Hungarian Pogrom
Hungary failed Wednesday to secure a Supreme Court detour in the suit it faces from Holocaust survivors whose property was stripped from them as they boarded trains destined for concentration camps.
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For Victims of a Little-Known Genocide, a Long Journey to Justice
How — and where — should victims collect reparations for a genocide? In New York, an effort to hold present-day Germany responsible for what is grimly called the first genocide of the 20th century hit a setback.
Read moreBritish Jews Apply for German Nationality as Brexit Looms
Simon Wallfisch grew up in London as the grandson of an Auschwitz survivor, who had sworn to never return to the country that murdered her parents and 6 million other Jews. But more than 70 years after the Holocaust, Brexit has prompted Wallfisch and thousands of other Jews in Britain to apply for German citizenship, which was stripped from their ancestors by the Nazis during the Third Reich.
Read moreJewish Rights Group Urges Croatia to Ban Pro-Nazi Book
A Jewish human rights group has urged Croatian authorities to ban a book that denies crimes committed by Croatia’s World War II pro-Nazi regime.
Read moreGermany to Compensate Hundreds Who Fled Nazis as Children
Germany has agreed to one-time payments for survivors, primarily Jews, who were evacuated from Nazi Germany as children, many of whom never saw their parents again, the organization that negotiates compensation with the German government said Monday.
Read moreFrench Court Rules Pissarro Painting Belongs to Jewish Heirs
A Paris appeals court has confirmed a ruling ordering an American couple to return a Camille Pissarro painting to the descendants of a Jewish family that owned the art work before it was seized during World War II.
Read moreRenoir 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.
Read morePoland’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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