Tag: Germany
Donald Trump and the Western alliance
U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to significantly reduce the number of American troops stationed in Germany has been causing ripples even among Republican lawmakers, who are—and not for the first time—expressing concern that the...
Nazi headstones, Confederate statues: America’s battle over memory
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) agreed last week to the removal of a small number of headstones in U.S. military cemeteries that were engraved with the Nazi swastika and the Iron Cross.
The stones marked...
Supreme Court expected to rule on whether to hear case of Nazi-stolen art
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on hearing a case about a German arts museum and whether or not a treasure trove, known as the “Guelph Treasure,” should be returned to the...
Germany eases immigration regulations for Jews coming from former Soviet Union
Germany’s government has announced that it has eased immigration rules for Jews arriving from the former Soviet Union.
The new regulations will primarily impact Jews that are more than 60 years old and handicapped, in...
Hezbol-Law: Behind Germany’s long-awaited ban of the terrorist organization
On April 30, Germany officially banned all Hezbollah activities in Germany. In a dramatic demonstration of its execution, authorities raided four mosques believed to have ties to the Lebanese terror group.
Critics of Germany’s reluctance...
Neo-Nazis crash Holocaust survivor’s Zoom testimony
Neo-Nazis on Monday crashed an online Holocaust Remembrance Day event hosted by the Israeli embassy in Germany.
The embassy hosted survivor Zvi Herschel, who told his story to the public through the Zoom meeting application,...
Germany commemorates liberation of Bergen-Belsen with a minute of silence
Germany held a minute of silence on Wednesday to mark 75 years since the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp on April 15, 1945.
Events commemorating the liberation that were originally planned for Sunday...
American Jewish Committee cancels global forum in Berlin due to pandemic
American Jewish Committee has canceled its annual global forum due to the coronavirus pandemic, announced the organization on Thursday.
It was scheduled to be held in Berlin from June 14-17.
“It was a tough call to...
Germany raids homes linked to neo-Nazi movement, bans anti-Semitic group
German police raided in 10 German states on Thursday homes linked to an anti-Semitic far-right movement called Reichsbürger, also known as “Citizens of the Reich.”
The Interior Ministry said some 400 police officers seized firearms, neo-Nazi propaganda...
Holocaust memorials set in pavement in Berlin in memory of Jews deported
Nearly 50 Holocaust stone memorials were recently set into the pavement around a major German publisher’s new main office in Berlin in honor of the dozens of Jews deported from the city in the 1940s.
Publisher Axel Springer...