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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.

Brooklyn Judaica seller signs deal to return Nazi-looted 16th-century Bible to Budapest

Rare and collectible, the book consists of two different Jewish texts printed in 1589 and 1599 in Venice, Italy, by a man named Giovanni di Gara.

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
10/10/2024

Belgian Left’s stance calls for 'Palestine without Jews,' says Interest Party leader to 'Post'

Tom Van Grieken of Vlaams Belang discusses Belgium's political crisis, rising antisemitism, and Jewish community security, as David Rosenberg's candidacy reflects shifting Jewish attitudes.

28/09/2024

Fania Brantsovsky, last living Vilna ghetto partisan resistance fighter, dies at 102

Fania Brantsovsky, the last survivor of the Vilna ghetto and a Yiddish culture advocate, died at 102, mourning a rich Jewish past.

By DAVID I. KLEIN/JTA
24/09/2024

Gov. Newsom signs bill helping residents recover art stolen by Nazis

“For Holocaust survivors and their families, the fight to reclaim art and other personal items stolen by the Nazis continues to reopen traumatic wounds,” Newsom said.

'Paris 1944': How France embraced the Nazis, resistance, then themselves

Paris 1944 is at its best when Patrick Bishop addresses how – and by whom – the city was liberated.

By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER
14/09/2024

South Carolina school district restricts Holocaust graphic novel for middle-schoolers

The decision follows the passage this summer of restrictive new guidelines on instructional materials at the State Board of Education. 

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
11/09/2024
 The Stutthof concentration camp barracks after liberation in 1945.

'Final Verdict': A valuable account of an unusual Holocaust trial

Final Verdict is an extremely valuable book, which deserves wide circulation not only in Germany but throughout the Western world.

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