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Actress Helena Bonham Carter. Source: Sbclick via Flickr.

Helena Bonham Carter learns of grandfather who helped Jews escape the Holocaust

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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...
The site of the former Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. A controversial new law passed by Poland's parliament is rooted in Polish resentment when Auschwitz and other Nazi German concentration camps are referred to as “Polish death camps.” Credit: Giraud Patrick via Wikimedia Commons.

Truth is not selective: Poland vs. Netflix

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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...
John Demjanjuk in Israel's Supreme Court in Jerusalem. Photo by Flash90.

Netflix to edit Demjanjuk docuseries after pressure by Polish government

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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...
Israeli and Russian leaders attend the cornerstone-laying ceremony in Jerusalem of the Memorial Candle Monument, dedicated to defenders and residents of Leningrad during the German siege on the city during WWII, Nov. 12, 2019. Photo by Elisha Henkin.

Jerusalem hosts cornerstone ceremony for monument to heroes of Leningrad Seige

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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...
Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds. Source: Screenshot.

Trump recognizes US Army veteran who saved Jewish prisoners in World War II

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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...
John Demjanjuk in Israel's Supreme Court in Jerusalem. Photo by Flash 90.

Upcoming Netflix docuseries focuses on story of Nazi guard John Demjanjuk

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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...
Kurdish Mahabad Republic leader Qazi Muhammad (middle), between 1946 and 1947. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The Americans, the Kurds, the war

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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...
Mahatma Gandhi. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Gandhi letter wishing Jews ‘era of peace’ ahead of Rosh Hashanah found at National...

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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...
Morris Sana, 87, and his cousin, Simon Mairowitz, 85, greet each other after 75 years of believing the other had perished in World War II. Credit: Screenshot.

Cousins separated as a result of World War II reunite 75 years later in...

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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...
The Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City revealed a shofar that was hidden and blown in the Auschwitz concentration camp 75 years ago, Sept. 23, 2019. Credit: Museum of Jewish Heritage via Instagram.

New York Jewish museum reveals hidden shofar from Auschwitz ahead of holidays

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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...