Tag: World War II
Another Passover with the Jewish people under siege
This is not the first time that Passover has been celebrated at a moment when the Jewish people were under siege or being attacked. The reason why the famous passage in the Haggadah that...
‘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...
Blinken announces program to return Nazi-looted art to descendants
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke via video on Tuesday for the 25th anniversary of the Washington Principles on Nazi-confiscated art and best practices event, announcing a new effort by the U.S. State Department to...
No statute of limitations on mass murder, experts say of Canada’s reluctance to pursue...
Canadian Jewish leaders appeared to be indifferent to, or at least complacent about, Nazis living in the country after World War II, adding insult to the Canadian government waving Nazis in after the war...
Apple+ drama on fashion guru Coco Chanel glosses over Nazi collaboration
“The New Look,” a new TV program on the streaming service Apple+, explores World War II decisions made by founders of clothing lines that are worth billions today.
The show dramatizes the lives of Christian...
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...
‘Occupied City’ reveals Amsterdam sites during Nazi German control
The British filmmaker Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter, his wife and creative partner, described their views on history and European antisemitism in a recent interview discussing their new documentary, “Occupied City.”
Disputing the idea that antisemitism has...
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...
Porsche ‘researching, coming to terms’ with history during Holocaust
The German car company Porsche, which is reportedly worth about $73 billion, celebrated its 75th birthday over the summer with “a frenzy of sports cars whizzing around its Stuttgart headquarters in front of an...
The lessons of ‘Casablanca’
One of my all-time favorite films is “Casablanca” starring Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine, an American nightclub owner—and isolationist— in Morocco as the Nazis are goose stepping across Europe and beyond.
“I’m not fighting for...