. The paintings are to be returned Tuesday, one day before the premiere in France of “The Monuments Men,” a film on Nazi-looted art starring George Clooney. The conjunction of these two…
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Fast Forward Greek Court Convicts Doctor Who Posted ‘Jews Not Welcome’ Sign
A Greek doctor who posted a “Jews Not Welcome” sign outside his office has been convicted and given a 16-month suspended jail sentence for inciting racial hatred. The doctor, a 57-year-old neurologist from the northern city of Thessaloniki, identified as Costas Kastaniotis, also was convicted of illegally possessing weapons on Friday in a court in…
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Opinion Why French Jews Should Fear Islamophobia
French far-right Front National party leader Marine Le Pen / Getty Images Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s right-wing Front National party, is well known for her Islamophobic statements. This is a woman who has compared the presence of four million Muslims in her country to the Nazi occupation of France during World War…
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