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Fast Forward 88-Year-Old Former SS Soldier Charged With French Village Massacre
German prosecutors have charged an 88-year-old former member of Hitler’s elite Waffen SS with taking part in a World War Two massacre of hundreds of French villagers, nearly 70 years after one of the most infamous Nazi atrocities. In the methodical June 1944 slaughter, SS soldiers took the small village of Oradour-sur-Glane in central France…
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Fast Forward German Court Dismisses Case Against Nazi Guard Over Lost Evidence
A German court dismissed a case on Wednesday against a 92-year-old man accused of killing a Dutch resistance fighter in World War Two when he was in Hitler’s elite Waffen SS, citing lost evidence. At the end of one of Germany’s last Nazi war crimes trials, the judge in the court in the western city…
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Fast Forward Comic Dieudonne, Creator of ‘Nazi’ Quenelle Salute, Banned by French Cities
Mayors of several French cities lined up on Tuesday to ban the shows of a comedian the government accuses of insulting the memory of Holocaust victims and threatening public order with anti-Semitic jibes. Local authorities in Nantes barred the opening date in Dieudonne M’bala M’bala’s tour set for Thursday, hours after similar shows were banned…
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Fast Forward French Athletes Defend ‘Nazi’ Quenelle Salute
French athletes have defended fellow players who performed the quenelle gesture, which is widely seen as anti-Semitic and echoing the Nazi salute. Meanwhile, popular French soccer player Alexy Bosetti said a picture of him performing the gesture was merely him showing off a tattoo. The founder of the Nice Dolphins – a French team playing…
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Opinion Ani DiFranco’s Slave Plantation Gaffe
At first glance, it seems that Ani DiFranco has become the latest example of how a mix of star-fueled insulation from the real world and white privilege can lead to bad public relations. After an Internet-inspired backlash, the feminist singer-songwriter has canceled a musical retreat at a former slave plantation in Louisiana, now a resort…
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Fast Forward ‘Quenelle’ Comic Dieudonne Hit With Paris Bomb Threat
French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala complained to police about threats to blow up the theater in which he performs. The bomb threat was made Thursday against the Main D’Or theater, which Dieudonne operates, in Paris’ 11th arrondissement, according to MetroNews.fr. Police rushed to the scene but found no explosives. Performances by Dieudonne, a professed anti-Semite…
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Opinion How ‘Quenelle’ Salute Creator Dieudonne Built Bridge to Anti-Semitic Far Fight
The comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala, according to French authorities, is under investigation for inciting racial hatred. They have also urged city officials to consider barring Dieudonné from public performances during his upcoming tour. Prodding the government to act was the video clip of Dieudonné’s current show in Paris, when he mentions the name of Patrick…
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Fast Forward French Police Hunt Man for Anti-Semitic ‘Quenelle’ Hate Spree
French police are searching for a man who performed an anti-Semitic gesture at three locales connected to the murder of Jews. The search for the man, whose identity is not yet known, began last week after a photo of him surfaced online in which he performed the quenelle, a quasi-Nazi salute, in front of the…
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