Is Facebook in denial about Holocaust denial?
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At Auschwitz, future U.S. military leaders learn what not to do
OSWIECIM, POLAND — In an upstairs room at the only remaining synagogue in Oswiecim, 37 miles west of Krakow, 13 future American military officers, clad in jeans and T-shirts, were wrestling with ethical questions in the shadow of Auschwitz.
Continue readingA Holocaust survivor raised a fist to death
Today, at his small Spanish-style home in Mid-City, Weinstein, 101, recalls in agonizing detail what it was like to give up his baby in 1941 amid the Nazi juggernaut. He is frail, but his wit and memory are keen. He remembers well what followed: killing Germans, dodging death, hunting for Natalie.
Continue readingFacebook urged to remove Holocaust-denial groups
Part of the power of social networking is the ability to form communities with like-minded individuals.
Continue readingAuction house says it sold Josef Mengele journals
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut auction house says it has sold the journals written by Nazi death camp doctor Josef Mengele. The sale is drawing criticism from a leader of Holocaust survivors who says the business was profiting off the sale of one of the worst mass murderers in history.
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Continue readingAntisemitism and Jewish Survival
Is the Holocaust best understood through fiction? That was the theme of a recent revue of Ruth Franklin’s novel, Higher Truth appearing on the Jewish internet journal Tablet. The revue provided a setting for an unlikely week-long exchange between Holocaust denier Michael Santomauro and me. I contacted Michael before submitting this article and he agreed to allow his name to appear but asked, “please reference me as a Holocaust Revisionist -and an amateur one at that.” A degree of humility that likely allowed for our extended discussion.
Continue readingKissinger regrets gas chambers remark
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger apologized Friday for a recently revealed remark from 1973, where he said it was no concern of the US if Soviet Jews were gassed.
Continue readingElie Wiesel: Holocaust winner?
Author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel was mistakenly declared a “Holocaust winner” by the Fox News network during an interview last week.
Continue readingLeading priest blames Jews for Greece’s problems
ATHENS, Greece — A high-level priest on the morning show of the largest television station in Greece blamed world Jewry for Greece’s financial problems on Tuesday.
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