Blog Archives

Semen Domnister, the ringleader of a 15-year old campaign to falsely claim $57 million meant as Holocaust reparations, faces up to 20 years behind bars (The Jewish Daily Forward)

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A controversial Nazi-themed production of Richard Wagner’s opera Tannhäuser has been cancelled after traumatizing many audience members (The Guardian)

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Rios Montt has been sentenced to 80 years in prison for charges of genocide. This is the first time a former head of state has been found guilty of genocide by a court in his or her own country (BBC)

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Azeez Ibrahim urges international intervention in Myanmar to save the ethnic community of Rohingya, whose very existence as a people is being denied (Huffington Post)

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A string of unsolved murders related to a neo-Nazi campaign against ethnic Turks in Germany have shaken the nation, forcing Germans to confront painful truths about racism and the broader treatment of immigrants in a society deeply conscious of the lasting legacy of the Holocaust (Huffington Post)

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82-year old Holocaust survivor Otto Dov Kulka writes his dreams and memories into a new novel that rethinks the way history is recorded (The Daily Beast)

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Filmmakers Ian Orwin and Robin Pepper reflect on their experiences filming a documentary on the story of Holocaust survivor Iby Knill (The Guardian)

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Matthew Bell of PRI’s The World reports on the ‘Revenge Squads’ – groups of Jewish assassins that targeted Nazi war criminals with the intent of avenging the Holocaust

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Emily Drabble presents a number of resources for Holocaust educators through the Guardian Teacher Network (The Guardian)

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Avram Mlotek retraces his grandfather’s escape to Shanghai in 1939 (Huffington Post)

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