Tag: World War II
Helena Bonham Carter learns of grandfather who helped Jews escape the Holocaust
Actress Helena Bonham Carter discovered that her grandfather helped thousands of French Jews escape the Holocaust in a new TV series starting next week in the United Kingdom.
“My Grandparents’ War,” a four-part series, has...
Truth is not selective: Poland vs. Netflix
Poland’s government won an important victory on the battleground of history last week. It succeeded in persuading the entertainment-streaming service Netflix to amend a newly released World War II-based documentary that implied, through one of its...
Netflix to edit Demjanjuk docuseries after pressure by Polish government
Netflix says it will edit its documentary miniseries “The Devil Next Door,” about alleged notorious Nazi guard John Demjanjuk after Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki complained of inaccuracies in the series, Variety reported on Thursday.
Morawiecki said in a letter to...
Jerusalem hosts cornerstone ceremony for monument to heroes of Leningrad Seige
The cornerstone of a monument commemorating the World War II Siege of Leningrad was laid in a ceremony in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
The Memorial Candle Monument is dedicated to the estimated 600,000 to 1.5 million...
Trump recognizes US Army veteran who saved Jewish prisoners in World War II
In his speech during the New York City Veterans Day Parade on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump recognized U.S. Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds, who saved the lives of 200 American Jewish prisoners of...
Upcoming Netflix docuseries focuses on story of Nazi guard John Demjanjuk
A new Netflix docuseries centers on the story of a retired Ukrainian-American autoworker in Cleveland who was accused of being “Ivan the Terrible,” one of the Holocaust’s most notorious SS guards.
In the 1980s, a...
The Americans, the Kurds, the war
Two days after announcing the betrayal of America’s Kurdish allies in Syria, U.S. President Donald Trump decided to belittle them for good measure. “Now the Kurds are fighting for their land,” Trump told reporters...
Gandhi letter wishing Jews ‘era of peace’ ahead of Rosh Hashanah found at National...
An 80-year-old handwritten letter Mahatma Gandhi wrote to a local Indian Jewish official ahead of the Jewish New Year and at the start of World War II was published online Tuesday for the first time ever.
In...
Cousins separated as a result of World War II reunite 75 years later in...
Two cousins who were separated 75 years ago by World War II reunited in Israel on Saturday.
Morris Sana, 87, and his cousin Simon Mairowitz, 85, grew up believing that the other died in a...
New York Jewish museum reveals hidden shofar from Auschwitz ahead of holidays
The Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City revealed on Monday a shofar that was hidden and blown in the Auschwitz concentration camp 75 years ago and...