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My Grandfather’s Controversial Life–or Mate Amargo

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Eighty years ago, my grandfather wrote an order on August 22, 1941 to send all Jews and half-Jews from the region of Šiauliai to a ghetto in Žagarė, and within a few weeks the 2,000 Jews...
Scottish troops watch as German refugees stream back through the village of Bedburg near Kleve, Feb. 19, 1945. Credit: Imperial War Museum, London, part of the War Office Second World War Official Collection.

Wealthy German family to donate millions to charity after uncovering Nazi past

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One of Germany’s richest families with business holdings in multiple internationally recognized brands will be donating millions of dollars to charity after learning that their parents and grandparents were ardent supporters of Adolf Hitler...
Former Nazi labor-camp guard Jakiw Palij Credit: Department of Justice.

Nazi guard deported from US to Germany dies at age 95

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Former Nazi guard Jakiw Palij, who was deported from the United States to Germany last year after years of unsuccessful attempts, has died at the age of 95. U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell confirmed...
The Supreme Court of Canada Building. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Ex-Nazi, 94, loses appeal to keep Canadian citizenship

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Helmut Oberlander, a 94-year-old living in Waterloo, Ontario, lost his appeal to keep his Canadian citizenship, being found to have lied about his identity as a former Nazi when applying for the status. Canada’s Federal...

US deported a former Nazi guard to Germany

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Jakiw Palij managed to live for years in the New York neighborhood of Queens without attracting much attention. In an investigation about the horrors of the Nazi regime, his name and true identity emerged...

Was Louis Vuitton A Nazi Sympathizer?

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siting the new Louis Vuitton exhibit “Volez, Voguez, Voyagez”, I was struck by the way the exhibit valorizes Mr. Louis Vuitton, positioning his progress as parallel to many great technological innovations like the car...

US professor fired over Nazi satire video can proceed with suit

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A professor can proceed with his federal lawsuit against a Pennsylvania university that fired him after he posted a satirical video depicting its administrators as Nazis. The Scranton Times-Tribune reported that Frederick Fagal sued Marywood University in...

He survived the Holocaust, now he lives with the granddaughter of Nazi Party members

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The story of a Holocaust survivor who today shares his Berkeley home with the granddaughter of unrepentant members of the Nazi Party will be told next week during a screening of the film “Near...

Operation Paperclip, The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to America, by Annie...

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“As comprehensive as it is critical, this latest exposé from Jacobsen is perhaps her most important work to date….Jacobsen persuasively shows that it in fact happened and aptly frames the dilemma….Rife with hypocrisy, lies,...

NYC Jewish Groups Call for Removal of Plaque Honoring Nazi Collaborator

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Jewish officials and groups are calling for the eradicating of the name of French Nazi collaborator Henri Philippe Pétain whose name is honored in New York City’s “Canyon of Heroes” in the Financial District,...