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Fast Forward Israeli Hoops Star Fined $2,500 for ‘Nazi’ Jibe
Guy Pnini of Maccabi Tel Aviv was fined and suspended by the Israeli Basketball Association for calling an opposing player a “Nazi.” The IBA also said that Pnini must perform 20 hours of community service in an institution that assists Holocaust survivors, the Times of Israel reported. He was suspended for four games and fined…
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Fast Forward Polish Film Stirs Debate on Shoah Complicity
A film about a Polish village whose residents help massacre their Jewish neighbours in World War Two has forced Poles to confront one of the most troubling episodes of their past. Most historians take the view that during the war the vast majority of Christian Poles were victims of the Nazi aggression that killed millions…
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Fast Forward Swiss Army Officer Lauds Nazi Gen. Erwin Rommel
A Swiss army commander reportedly praised Nazi-era German general Erwin Rommel before a group of officers, holding up Rommel as an example for the Swiss army to follow. According to a report in the Swiss newspaper Der Sonntag, the officer, a lieutenant colonel identified only as “PL,” defended his words as “no praise for Rommel…
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Fast Forward Aborigines Reenact Aussie March Against Nazis
Descendants of an Aboriginal elder who staged a unique protest against the Nazis in 1938 re-enacted his famous march to the German consulate in Melbourne. William Cooper, an elder of the Yorta Yorta tribe, led a delegation to the German Consulate in December 1938 to protest the “cruel persecution” of the Jews. He was denied…
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Fast Forward Germany’s States Push for Ban of Neo-Nazi Parties
The heads of Germany’s 16 federal states unanimously agreed on Thursday to push ahead with a legal bid to ban the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) despite reservations from Chancellor Angela Merkel. The agreement follows a similar recommendation by regional interior ministers on Wednesday. The Bundesrat upper house, which represents the federal states, will now…
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Fast Forward Germany May Ban Neo-Nazi Party
Germany took a step towards banning the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) on Wednesday when politicians formally recommended going ahead with hotly disputed legal proceedings as dozens of right-wing party backers boldly demonstrated outside. Calls for a ban of the NPD, which critics say is inspired by Hitler’s Nazis, have grown since it emerged last…
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Fast Forward Demjanjuk’s Family Appeal Decision on Death
The family of John Demjanjuk appealed the decision by German prosecutors to close an investigation into the convicted Nazi war criminal’s death. Prosecutors in the German state of Bavaria late last month determined that Demjanjuk’s death was not hastened by medication administered at a nursing home in Bavaria. Demjanjuk died while he was awaiting an…
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Fast Forward Israeli Hoopster Suspended for ‘Nazi’ Jibe
Israel’s leading basketball team Maccabi Tel Aviv has suspended its captain for calling a rival player a Nazi. Guy Pnini, who was caught on video unleashing a string of insults at an Israeli opponent during a game earlier this week, was ousted from his position as captain until the end of the season, suspended until…
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