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Fast Forward Nazi War Criminal’s Funeral Met by Angry Protests in Italy
Enraged Italians shouted abuse and kicked the hearse of a Nazi war criminal at his funeral ceremony on Tuesday, which went ahead near Rome despite attempts by the local mayor to prevent it. German former SS officer Erich Priebke died last week aged 100. He had been serving a life sentence under house arrest in…
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Fast Forward Nazi War Criminal’s Son Blames Jews for Italy Burial Feud
The son of convicted Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke said his father “can be buried in Israel so that they will be happy,” referring to Jews. Jorge Priebke, reacting to rejections by Rome, Argentina and his father’s hometown in German to provide a venue for the funeral, told the Italian news agency Ansa that his…
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Fast Forward Turkish Students Make Nazi Salute at Majdanek
Two students from Turkey were arrested in Poland for using a Nazi salute on a group of Israeli students visiting the Majdanek concentration camp. The Turkish students were taken into custody in Poland. The incident last week was reported in the Turkish media on Friday, according to Today’s Zaman. The students reportedly made the Nazi…
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Fast Forward Rome Mayor Seeks To Block Funeral for Nazi War Criminal Erich Priebke
Civil and church authorities have moved to prevent a funeral in Rome for Erich Priebke, a Nazi war criminal convicted of one of Italy’s worst wartime massacres, who died last week at the age of 100. Priebke, who never apologised for his role in the killing of 335 civilians in the Ardeatine Caves near Rome…
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Fast Forward Nazi Erich Priebke Dies at 100
Erich Priebke, a former German Nazi SS officer convicted of one of Italy’s worst wartime massacres, died on Friday in Rome at the age of 100, his lawyer said. Priebke had been living under house arrest in Rome after being sentenced to life imprisonment in 1998 for the killings of 335 civilians in the Ardeatine…
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Fast Forward Nazi Experiments on Jewish Skeletons Bared for First Time in Documentary
A Norwegian broadcaster for the first time aired footage of the room where Nazi scientists displayed the skeletons of Jews as teaching aids for race theories. NRK 1, a public broadcaster, earlier this month aired a documentary about the 86 people whom the scientists selected to be killed and serve as display specimens at the…
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News Denmark’s Rescue of Jews From Nazis Driven by Cash — Not Just Heroism
In the coming weeks, the 70th anniversary of the rescue of the Danish Jews during World War II will be marked with speeches and toasts, gala performances and torchlight processions. The story of how the Danes helped their Jewish compatriots to safety on the coast of Sweden is always heart-warming. The fishermen who ran the…
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Fast Forward Italian Jews Honor Police Who Resisted Fascism
Italy’s Jewish leaders paid tribute to as many as 2,500 anti-fascist Carabinieri military police deported to death camps by the Nazis in 1943. Rome Chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni; President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities Renzo Gattegna; and other Jewish leaders took part in a ceremony held at Carabinieri barracks in Rome on…
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