AMSTERDAM—A monument listing 102,163 Dutch victims of the Holocaust was unveiled by King Willem-Alexander in Amsterdam on Sunday, the first national memorial to be built in the Netherlands. The monument, designed by Daniel Libeskind, 75, who lost relatives in the Holocaust, lies in the center of the Dutch capital and is a labyrinth of brick…
National Holocaust Memorial Can Be Built Next to Westminster, Minister Rules
A national Holocaust memorial centre will be built next to Parliament after a minister signed off on a recommendation that the location would present a “powerful associative message.” The Board of Deputies of British Jews welcomed the decision by housing and planning minister Chris Pincher, while opponents of the plan are “deeply disappointed,” calling the approval…
Rep. Greene Apologizes After Comparing Mask Mandate to Treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday apologized for making a comparison between how members of the House of Representatives are being treated and the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany. “The Holocaust is, there’s nothing comparable to it. It happened and over 6 million Jewish people were murdered,” Greene said during a press conference…
Meet the Holocaust Survivor Who Wants to Create a New Jewish Holiday
Commentary She sits as erect as an English school head mistress. She can be just as articulate, as English is her third language and she’s conscious and careful of every word and sentence that she utters. Yet when she speaks, she sounds like that glamorous celebrity of years past, the Hungarian Jewish actress Zsa Zsa…
There is Danger in Losing Our Veterans, Historian Says
While they’ll never be forgotten, Australia’s dwindling population of WWII veterans hints at an impending loss of so-called “living memory.” For war historian Robin Prior that’s a menacing prospect, which invites the rise of extremism and denialism. As Anzac Day approaches, he notes that it has been the first-hand accounts of going to war by…
Jewish Woman Sees Numbers Tattooed on Uncle’s Arm; on Hearing the Story Behind It, She’s Shocked
Joseph Sedacca’s own children could tell that their father wasn’t a normal man. Emotionally, they could see that there was something wrong with him. A Sephardic Jew born in Turkey in 1916, Joseph came to America after the second world war. He always seemed suspicious of others, as if threatened; he spoke very loudly and yelled…
Liberal Caucus’s Abstention From Genocide Vote Echoes History
Commentary On Jan. 24, 1939, Liberal MP Pierre Gauthier issued a statement on what was then the intensifying plight of the Jewish people under Nazi rule. With remarkable callousness, he downplayed the need for Canada to do something about it, particularly regarding the question of accepting refugees, citing the country’s economic interests. It is an…
Liberal Cabinet’s Abstention From Genocide Vote Echoes History
Commentary On Jan. 24, 1939, Liberal MP Pierre Gauthier issued a statement on what was then the intensifying plight of the Jewish people under Nazi rule. With remarkable callousness, he downplayed the need for Canada to do something about it, particularly regarding the question of accepting refugees, citing the country’s economic interests. It is an…
Polish Court Orders Historians to Apologise Over Holocaust Book
WARSAW—A Warsaw court ruled on Tuesday that two historians tarnished the memory of a Polish villager in a book about the Holocaust and must apologise, in a case some academics warn could deter impartial research into Poles’ actions during World War Two. More than seven decades on, the conflict remains a live political issue in…
Polish Court Orders Historians to Apologize Over Holocaust Book
WARSAW—A Warsaw court ruled on Tuesday that two historians tarnished the memory of a Polish villager in a book about the Holocaust and must apologize, in a case some academics warn could deter impartial research into Poles’ actions during World War Two. More than seven decades on, the conflict remains a live political issue in…
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