Social media outrage shuts down Nazi-themed nightclub in Japan
Parent company closes venue Unfair and apologizes for their “lack of knowledge and awareness” after walls and champagne bottles are ...
Tag: World War II
Jewish anti-fascist film believed destroyed by Nazis gets world premiere
British Film Institute’s London Film Festival features 1931 anti-fascist short film “Europa” by Stefan and Franciszka Themerson after a copy ...
Thousands more Holocaust survivors awarded monthly pensions
New funds from Claims Conference aimed at some 4,500 Jews who survived the Leningrad siege, 800 who lived in hiding ...
Ukrainians uncover sewers where Jews hid from Nazis
Historian from city of Lviv uses books by survivors Ignacy and Krystyna Chiger to locate where they lived form 1943-44.
British Jewish newspaper campaigns for spy to be called Righteous Gentile
Col. Thomas Joseph Kendrick worked 15-hour days to process up to 175 applications daily to help Jews escape Austria.
Jewish leaders bury unidentified Holocaust victim after remains found in Warsaw Ghetto
“After nearly 80 years, this unknown person got his dignity back," Warsaw Jewish Community chairman says, describing burial as "very ...
Lapid: Polish law to limit WWII restitutions 'a disgrace'
After Poland passes draft legislation that will make it harder for Jews to recover property stolen by Nazis, Foreign Minister ...
Chicago writer discovers granddad was hero during Holocaust
Commander of Albania's Berat region Commandant Kadri Cakrani rallied both soldiers and locals to shelter hundreds of Jewish refugees from ...
Greece to focus on education as leader of International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
The Jewish community of Greece was nearly wiped out during World War II.
'Netanyahu is treading in the footsteps of fascist leaders'
In radio interview, former Prime Minister Ehud Barak accuses PM Netanyahu of using Hitler-like tactics to remain in power. Likud: ...