The New York Times reports: JERUSALEM — After he was convicted and sentenced to death in Israel for his role in the annihilation of millions of Jews by Nazi Germany, Adolf Eichmann pleaded for his own life. “There is a need
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the website for Ali Khamenei, the dictator of the Islamic Republic of Iran, posted a video in which he expresses doubts about the Holocaust.
The rising tide of anti-Semitism now convulsing Europe is forcing political leaders to address the matter of Jews in society and their place in countries that for generations have provided a safe haven for the Jewish diaspora. On Tuesday night the German chancellor, Angela Merkel,
On a world day of commemoration of the Shoah, Pope Francis spoke of the history of the people of Israel and God’s special bond of love toward them. In his weekly audience Wednesday, Pope Francis compared God’s love for the
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin is to make public on Wednesday previously unreleased documents including a handwritten request for clemency from Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. Rivlin’s office said in a statement that the request to then president Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
The Jerusalem Post reports: BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the biggest exhibition of Holocaust art outside Israel in Berlin on Monday, after pledging to take concerns about rising anti-Semitism seriously. The “Art from the Holocaust” show features 100 works
The Jerusalem Post reports: The oldest man in the world is most likely an Israeli Holocaust survivor aged 112. A grandson of Yisrael Kristal was contacted this week by the Gerontology Research Group based in the US following the death
On Sunday afternoon, Pope Francis became the third pontiff to visit the Major Temple in Rome, the most important synagogue in the city, and was met with a standing ovation after he recalled the sufferings of the Jewish people at
Iran announced this week that authorities are hosting a state-sponsored contest to see who can create the best Holocaust denial cartoon. The grand prize has been boosted this year to $50,000, up from $12,000, according to reports.
Ynetnews reports: Iran has announced that it will be holding a cartoon contest aimed at creating caricatures denying the Holocaust. This year, the contest’s grand prize has been increased from $12,000 to $50,000. The contest, organized by the Teheran municipal authority,
The Metropolitan Police have been called in to investigate a BBC Radio phone-in show that gave an anti-Semitic Londoner almost 15 minutes of airtime to air his views on the topic of Jewish world domination. As Breitbart News reported, during the
TEL AVIV – A Japanese high school graduate has joined the Israeli army, Israel Hayom reported. The grandson of Holocaust survivors, Daniel Tomohiro grew up in a pro-Israel home and says he always felt very connected to the country. Following
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), A terror-tied Islamic advocacy group that fancies itself a civil rights organization, has called for Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump to apologize after a Muslim woman was kicked out of one of his rallies in South Carolina Friday night.
Two books, diametrically opposed and written by two of the most famous figures of World War II, are both currently at the center of international legal battles – Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf and Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young
TEL AVIV – A BBC Radio phone-in show gave an anti-Semitic Londoner 13 minutes of airtime to air his views on the topic of Jewish world domination. You can hear the exchange below: The caller claimed that the world is “dominated
An academic and a French MP have announced plans to publish online Friday the famous diary of Anne Frank, with the organisation holding publication rights threatening legal action. University of Nantes lecturer Olivier Ertzscheid told AFP Wednesday that the planned
BERLIN (AFP) – The copyright of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” expires Friday, with plans by several publishers for annotated reprints sparking fierce debate over how one of the world’s most controversial books should be treated seven decades after the defeat of the Nazis.
The testimonies are fading away, the memorial sites are turning into entertainment centers, and the historical story is seen as just another “Jewish narrative”. If anyone thought that Holocaust denial was a marginal phenomenon among a few anti-Semites and Israel
For the first time in three-quarters of a century, the French government released 200,000 WWII records revealing French collaboration with Nazi Germany. The records, which were released online on Monday, were taken from the foreign, justice and interior ministries as well
University of San Diego “Islamic faith” professor Bahar Davary used yellow badges like Jews were forced to wear during the Holocaust to protest “Islamophobia,” triggering outrage.
CNN reports: Jerusalem (CNN) – There were few, if any, victorious moments to share from Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds’ combat time in World War II. So he kept quiet. He told his son little of how his platoon, part of
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary has scrapped plans to erect a statue of Balint Homan, a former World War Two government minister who supported anti-Semitism in Hungary in the 1930s and 40s, after protests from Jewish leaders. The row over honouring
TEL AVIV – To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust, Steven Spielberg teamed up with the Hollywood Reporter to honor 11 of Hollywood’s remaining Holocaust survivors in a groundbreaking testimonial.
Jewish leaders have welcomed the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s decision not to support a statue honouring a fascist who helped facilitate the deportation of Jews during the Holocaust. Ronald S Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, said a
WARSAW (EJP) – A memorial plaque on the Warsaw Ghetto Monument was vandalized, Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza reported. A swastiska was sprayed on the stone tablet that marks the boundaries of the largest Jewish ghetto established by the Nazis in Europe
A Jewish-Ukrainian concert pianist whose teenage son has been taken into care after social workers raised concerns about his home life is suffering from “vicarious trauma” as a result of his parents’ experiences in the Holocaust, according to a psychologist.
An Israeli man and a Polish woman were reunited Wednesday in New York, seven decades after her Catholic family saved him during the Holocaust.
The Nazi soldiers made their orders very clear: Jewish American prisoners of war were to be separated from their fellow brothers in arms and sent to an uncertain fate. But Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds (pictured) would have none of that.
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s campaign invoked the war crimes of Adolf Hitler to justify her position that the United States should take in thousands of Syrian refugees.
President Barack Obama hit Republicans for suggesting the U.S. should favor Christian refugees over Muslims. But there are very good reasons to apply a religious test to Syrian refugees.
A vast and historically valuable trove of Holocaust-era documents, long thought destroyed during World War II, has been found hidden in a wall cavity by a couple renovating their Budapest apartment. The haul of 6,300 documents are from a 1944
A story is making the rounds on Facebook that claims Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is calling for “ID badges” for American Muslims. The image on the story is of Jewish children wearing yellow starts during the Holocaust. Very frightening–and a lie.
Celebrating the defeat of Stephen Harper and the Conservatives, the CBC is framing Canada’s election as a battle of good versus evil, with the heroic Justin Trudeau and his Liberals overcoming the “dark forces” of the Canadian right.
In a speech delivered Tuesday at the 37th Zionist Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made waves when he discussed the relationship between Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini.
In world history, Jews have never had it better than they have for the last two decades. The rise of Israel as a strong international power made it possible for Jews to feel safer all over the planet; the fall
For daring to stray from the Liberal Thought Plantation, the efforts of the left-wing media to other and dehumanize black Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson hit a new low Saturday with The Atlantic’s David Frum making the argument that gun
On Tuesday’s broadcast of his radio show, host Sean Hannity castigated President Barack Obama for the foreign policy he has instituted thus far during his presidency. Hannity was particularly harsh on Obama for the deal his administration had negotiated with
Texas does not necessarily come to mind when one thinks of Holocaust survivors. New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami and other eastern seaboard cities with larger populations do; but the Jewish community thrives in Texas. Dallas, Houston and El Paso all have Holocaust museums — each mindful of their dwindling Holocaust (Shoah) populations.
Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Mark Warner (D-VA), both considered moderates, announced their support for the Iran deal Thursday.
A group of Israelis visiting the site of Auschwitz death camp have slammed as “distasteful” and “offensive” the decision to install mist-spray showers near the entrance to the museum. But managers of the memorial site have defended their decision, explaining
