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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The Schmooze Jesse James Has More Nazi Photos
Jesse James — the much-reviled, philandering ex of Sandra Bullock — sure looks happy in photos that appear in Us magazine this week. Unfortunately, he’s grinning as a passenger in his car gives a Nazi salute. Us, which last spring published a 2004 snapshot of James donning a Nazi cap and giving a “Sieg Heil”…
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The Schmooze Could ‘The King’s Speech’ Oscar Hopes be derailed by Holocaust-Themed Smear Campaign?
The Holocaust, for better or worse, turns up at the Academy Awards as often as Meryl Streep. The genocide has been so ubiquitous in recent years — in movies ranging from “The Reader” to “Inglourious Basterds” — that next month’s Oscars will be notable partly for the absence of films that address it. That hasn’t…
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The Schmooze Is It Immoral To Re-Steal Previously Looted Holocaust Memorabilia?
For a Jewish visitor to Poland, is it moral to steal souvenirs that may have themselves been looted from Jewish homes during the Holocaust? Not according to yesterday’s Ethicist column in the New York Times Magazine. “Traveling in Poland, I visited antique stores offering Jewish items — menorahs, mezuzas — that seemed more than 65…
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The Schmooze Hitler-Mocking Dog Makes Nazis Angry
The Forward recently reported on the heroic exploits of Wojtek, the Nazi-fighting Polish bear. Now comes belated news of another animal who antagonized the Germans in World War II. Jackie, a mutt belonging to Finnish pharmaceutical tycoon Tor Burg, was trained to imitate Hitler by his Nazi-hating owners, according to newly released documents cited by…
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The Schmooze Gays Were Behind the Nazi Party and Other Strange Allegations
Gay people were behind the rise of the Nazi party during World War II. And now, they’re trying to suppress a book about their role. If you believe the right-wing web site World Net Daily, this isn’t wingnut fiction, but historical fact. And independent-media site AlterNet is reporting that World Net Daily is not only…
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The Schmooze Slideshow: The Pen That Satirized the Sword
To see the splendid new exhibit of caricatures and miniature drawings by Polish-born Jewish illustrator Arthur Szyk (1894-1951), on view until March 27 at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor, you first have to walk through several galleries of religious paintings devoted to Christian saints, Madonnas with child, and Christ on the cross. Szyk’s pictures also…
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The Schmooze Gershom Scholem’s Brother
Many years ago, while researching German supporters of Holocaust reparations, I went in search of information on the social-democratic politician Kurt Schumacher. I found what I was looking for, but right next to Schumacher’s listing in an encyclopedia was a surprise: “Scholem, Werner, * 29.12.1895 Berlin, † 17.7.1940 KZ Buchenwald; konfessionslos.” It was Gershom Scholem’s…
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The Schmooze Report Finds German Civil Servants Contributed to Nazi Efforts
Nearly seven decades after the fact, the history of Germany during the Nazi years continues to metastasize. The New York Times reports that German Foreign Ministry documents have opened a chilling new window on the mass murder of Jews. “What is coming to light now — and causing a major debate in Germany over the…
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