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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News Synagogue vandal in Racine, Wis. called it ‘Operation Kristallnacht’
The trial of a young man accused of vandalizing a synagogue has revealed the thought process behind a neo-Nazi group’s decision last fall to accelerate its activities. Yousef Omar Barasneh, 22, a member of the group known as the Base, pleaded guilty last month to spray-painting anti-Semitic messages and swastikas on the walls of the…
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Fast Forward Report: Nazis who killed children ran German children’s homes after war
(JTA) — One was a former SS officer who helped murder 220 Lithuanian Jews. Another was a doctor who sent at least seven children to their deaths on Nazi orders. After World War II, both Werner Scheu and Albert Viethen were among a group of former Nazi officials who ran children’s homes in West Germany…
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Fast Forward Oklahoma woman shot after trying to steal man’s Nazi flag
An Oklahoma man was arrested last month after being accused of shooting a woman who tried to steal one of the many Nazi flags he flies on his property, NBC News reported. Alexander John Feaster has been charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon and shooting with intent to kill. Authorities in Hunter,…
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News Trump’s Nazi triangle post the latest in a series of seeming dog whistles
A red triangle. The number 14. The number 88. President Trump has again provided fodder for the critics who have accused him of using Nazi and anti-Semitic symbols to signal his sympathies with white nationalist supporters. His campaign posted the latest example on Facebook on Thursday: an ad featuring an inverted red triangle — used…
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Fast Forward Austria officially bans memorial for executed Nazi allies
The Austrian Parliament officially adopted a resolution May 30 calling to ban commemorations of the Nazi-era Croatian Ustase regime and the WWII event known as the Bleiburg Repatriations on Austrian soil. The move the comes after protests and declamations swept across Balkans when the Archdiocese of Vrhbosna, who oversees Catholic faithful in the eastern region…
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News Letter from Brazil: Is Bolsonaro a Nazi?
Even before his election, Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro inspired theories and debates about the best way to categorize his extreme-right ideology. There were no shortage of experts who openly calledhim a fascist. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, there are those who think he has gone even further. “Bolsonaro’s attitude towards the Covid-19 pandemic is Nazi,” said…
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Fast Forward I saw a Nazi flag at a Sanders rally and I had to act — for my Jewish dad
Editor’s note: A teenaged boy and a friend tore down the Nazi flag a protestor unfurled at Thursday’s Bernie Sanders rally in Phoenix. This is the teenager’s account of the event, lightly edited for clarity. He spoke on the condition of anonymity out of concerns for his personal safety. I decided to go to the…
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Culture ‘If not for the Forward, I’d never have been born.’
“So much happened in that time. My dad was really a great guy — I guess you could say, in the end, that he was a salesman. “ This is a love story from another time, a saga that transcends borders. Our tale begins in Poland, where Harry Korniarski was born, and winds its way…
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