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Fast Forward Germany Charges Official With Incitement for Death Camp Tattoos
A far-right German politician has been charged with incitement for publicly displaying a large tattoo of the Auschwitz death camp on his back. Prosecutors announced Wednesday that Marcel Zech, a county council member near Berlin, is accused of violating Germany’s ban on the public display of Nazi symbols, The Associated Press reported. Zech’s tattoo was…
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Fast Forward Obama Likens Syrian Refugees to Jews Fleeing Nazis
Echoing a slate of Jewish groups, President Barack Obama likened Syrian refugees to Jewish refugees in the 1930s. “Scripture tells us, ‘For we are strangers before you, and sojourners, as were all our fathers, we are strangers before you,’” Obama said Tuesday at a naturalization ceremony at the National Archives. “In the Mexican immigrant today,…
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Fast Forward Poland Debunks Nazi Gold Train Claims
Scientists have debunked claims that a Nazi-era train carrying guns and gold is located in a tunnel in southern Poland. Amateur treasure hunters Piotr Koper and Andreas Richter first made the claims in September, sparking worldwide intrigue, with journalists from all over descending on a mining town. However after a team of scientists spent a…
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Fast Forward Trump Protester Shouts Nazi Salute at Campaign Rally
A protester at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Las Vegas shouted a Nazi-era salute at the Republican presidential candidate. A protester identified by NBC News as a large middle-aged man shouted “Sieg Heil” at the rally Monday evening as another protester was dragged away by security services, NBC reported. About 10 members of a…
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The Schmooze Taylor Swift is No ‘Nazi Barbie,’ Jewish Group Tells Camille Paglia
An Australian Jewish group has criticized author Camille Paglia for referring to Taylor Swift as an “obnoxious Nazi Barbie.” The chairman of the Australian B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission called Paglia’s comments, which she published in an article for the Hollywood Reporter on Thursday, “obscene.” “While Paglia is entitled to her views about Taylor Swift’s music…
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Fast Forward Fieldston School Under Fire Over Middle School Swastika Incident
The Ethical Culture Fieldston School, an elite New York private school in the Bronx, has come under fire for failing to adequately discuss the anti-Semitic connotations of the swastika after students in a middle-school class drew the symbol. Administrators barely touched the Nazi connotations of the notorious symbol and did not mention the Holocaust during…
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Fast Forward Portraits of Holocaust Survivors Featured in 2016 Calendar
The portraits of 12 Krakow Holocaust survivors are featured on a calendar put out by the JCC Krakow in cooperation with the Child Survivors of the Holocaust Association. The 2016 calendar contains the survivors’ stories and lists their achievements after the war. Jewish community center representatives said at a news conference Wednesday that it was…
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Fast Forward Jewish Man Whose Identical Twin Was Raised as Nazi Dies
A Jewish man who as an adult reunited with a long-lost identical twin raised as a Nazi died at age 82. Jack Yufe, who with his twin Oskar Stohr was featured in the 1997 German documentary “Oskar and Jack,” died of stomach cancer Monday in a San Diego hospital, the Los Angeles Times reported. Born…
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