Nazis

Germany court upholds conviction of 99-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary

German Jewish leaders applauded the decision announced Tuesday by the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe in Germany.

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA
21/08/2024

The cornerstone of Islam’s ideology is that it must rule the world

The statements and threats from Iran and Palestinian leaders, are identical – the destruction of Israel.

By DAVID BEN-BASAT
18/08/2024

Sunken Nazi explosives-filled warship recovered after 80 years underwater

In the coming months, Serbia plans to remove 80 more sunken ships.

Antisemitism and protests in the United States trigger PTSD in Holocaust survivors

“PTSD symptoms may have been dormant for many years for many Holocaust survivors, but it got triggered as a result of what is happening both in Israel and in America,” psychologist Eva Fogelman said.

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
09/08/2024

Remembering the three Jewish women fencing champions who defied Hitler at the 1936 ‘Nazi Olympics’

As Jewish fencers excel at the 2024 Paris Olympics, we reflect on a historic moment: the 1936 Berlin Games, where Jewish athletes Ilona Elek-Schacherer, Helene Mayer, and Ellen Müller-Preis won gold.

By NEIL KELLER\JTA
08/08/2024

A historian describes the lessons learned — and ignored — from Hitler’s rise to power

The historian’s job is to explain how we got to where we got. I decided to look through the election of 1932, when the Nazis only won 37% of the vote but were the largest political force in Germany.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
31/07/2024

'Netanyahu will end like Hitler,' Turkish FM says after Erdogan's invasion threat

"Just as Hitler, who committed genocide, met his end - so Netanyahu, who committed genocide, will meet his end," the ministry's Twitter account said.

29/07/2024

Hamas as an idea can be defeated, even if it never goes away

Defeat of Hamas does not require that all its members be dead and buried. What is required is the acknowledgment of defeat and a disconnect of the malignant ideology from the territory. 

By AHARON E. WEXLER
29/07/2024

Another Nazi-looted Schiele painting returned to heirs of ‘Cabaret’ inspiration Fritz Grünbaum

Reif and his relatives have spent countless hours over the decades fighting in court to recover the vast art collection that once belonged to their ancestor.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
27/07/2024

Workers uncover remains of a synagogue destroyed by Nazis in Poland

"We knew there was a synagogue there, but we didn't know if something was preserved underground since nothing was showing above ground," Polish historian Sebastian Rakowski said.

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