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Fast Forward 50 Polish Righteous Cited as ‘Lights in Darkness’
U.S. Ambassador to Poland Stephen Mull called 50 Holocaust-era rescuers of Jews “a light in the darkness” at a Warsaw reception in their honor. The reception at Warsaw’s Marriott Hotel was hosted by the New York-based Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, which provides material assistance to hundreds of people who aided Jews during the war….
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Fast Forward South Africa’s ANC Won’t Fire Official Who Praised Hitler
The African National Congress indicated it would not take action against an employee who posted a Facebook message lauding Hitler’s genocide against the Jews. ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe in an interview with the South African Jewish Report said Rene Smit, who works as social media manager at ANC Western Cape, posted the item on…
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News South Africa Ruling Party Official Praises Hitler for Genocide of Jews
The social media manager of an African National Congress affiliate posted a Facebook message lauding Hitler’s genocide against the Jews. The post by Rene Smit, who works at ANC Western Cape, displayed an image of Hitler with the title “Yes man, you were right…” followed by the line: “I could have killed all the Jews,…
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Fast Forward Swastika Plane Banner Stuns New York Beachgoers in Coney and Brighton Beach
New York beachgoers were stunned over the weekend when a plane flew overhead trailing a banner bearing a swastika. The Raelian group, an organization who believes that the swastika should be reintegrated as a symbol for peace, commissioned the fly-by, which was visible from heavily Jewish beach neighborhoods like Brighton Beach and Coney Island. The…
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Fast Forward 92-Year-Old Nazi Guard Denied Bail in Philadelphia
A former Nazi concentration camp guard awaiting extradition to Germany has been denied bail by a U.S. judge in Philadelphia. Lawyers for Johann Breyer, 89, had sought his release before an Aug. 21 extradition hearing, arguing in court papers he suffered from dementia and other ailments, and continued confinement could speed his deterioration and make…
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The Schmooze 3.2 Gazillion ‘Nazi’ Jokes on Twitter for World Cup
As Germany hammered Brazil during the World Cup match yesterday 7-1, Twitter exploded in reaction tweets. With a record 36.6 million tweets were sent out during the match, the Germany-Brazil match became the most discussed sports event in Twitter history. Unsurprisingly a large fraction of those tweets were, well, Nazi jokes. Germany, relax! They’re not…
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News When Hitler Honored Jewish Soldiers
(Haaretz) — On June 15, 1935, two years after the Nazis’ rise to power, Hermann Bendheim was invited to the German Consulate in Jerusalem. The representatives of the Third Reich in Palestine awarded him a badge of honor for his service in the German army in World War I. Two years earlier, Bendheim had been dismissed…
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Fast Forward Hungary Jews Recall Nazi Collaborators Role in Holocaust
(Reuters) — Tamas Marton was a Budapest schoolboy in 1944 when Hungarians allied to Nazi Germany helped to deport half a million Jews, including his mother, to death camps. Seventy years on, as Hungarians still grapple with the past and many support the far-right Jobbik party, the government finds itself in conflict with the Jewish…
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