Tag: Holocaust & Holocaust Survivors
Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Ohio museum is free
Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, held annually on Jan. 27, and in response to “the unprecedented rise in Holocaust denial and antisemitism,” the Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust and Humanity Center in Cincinnati...
Top Nazi hunter to retire this month, after 38 years at US Justice Department
The U.S. Department of Justice’s longest-serving prosecutor Eli Rosenbaum, who is also one of the world’s top Nazi hunters, intends to retire after 38 years at the department by the end of the year.
Rosenbaum serves as counselor at...
Rome event to address Vatican’s ‘historical, theological controversies’ during the Holocaust
Historians and theologians will gather in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University from Oct. 9 to Oct. 11 to discuss the meaning of documents about the Vatican’s activities during the Holocaust, which the pope...
We need a global campaign to locate Nazi-looted art
Museums are often viewed as repositories of culture and history, showcasing the beauty and creativity of humanity. However, behind many works of art hanging on museum walls lies a dark history of theft, violence...
Ipswich honors British Jewish spy, caught and killed by Nazis
A newly unveiled marble headstone in Ipswich Old Cemetery in West England honors Kurt Erich Glauber, a British MI6 agent, who was Jewish and risked his life operating undercover in his native Austria during...
The dark legacy of Babi Yar
The English word “holocaust” is borrowed from the Latin word holocaustum, used in the Latin translation of the Bible. This word is based in turn on a Greek word that means “burned whole” or “burnt...