Nazis

‘A giant of a man’: Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Josef Lewkowicz dies at 98

Josef Lewkowicz’s life was chronicled in the UK bestseller The Survivor, which has been translated into 12 languages and is set to launch in the US on Holocaust Memorial Day, January 27, 2025.

Arresting Netanyahu on an Auschwitz anniversary would be a blight on modern-day Poland

Poland should recognize that its moral obligation to honor Holocaust victims far outweighs any perceived legal duty to enforce a controversial arrest warrant.

By STEVEN BURG
26/12/2024
 One of the books featured in the exhibit.

Library of Lost Books: Exhibit seeks help finding Nazi-looted texts

The project, titled “Have you seen this book?” invites the public to help locate Jewish books lost in WWII.

Expert warns of a 'perfect antisemitic storm' masked as anti-Zionism in 2024

Professor Christer Mattson, a radicalization expert, addressed attendees of the EJA Auschwitz delegation.

Swastika on a wall (illustrative)

Swastika sent to Jewish students, labelled non-hate crime by UK police

The Cambridgeshire police deemed the act not offensive enough to be a crime and labeled it a non-crime hate incident (NCHI).

Demonstrators with Nazi flags target a Michigan production of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’

Demonstrators held flags with Nazi swastikas and reportedly chanted a pro-Donald Trump slogan.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
12/11/2024

Graphic novel tells emotional tale of Jews in 1930s aimed at modern audience

Judessey is a fast-moving and attention-grabbing tale, not without moments of real emotion, told in a series of vivid hand-drawn pictures, embellished with speech bubbles.

Sri Lanka’s last Holocaust survivor finds peace in coastal town

Holocaust survivor Dr. Hans Vischjager, now 83, lives peacefully in Sri Lanka, embracing his Jewish heritage and past while sharing a unique, multicultural journey.

By THE MEDIA LINE
31/10/2024
  Claude Monet piece which was stolen from the Parlagi family in 1940 by Nazi occupiers in France

FBI returns Nazi-looted Monet to Jewish owners' heirs 84 years later

The FBI got involved in 2021, after the commission discovered that a New Orleans-based art dealer had acquired the painting in 2017 and sold it to private collectors in 2019.

By REUTERS
10/10/2024

New resolution allows Holocaust survivors to more easily reclaim Nazi-looted art in Germany

One of the first restitution claims for Nazi-looted art in Germany was made in 2017 by the heirs of Kurt Grawi, a Jewish man who had been persecuted by the Nazis.

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