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Fast Forward Bill Would Cut Off Benefits to Nazis
A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would cut off Nazi war criminals from U.S. benefits. The bill introduced this week by Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Leonard Lance (R-N.J.) comes in the wake of an Associated Press investigation that found that dozens of suspected Nazi war criminals and SS guards collected…
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The Schmooze Treblinka’s ‘Last Witness’ Keeps Alive Camp’s Memory
Samuel Willenberg, the last known living survivor of the notorious Nazi extermination camp Treblinka is nearing the end of a life’s mission to tell of the horrors that he saw there. Now 92, his remarkable story, featured in a documentary film produced by Miami public TV channel WLRN, is spurring efforts to fulfill that mission…
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Fast Forward American Spooks Hired 1,000 Nazis in Cold War
Video: Nate Lavey U.S. spy agencies hired at least 1,000 ex-Nazis during the Cold War, a new book reports. According to Eric Lichtblau’s “The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler’s Men,” excerpted Monday in The New York Times, the CIA and other American agencies employed large numbers of Nazis as…
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Fast Forward Israel Slams Latvian Show Celebrating Life of Alleged Nazi War Criminal
Israel’s Foreign Ministry slammed the production in Latvia of a show celebrating the life of alleged Nazi war criminal Herbert Cukurs. Titled “Cukurs, Herbert Cukurs,” the musical premiered earlier this month. The play is based on the life of the deputy commander of the Arajs Kommando force that participated in the near annihilation of Latvian…
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Fast Forward Nazis War Criminals Should Not Be Collecting Social Security, White House Says
Video: Nate Lavey Nazi war criminals should not be receiving Social Security benefits, a White House spokesman said. Deputy press secretary Eric Shultz made his comments Monday in response to an investigation by The Associated Press that found that dozens of suspected Nazi war criminals and SS guards collected millions of dollars after being forced…
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The Schmooze There Was a Miss Hitler Pageant — And it Just Got Cancelled
Alina Voronina from Moscow poses for the contest Last week, Vocativ reported that VKontakte, essentially Russia’s version of Facebook, was hosting a Miss Hitler Pageant. As one would expect, people got a little upset about it. Hosted on the site’s Adolf Hitler page, the Miss Ostland pageant, as it’s officially known, called on women “who…
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Fast Forward Heirs to German Jews Sue UBS To Recover Art Collection Stolen by Nazis
The relatives of German Jews whose art collection was seized by the Nazis have sued UBS, claiming the Swiss bank cheated them out of their inheritance. The family of Ludwig and Margret Kainer — the children of their cousins — filed lawsuits in New York and Switzerland contending that the bank never made an effort…
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Fast Forward Nazi Killers Collected Millions in Social Security
Video: Nate Lavey Dozens of suspected Nazi war criminals and SS guards collected millions of dollars in Social Security payments after being forced out of the United States, an investigation by The Associated Press found. The payments were made possible by a legal loophole that gave the U.S. Justice Department leverage to persuade Nazi suspects…
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