Tag: Holocaust
Hungary bestows a high honor on Jared Kushner
Jared Kushner spoke of his grandparents’ marriage in Hungary in the ashes of the Holocaust as he accepted the Order of Merit of Hungary on Thursday. The award, presented at the Hungarian mission to...
Max Eisen’s lasting words on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism
Digging a ditch with other prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp, Max Eisen thought that he might have some security. Letting his guard down, together with his two fellow prisoners, they slowed down the...
Preserving the children’s shoes found at Auschwitz
The International March of the Living announced on Thursday a global campaign with the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial to preserve thousands of shoes belonging to children, most of them Jews, who were murdered in the Auschwitz concentration...
In his latest documentary, Ken Burns puts America under the microscope
Ken Burns can’t recall ever learning about the Holocaust in school.
America’s most decorated documentarian, who boasts epic films like “Baseball,” “The Civil War,” “Jazz” and “The Roosevelts,” was asked by the United States Holocaust...
Pre-World War II synagogue in Poland closed and faces imminent demolition
A synagogue that served as a Jewish house of worship in the city of Lodz, Poland, before World War II and, in recent years, has once again been used by members of the Jewish...
Abbas’s trivialization of Holocaust spurs inquiry by Berlin police
Berlin police opened a preliminary inquiry into whether Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas broke German laws against incitement of hatred when he claimed Israel had committed “50 Holocausts.”
Abbas’s statements, made during a press conference with German Chancellor...
Milan honored for helping save Jews from concentration camps during Holocaust
The city of Milan, Italy, has been named an honorary member of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation (IRWF) in recognition of its residents’ efforts to help rescue Jews from Nazi concentration camps during the...
Abbas walks back comments accusing Israel of committing ‘50 Holocausts’
Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas walked back comments made in Germany on Tuesday accusing Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” against the Palestinians.
In a statement released Wednesday, Abbas called the Holocaust “the most heinous crime...
Why the world won’t care about Abbas’s ‘Holocaust’ lie
There’s something almost pathetic about the outrage generated after the latest comments by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas. In Berlin for a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who was standing with him, the...
Lapid slams as ‘monstrous lie’ Abbas’s claim that Israel perpetrated ‘50 Holocausts’ against Palestinians
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid early on Wednesday slammed as a “monstrous lie” comments made the day before by Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas, who claimed following a meeting with Germany’s chancellor in Berlin...