This is the Forward’s coverage of the Nazi regime, which came to power in Germany and orchestrated the Holocaust during World War II.
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Fast Forward Belgian Carnival Float Lampoons Leaders as Nazis
A float satirizing local politicians dressed as Nazis holding canisters of Zyklon B gas is to take part in a carnival parade in the Belgian city of Aalst. The float, which also features a railway wagon and a political leader dressed as Hitler, was featured on the Facebook page of a group called FTP. The…
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Culture Shining Light on American Complicity In Harboring Nazis
● Useful Enemies: John Demjanjuk and America’s Open-Door Policy for Nazi War Criminals By Richard Rashke Delphinium Books, 622 pages, $29.95 There is horror to spare in Richard Rashke’s “Useful Enemies: John Demjanjuk and America’s Open-Door Policy for Nazi War Criminals,” an engrossing cri de coeur about our country’s skewed post-World War II priorities. The…
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Fast Forward Nazi ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ Slogan Posted at Abandoned Detroit Auto Plant
A sign on the overpass of an abandoned automotive plant in Detroit reads in German “Work will make you Free,” evoking images of the sign on the gate of Auschwitz. The red letters on white pieces of paper in the windows of the overpass at the Packard Automotive Plant reads “Arbeit Macht Frei,” the Detroit…
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Fast Forward Jewish Writer Tuvia Tenenbom In Hot Water for Nazi Salute
Israeli-born Jewish author Tuvia Tenenbom is in trouble in Germany for raising his arm in the Hitler salute, which is banned in the country. Tenenbom told the Magdeburg Volksstimme newspaper he had made the gesture toward a group of 900 neo-Nazis demonstrating there on Jan. 12 in order to provoke them. He was accompanied by…
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Fast Forward Sylvio Berlusconi Sparks Italy Outrage by Praising Mussolini at Holocaust Event
Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi triggered outrage from Italy’s political left on Sunday with comments defending fascist wartime leader Benito Mussolini at a ceremony commemorating victims of the Nazi Holocaust. Speaking at the margins of the event in Milan, Berlusconi said Mussolini had been wrong to follow Nazi Germany’s lead in passing anti-Jewish laws but…
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Fast Forward Brazilian Neo-Nazi Gets 3 Years For Baring Swastika Tattoo at Jewish Students
A Brazilian judge sentenced a man to 35 months in jail for giving Jewish students a Nazi salute and exposing his swastika tattoo. Luciano Silva Barreto of Rio de Janeiro’s criminal court sentenced Luiz Vinicius Consenzo, 25, after convicting him of a racist crime, according to a Jan. 22 report by CONIB, the umbrella organization…
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Fast Forward ADL Calls on Conservatives To Keep Nazi Analogies Out of Gun Debate
The Anti-Defamation League called on conservatives to keep Nazi analogies out of the gun control debate. “The idea that supporters of gun control are doing something akin to what Hitler’s Germany did to strip citizens of guns in the run-up to the Second World War is historically inaccurate and offensive, especially to Holocaust survivors and…
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Fast Forward Greek Neo-Nazi Party Issues Diatribe Against AJC Visit
The Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn said a visit to Greece by American Jewish Committee leader David Harris is meant to ensure further “Jewish influence over Greek political issues” and safeguard the interests of “international loan sharks.” Harris, the executive director of the AJC, is leading a Jewish delegation to the region that is meeting…
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