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Culture They Were German. They Defied Hitler. But What Did They Accomplish?
Defying Hitler: The Germans Who Resisted Nazi Rule By Gordon Thomas and Greg Lewis Dutton, 542 pages, $30 The most famous episode of German resistance to the Nazis is Operation Valkyrie, the unsuccessful July 20, 1944 plot to kill Hitler and install a constitutional government to negotiate the end of the war. That joint civilian-military…
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Fast Forward Chemistry Professor Takes Leave After Quizzing Students On Nazi Gas Chambers
A chemistry professor at Middlebury College in Vermont has taken a leave of absence after asking students in a test to calculate the lethal dose of poison gas used by the Nazis in the Holocaust. The test, issued at the beginning of the month, described hydrogen cyanide as “a poisonous gas, which Nazi Germany used…
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Fast Forward Members Of Los Angeles Youth Hockey Team Suspended Over Hitler Salute
(JTA) — Three coaches and 15 players from a youth hockey team in Los Angeles have been suspended over a video posted on social media showing a player making a Nazi salute as other players make anti-Semitic remarks. The Los Angeles Jr. Kings announced the suspensions of coaches and players from the 14U Bantam AAA…
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Fast Forward German Billionaires Found To Have Nazi Ties Own Einstein Bros. Bagels
The German billionaire family that owns Einstein Bros., Krispy Kreme and other beloved quick eats chains admitted its families ties to the Nazis and plans to donate millions of dollars, the Washington Post reported. The Reimanns are majority owners of Pret a Manger and Panera Bread. A report commissioned by the family found that the…
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Fast Forward Republican Club Leader Advised Nazi Sympathizing, Anti-Muslim German Party
The newly elected president of a storied Republican club in New York City said he advised a virulently anti-Muslim and Nazi-symapathizing German party, the Daily Beast reported. Ian Walsh Reilly was elected last week to lead the Metropolitan Republican Club, which has counted Theodore Roosevelt and Michael Bloomberg as members. In a speech during the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Antifa Group Vandalizes Nazi Collaborator Plaque
Members of a Jewish antifa group defaced a plaque on Monday in New York honoring a French leader who collaborated with the Nazis during World War II. The plaque in the Canyon of Heroes in Lower Manhattan honored Philippe Petain, a French general in World War I who later led the Vichy regime, which oversaw…
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Fast Forward Connecticut Professor Fired For Giving Colleagues Nazi Salute
(JTA) — A community college in Connecticut fired a business professor who gave a Nazi salute at a faculty meeting days after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. Paul Broadie II, the president of Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, on Thursday announced the firing of Charles Meyrick for performing the gesture while shouting Nazi slogans on Nov. 2…
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Fast Forward Minnesota HS Student Used Nazi Salute To Ask Classmate To School Dance
A Minnesota high school student asked a classmate to a “Sweethearts”-themed school dance using a Nazi-themed proposal. The incident shook Jewish students at Minnetonka High School in suburban Minneapolis. “They really feel uncomfortable going to school tomorrow,” Rabbi Tzvi Kupfer, the advisor to the high school’s Jewish Student Union, told local TV station WCCO. “They…
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