Tag: Nazis
‘Ethicist’ advises on what to do with inherited World War II-era German helmet
The delicate situation of how to handle a historical item associated with the German Third Reich and the Nazi Party has made headlines before. This week, The New York Times weighed in on its approach to...
Defeating an ideology takes time
In Mishpatim, last week’s Torah portion, the text tells us what victory in the Land of Israel will look like. It won’t be a blitzkrieg or even a “six-day war.” It will be a...
The mysterious death of an Israeli Nazi-hunter in Argentina
n March 23, 1961, the Israeli press published a report that looked like it had been taken from an overly imaginative Hollywood movie. “She followed Mengele in Argentina—and was murdered,” the headlines screamed.
“The mysterious...
Argentina’s president calls Hamas ‘21st-century Nazism’
Argentine President Javier Milei toured a hard-hit kibbutz near the border with Gaza on Thursday and described the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre as “21st-century Nazism.”
The unequivocal remarks by the Argentine leader during a visit...
Earn the right to say ‘never again’
International Holocaust Remembrance Day has perhaps never been more difficult to observe. It should be a day to contemplate the antisemitism that murdered six million Jews. It should be a moment to reject viewing...
Cardin honors diplomats who helped Jews fleeing Nazis during World War II
Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered remarks at an event on Tuesday honoring the work and lives of 60 diplomats who helped Jews...
Russell Crowe to play Nazi Party henchman Hermann Göring in ‘Nuremberg’ film
A new drama will feature two acclaimed actors in a film exploring whether madness or malice drove the Third Reich’s reign of terror.
In “Nuremberg,” Oscar-award winner Russell Crowe will play Nazi propagandist Hermann Göring, opposite Oscar-winner...
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...
Australia criminalizes public ‘Sieg Heil’ salutes, displays of Nazi symbols
The parliament of Australia has passed a new law making it illegal to promote iconography associated with the Third Reich.
The bill, called the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment, received unanimous support on Wednesday.
Mark Alfred Dreyfus, the attorney general...
Neighbors ‘stunned’ after ex-SS soldier found living in sleepy English suburb
A British newspaper has revealed the hidden past of a 97-year-old gardening enthusiast living in a quiet Nottingham suburb, who was once a member of Hitler’s notorious Waffen SS Galizien.
The man, who now lives...