Tag: Nazis
Just following orders …
“All I did was follow the orders of my superior,” Adolf Eichmann famously said at his eight-month trial in Jerusalem, which began in April 1961. “There can be no guilt when there is no...
Monument at summer camp in Ontario honors Estonian collaborators of Nazi Germany
After an antisemitism watchdog group contacted Seedrioru—a summer camp for Estonian children in Elora, Ontario—regarding a monument built to honor four Nazi Waffen-SS-associated Estonians, officials quietly removed references to the men from its website.
Friends of Simon...
Nazi-stolen art returned to heirs in New York City ceremony
The family of Fritz Grünbaum—a cabaret performer whose art collection was stolen by the Nazis during World War II and the Holocaust—received “Seated Nude Woman, front view,” a work by Austrian artist Egon Schiele.
The Manhattan...
Excavations reveal decorated floor of Vilna’s Great Synagogue
Excavations of the Great Synagogue of Vilna, Lithuania, destroyed by the Nazis during the Holocaust, have revealed the floor of the main prayer hall, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Thursday. The uncovered sections...
French political candidate agrees photo with Nazi hat ‘in bad taste,’ withdraws
After an image circulated online of Ludivine Daoudi wearing a Nazi hat, the candidate for office as part of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party withdrew her candidacy, Politico reported.
Daoudi was running for office in Calvados...
Letter to FDR from Einstein warning of Nazi atomic bomb to sell for millions
Christie’s auction house anticipates an explosive sale price for a two-page letter from 1939 that laid the foundation for the Allied victory in World War II.
In September, the auction giant will present items from the collection of billionaire...
Why we fight
During World War II, a series of documentary films were made, directed by Frank Capra, that set out in explicit and graphic detail the precipitating causes and reasons why the U.S. entered the war...
War stories: Holocaust survivor meets descendant of Nazi scientist
Five hundred rivets—that was Oskar Jakob’s goal. Failure to meet the quota in a 12-hour shift meant severe punishment.
“If I didn’t make the minimum, I got beaten,” he said.
Jakob, 94, is a Jewish resident...
‘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...