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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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Fast Forward Lithuania Honors Rescuers of Jews
Lithuania’s Parliament passed an amendment recognizing Holocaust-era rescuers of Jews as freedom fighters. The amendment, which entitles the families of rescuers to special state pensions, passed Tuesday by a majority of 72 lawmakers present, the news site 15min.lt reported. The Jewish Community of Lithuania praised the vote. “Finally, the Lithuanian government has expressed its positive…
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Fast Forward Nazi Soldier Lived in Britain for 66 Years Until Death
A Nazi soldier who helped murder Jews during the Holocaust lived undetected in London for 66 years until his recent death, a British Nazi hunter said. The man, a former SS soldier in a unit that massacred Poles and Jews during World War II, was identified as Serhij Woronyj by the Daily Mail, which reported…
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Fast Forward 89-Year-Old Philadelphia Man Faces German Trial as Nazi Camp Guard
Germany is seeking extradition of an 89-year-old Pennsylvania man in connection with the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Jewish men, women and children at the Auschwitz and Buchenwald Nazi concentration camps, a U.S. judge said on Wednesday. Johann Breyer was arrested by U.S. authorities on Tuesday at his home in Philadelphia on allegations that…
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