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Fast Forward The Jew Who Found Hitler’s Teeth — And Carried Them Around In A Box For Days
The memoir of a Soviet military translator who helped identify Adolf Hitler’s body from the remains of his burned teeth is finally having her famous memoir about that experience published in English. Elena Rzhevskaya’s book, “Berlin, May 1945,” chronicles her effort in the post-war Nazi capital to get a positive identification on Hitler’s remains, found…
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Fast Forward The Surprising Connection Between Nazis And Nachos
Why were Nazis called Nazis? The full name of the party was the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers’ Party), and you can see in the first word where the “Na” and “zi” come from — just as members of the Social Democratic Party (Sozialdemokratische Partei) were called “Sozis.” But there is a more…
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Fast Forward Mossad Will Release New Info On Hunt For Josef Mengele
The Mossad will next week publish three volumes of documents related to its efforts to capture Dr. Josef Mengele, the notorious Nazi doctor who performed experiments on Jewish inmates at Auschwitz. Mengele fled Europe after World War II, and was pursued by the Israeli spy service to South America, where he took up residence in…
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Fast Forward Queens Man Rips Down Nazi Display In Apartment Building
A Queens man ripped down a strange World War II commemorative display in the lobby of a Queens apartment building, following long years in which the montage rankled those who lived there. “Someone had to do something, and it’s a real shame that it took this long for anybody to do anything,” local activist Jeff…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Website Stormfront Shut Down Amidst Crackdown
The internet crackdown on white supremacists continues, with the prominent neo-Nazi website Stormfront shuttering this weekend. Stormfront.org’s domain provider Network Solutions LLC has placed a hold on the site. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that the site’s closure comes after the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law wrote a letter arguing that Stormfront was…
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Breaking News The Original Antifa Were Jews In New Jersey
(JTA) — The Nazi punching debate (is it OK to punch a Nazi?) went viral in January after a liberal protester slugged white supremacist Richard Spencer in the face during President Donald Trump’s inauguration. It was reignited this month following brawls between far-right nationalists gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia, and counterprotesters, including some associated with the combative antifa…
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Life The Original ‘Antifa’ Was A Jewish Anti-Nazi Militia
While watching the recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia – the violence that erupted between marching neo-Nazis and Antifa protesters – I can’t help but think back to what was the original “Antifa”, a group of Jews, whom my father told me about from his childhood, growing up as a poor Jewish kid in Newark, New…
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Fast Forward Private School Students Punished For ‘Jews vs. Nazis’ Beer Pong
(JTA) — A student from a private high school was expelled and four others suspended after a photo was posted on social media showing them playing a game of “Jews vs. Nazis” beer pong. The student who hosted the party earlier this month was suspended and will be able to reapply to the school. The…
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