Nazis

My 20-minute conversation with a man who flew a swastika flag

I’ve heard antisemitism and all the usual slanderous accusations of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians before Ahmed repeated them one by one as if reading off a list of Palestinian talking points.

Silence in the face of global antisemitism isn't an option anymore

Communities need to realize that antisemitic attacks, while seemingly catalyzed by Israel’s war against Hamas, have relatively little to do with Jews or Israel.

Jewish D-Day veteran buried in a Nazi mass grave to receive a proper burial

The group had never before uncovered a Jewish American who had been buried with the very Nazis he was fighting.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
07/06/2024

German grandson of Nazis comes to Israel during war to enlist in IDF

In January, Edgar came to Israel, where he began volunteering and assisting soldiers on various bases. During his visit, he decided that he wanted to enlist in the IDF.

The silent shelves speak volumes: Chachmei Lublin’s lost library

When the Nazis took over the city a few weeks after the outbreak of World War II, in September 1939, this priceless treasure trove of Jewish knowledge fell into German hands.

'Final Verdict': Charting post-WWII German criminal law

Buck explains how Germany has come to terms with its guilt and responsibility, and how the Holocaust has assumed a centrality in the national consciousness.

After backlash, Trump pulls social media post with reference to 'unified Reich'

Speaking at two fundraisers in Boston on Tuesday, Biden criticized the use of a word often associated with Nazi Germany's Third Reich under Adolf Hitler.

By REUTERS
22/05/2024

'Murder and massacre': New inquiry reveals disturbing details of UK-based concentration camps

Nazi occupiers set up at least four camps in Alderney, part of the UK’s territory, in 1941. Two of the camps were turned into concentration camps.

In ‘Here There are Blueberries,’ playwright Moisés Kaufman focuses on perpetrators of the Holocaust

The Venezuelan-born Kaufman, best known for “The Laramie Project,” a play and HBO film about the murder of the gay student Matthew Shepard, had found his latest subject.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
19/05/2024

Holocaust scholars were wrong: A Jewish state would have prevented the Holocaust

The Jewish people paid a heavy price for not having a state when needed most.

By JACOB SIVAK
16/05/2024
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