German historian stripped of award for faking family history in Holocaust
According to Der Spiegel magazine, Hingstsent 22 pages of testimony for nonexistent people to Yad Vashem.
An original yellow star (not on general display) is seen at the artifacts department of the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, ahead of the Israeli annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 10, 2018(photo credit: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)
