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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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Fast Forward Dov Hikind Launches Campaign Against ‘Nazi Neighbors’
A new campaign launched by New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind calls for Nazi war criminals living in the United States to be brought to justice. “Would you be a Nazi’s neighbor?”, the ad asks. The Brooklyn assemblyman, a son of survivors, said that he is committed to pursuing Nazis living in the United States. The…
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Fast Forward ‘Mein Kampf’ Signed By Hitler Fetches $64,850 at L.A. Auction
A two-volume set of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” inscribed by Hitler sold at an auction in Los Angeles for $64,850. The books, from 1925 and 1926, were sold Thursday to an anonymous U.S. buyer. They were inscribed to Josef Bauer, one of the first members of the Nazi party. There were 11 bids for the…
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Fast Forward Hungary Tension Rises on ‘Ultimatum’ by Jews Over Holocaust Commemoration
A Hungarian official said a planned Jewish community boycott of Holocaust commemorations could harm relations between Hungarian Jews and non-Jews. The government’s commemoration plans “face failure because of the absence of Mazsihisz,” Janos Lazar, chief of staff of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, said at a press conference Tuesday, referring to the country’s Jewish umbrella organization….
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Fast Forward 94-Year-Old Auschwitz Guard Hans Lipschis Ruled ‘Unfit’ for Trial
A German court ruled on Friday that a 94-year-old man was unfit to stand trial on charges of being an accessory to murder during his time as an alleged former guard at Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz death camp. Judges at Ellwangen court in southwest Germany said the accused, named by the Simon Wiesenthal Nazi-hunting group as…
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Fast Forward Lithuania Blasted for ‘Glorifying’ Hitler Ally
The Simon Wiesenthal Center accused the Lithuanian government of facilitating the glorification of Holocaust-era war criminals. The accusation followed a march earlier this month by nationalists in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second largest city which is also known as Kovno. They carried portraits of the pro-Nazi former ruler Juozas Ambrazevicius-Brazaitis. His government helped German troops send 30,000…
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