Renoir Unveiled in NY at Emotional Repatriation Ceremony
A painting seized by the Nazis during World War II was returned to its rightful owner Wednesday at a repatriation ceremony in lower Manhattan.
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Poland’s Jews Welcome Change to Holocaust Law
The head of the Jewish community in Poland says the government’s decision to scrap controversial criminal provisions in a Holocaust speech law will help restore Poland’s relations with the Jewish diaspora, with Israel and with the United States.
Read morePoland Marks 75th Anniversary of Uprising in Warsaw Ghetto
People in Warsaw pinned paper daffodils to their clothes as the Polish capital held a day of commemorations Thursday on the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Read moreHeirs to Holocaust Victims Lose Battle Against French Railway
A federal judge ruled that descendants of Holocaust victims accusing France’s national railway of looting property from tens of thousands of Jews bound for concentration camps must bring their case before a French commission before suing in U.S. court.
Read moreAlaska Lawmaker Cites Holocaust Deaths to Oppose Gun Control
An Alaska Republican and most senior member of the U.S. House argued against gun control by wondering how many Jewish people “were put in the ovens” because they were not armed.
Read morePoland Urged to Fire Publisher of Works by Holocaust Denier
A Jewish rights group is urging a Polish state historical institute to fire an official who has published several books by notorious British Holocaust denier David Irving.
Read moreWallenberg Relatives Vow to Appeal Russian Court Ruling
Relatives of Raoul Wallenberg say they will appeal a Russian court’s verdict to turn down their lawsuit asking the KGB’s main successor agency to provide full information about the Swedish diplomat who disappeared after helping at least 20,000 Hungarian Jews escape the Holocaust.
Read moreNever Again
On a warm, humid June day outside the Dachau concentration camp in 2015, I felt certain what happened during the Holocaust could never happen again. Humanity has progressed, we’re becoming better. The 2015 me did not envision the United States of America, circa 2017.
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Feds Tie Turkish Tycoon to Ahmadinejad
Previewing their evidence against a Turkish gold trader accused of laundering money for Iran, prosecutors told a federal judge Monday about a letter Reza Zarrab wrote to former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Read moreGerman Court Urged to Reopen Auschwitz Medic Trial
A group of Holocaust survivors, historians and others are urging a German court to reopen as soon as possible the trial of an ex-SS medic who served at the Auschwitz death camp.
Read moreGerman Bank Faces Suit by Reputed Kandinsky Heirs
The German bank Bayerische Landesbank faces a federal complaint from the heirs of a Dutch art collector, demanding a Kandinsky painting they say the Nazis looted during the Holocaust.
Read moreCremation Mishap
A woman claims in court that sloppy paperwork by nursing homes and a funeral parlor caused the cremation of her late mother, a Holocaust survivor, in violation of Jewish custom.
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