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Fast Forward German Finds $50K Trove of Gold Coins Buried in Nazi Era
An amateur archaeologist in Germany has found a historic collection of gold coins worth around 45,000 euros, probably buried during the Nazi era or shortly after World War Two, experts said on Wednesday. Armed with a metal detector, Florian Bautsch found 10 coins in a hollow under a tree near the northern town of Lueneburg…
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Art Nazi Museum Documents Munich’s Ignominious Past — and Puts Hitler in His Place
What would Adolf Hitler say today if he walked by Munich’s recently opened Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism? I posed this question to the German novelist Timur Vermes when we visited the city’s newest and most overdue museum together. Vermes was the perfect person to ask, as he is the author of…
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Opinion We All Agree Nazi Flag Is Wrong. So What About Confederate Flag?
On the heels of the Confederate flag controversy in South Carolina, another dispute over a flag is raging in North Carolina. Kings Mountain resident John Brown has been flying a Nazi flag from his front porch. But, under pressure from his community, he has agreed to take it down in a couple of days, For…
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Fast Forward Art Museums Take ‘Hostile Approach’ to Push on Nazi-Looted Art
United States art museums are using “procedural defenses” and a “hostile approach” to renege on their responsibility to return Nazi-looted art to its owners and heirs, a new report says. Singling out several prominent museums for criticism, including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Museum of…
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Fast Forward Helen Mirren Honored for Educating About Nazi-Looted Art
Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren accepted an award for helping to educate the public about the issues surrounding Nazi-looted art. On Friday, the World Jewish Congress presented Mirren with its Recognition Award, which honors those working on behalf of the Jewish people, at a ceremony at New York’s Neue Gallery. Mirren starred in the 2015…
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The Schmooze Yes, This is a Nazi-Themed Cheerleader Routine
No, it’s not a Hitler Youth parade — it’s a cheerleading competition. One of the teams competing in a cheerleading smackdown in the Mexican city of Guadalajara (in May) got slammed on social media last week when a video surfaced showing their highly offensive routine featuring swastikas, goose-stepping and “Sieg Heils” galore. The cheery bunch included…
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Fast Forward Germans Who Grew Up in Nazi Era More Anti-Semitic
Germans who grew up during the 1930s are far more likely than their younger countrymen to have negative attitudes about Jews, according to a new study of anti-Semitism in Germany. The study, released Monday by American and Swiss researchers, found that anti-Semitic views were particularly strong among Germans raised in regions of the country that…
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Fast Forward Judge Urges Spain Museum To Do ‘Right Thing’ With Nazi-Looted Pisarro
A U.S. federal judge declined to order the return from Spain of a painting that was sold under duress by a Jewish owner to a Nazi art appraiser. The June 4 ruling by Judge John F. Walter of Los Angeles’ Central District Court of California stated that Spanish law applied in the case, and that…
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