Tag: Holocaust
Must Jews and Poles keep fighting about the Holocaust?
It’s never wise to get into an argument about the Holocaust with Yad Vashem.
That’s the moral of the story with regard to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s inept attempt to resolve a quarrel with...
Our view from Auschwitz: How tragedies of the past become lessons for the future
History repeats itself because nobody listens the first time. – Erik Qualman
Last month, we had the opportunity to delve deeper into the devastating and horrifying truths of the Holocaust. We traveled to six countries—the Czech...
Historical truth is in peril
“This is giving in to the Polish narrative, an attack on the memory of the Holocaust, and a danger to any future independent research that people might want to conduct in Poland,” says eminent...
‘I was 16 when I was taken to the cursed Auschwitz death camp on...
Revoking the terrible clauses in Poland’s controversial Holocaust law came too late. I’m happy to know our voices were heard, and that our protests against this unjust law made a difference.
We are no longer...
Prince William lays wreath at Yad Vashem, honoring his great-grandmother
The United Kingdom’s Prince William laid a wreath at the Yad Vashem Hall of Remembrance on Tuesday, signing the guestbook during his first official tour of the State of Israel.
“It has been a profoundly...
Jewish NGO condemns ‘wholesale misappropriation’ of Holocaust amid outcry over border policy
The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights NGO that teaches the lessons of the Nazi Holocaust, has denounced the “wholesale misappropriation” of the Holocaust amid on the ongoing outcry over the Trump administration’s...
Customizing Holocaust education, and applicable lessons, in American and Europe
In the context of a rising tide of extremism and anti-Semitism in Europe and the United States, more than 500 teachers on both continents will attend 20 TOLI Holocaust seminars this summer, bringing its...
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ADL slams controversial ‘Country of Rescued Jews’ exhibition and Bulgarian Deputy PM Simeonov’s comments
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has slammed the controversial “Country of the Rescued Jews” exhibition, and comments by Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov that it said were anti-Semitic for singling out Jews as responsible...
Trump signs Holocaust property bill into law, angering Polish officials
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that will help Holocaust survivors to reclaim lost assets or property.
The measure, which was introduced last year into the Senate by Sen. Tammy Baldwin...
Canada will formally apologize for turning away Jewish refugees in 1939
Canada will formally apologize for turning away a boat full of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany in 1939.
Speaking at a Jewish fundraiser for March of the Living, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the...