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Fast Forward 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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Fast Forward 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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Fast Forward 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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Fast Forward 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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Opinion Germany Weighs Flawed Bill on Nazi-Looted Art
Art historian Meike Hoffmann speaks to the media regarding the seizure in 2011 of 1,500 paintings from Cornelius Gurlitt in Germany. / Getty Images Today the Bavarian Minister of Justice Dr. Winfried Bausback presented a bill to the Upper House of the German Parliament proposing retroactive abolition of the statute of limitation for claims on…
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Culture Martin Heidegger’s Black Notebooks Reignite Charges of Anti-Semitism
On this side of the Atlantic, the imminent publication in Germany of Martin Heidegger’s “Black Notebooks” (“Schwarzen Hefte”) has caused few if any ripples. For better or worse, the philosopher who theorized about “absence from the world” has been largely absent from our world. Yet in Europe, a surf-like pounding in newspapers and magazines has…
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Fast Forward ‘Quenelle’ Comic Dieudonne Told To Edit Viral YouTube Video
A Paris court has ordered the removal of sections of a YouTube video in which the comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala celebrates the quenelle. The Paris Court of Grands Instances on Wednesday issued its ruling on the video, which has been widely condemned as anti-Semitic. The judge ruled that one of the passages violated French law…
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