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Opinion Live Tweeting the Kristallnacht Pogroms
Exactly 75 years ago, between November 7 and 13, 1938, a wave of anti-Semitic pogroms swept across Germany and Austria. This year, a group of German historians chose to commemorate the events, which marked a turning point in the Nazi’s persecution of Jews, using an unconventional medium: Twitter. On October 28, the five historians who…
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Fast Forward Romania’s Anti-Nazi King Michael Feted on 92nd Birthday
Hundreds of Romanians feted former King Michael’s 92nd birthday on Friday and streamed into his palace in the capital Bucharest to pay respects to the monarch who was forced to abdicate by Soviet-backed communists more than six decades ago. Some 1,500 people chanted his name as Michael waved from a balcony of the white Elisabeta…
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News German Owner of $1.3B Looted Jewish Art Trove Hid in Plain Sight for Decades
On the doorbell of the apartment in Munich’s bohemian Schwabing district is a name once distinguished for architecture and music but infamous since the Nazi era by association with the plundering of art works owned by Jews: Gurlitt. The discovery of hundreds of priceless paintings and drawings within has raised questions about how a man…
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Fast Forward U.S. Asks Germany to Publish Complete List of Nazi-Looted Artwork
The United States has asked Germany to publish a list of 1,400 Nazi-looted works of art that were found in a Munich apartment last year during a German tax evasion probe, U.S. officials said on Thursday. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said U.S. diplomats had contacted the German federal government about the vast…
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Fast Forward Jewish Leaders and U.S. Condemn Hungary for Statue of Nazi Ally Miklos Horthy
The United States on Thursday strongly condemned a far-right party for unveiling a statue of wartime leader Miklos Horthy, who allied Hungary with Nazi Germany, an event which stoked concerns about a wave of anti-Semitism in the country. The Jobbik party unveiled the statue on Sunday in Budapest. “Those who organised and participated in the…
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Fast Forward Nazi War Criminal Erich Priebke Buried in Anonymous Italy Prison Grave
Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke was secretly buried in an anonymous grave in a cemetery inside the walls of an Italian prison complex, an Italian newspaper reported on Thursday. La Repubblica said the coffin of the man convicted of one of Italy’s worst wartime atrocities was taken from a military airport and buried on the…
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Fast Forward Silvio Berlusconi Sparks Outrage by Comparing His Legal Woes to Persecution of Jews
Silvio Berlusconi caused outrage in Italy’s Jewish community on Wednesday after the former prime minister said he and his children felt persecuted like Jews in Nazi Germany because of hounding by leftist magistrates. The comments came from an advance excerpt released on Wednesday of an interview by television journalist Bruno Vespa for his latest book….
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Fast Forward German Recluse May Have Owned Nazi Looted Art Trove Legally
The German recluse who hoarded his late father’s trove of Nazi-looted art may be its legal owner but the Berlin government has the authority – and moral obligation, some argue – to return the art works to their original Jewish owners or their heirs. The status of the haul is ambiguous nearly 70 years after…
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