Nazis

 The Stutthof concentration camp barracks after liberation in 1945.

'Final Verdict': A valuable account of an unusual Holocaust trial

Final Verdict is an extremely valuable book, which deserves wide circulation not only in Germany but throughout the Western world.

This artist escaped the Nazis, and created Britain's first memorial to their victims

Fred Kormis' memorial will be united with many of his other sculptures and prints in an upcoming exhibition at London’s Wiener Holocaust Library.

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
06/09/2024

New documentary unveils Leni Riefenstahl's complicity in Nazi atrocities, challenging her narrative

A new documentary reveals Leni Riefenstahl's deep complicity in Nazi atrocities, challenging the carefully crafted image of the filmmaker as merely a naive artist.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
31/08/2024

'Tunnel of Hope': The story of the Holocaust's biggest escape

Dr. Betty Brodsky Cohen, the daughter of Fanya Dunetz Brodsky, an escapee from the Novogrudok labor camp, has given names and faces to most who have no other memorial.

By YEHUDIT COLLINS
25/08/2024

Before this famous Polish bakery ‘opened’ in 1944, it belonged to a Jewish family killed by Nazis

Goławski and Piotr Nazaruk, who leads research at Grodzka Gate, could not name a traditional Jewish bakery like the Bajtels’ today in Poland.

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
23/08/2024

Germany court upholds conviction of 99-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary

German Jewish leaders applauded the decision announced Tuesday by the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe in Germany.

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA
21/08/2024

The cornerstone of Islam’s ideology is that it must rule the world

The statements and threats from Iran and Palestinian leaders, are identical – the destruction of Israel.

By DAVID BEN-BASAT
18/08/2024

Sunken Nazi explosives-filled warship recovered after 80 years underwater

In the coming months, Serbia plans to remove 80 more sunken ships.

Antisemitism and protests in the United States trigger PTSD in Holocaust survivors

“PTSD symptoms may have been dormant for many years for many Holocaust survivors, but it got triggered as a result of what is happening both in Israel and in America,” psychologist Eva Fogelman said.

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
09/08/2024

Remembering the three Jewish women fencing champions who defied Hitler at the 1936 ‘Nazi Olympics’

As Jewish fencers excel at the 2024 Paris Olympics, we reflect on a historic moment: the 1936 Berlin Games, where Jewish athletes Ilona Elek-Schacherer, Helene Mayer, and Ellen Müller-Preis won gold.

By NEIL KELLER\JTA
08/08/2024
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