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Undated handout photo issued by the Church of Scotland of a piper during the unveiling of the Jane Haining memorials outside St Columba's Church of Scotland in Budapest. Photo: Barta Bálint/Church of Scotland/PA Wire
May 1, 2024, 9:00 am
Scot who refused to abandon schoolgirls to the Nazis honoured with new plaques
Jane Haining worked as a matron at the Scottish Mission School in the Hungarian capital from 1932 to 1944, before being arrested on charges that included working among Jews
By Nick Forbes (PA)
April 30, 2024, 3:43 pm
Second World War hero receives new headstone with Star of David after 80 years
Until last week, Jewish military veteran Harold Devon had been buried under a cross in Hanover War Cemetery
By Candice Krieger
A special exhibit at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, "Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race," explores how the Nazis developed racial health policies that began with the mass sterilization of individuals considered to be "biological threats." (Courtesy United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
April 4, 2024, 11:16 am
Leading American medical journal faces down its own history of endorsing Nazi race science
Titled “Nazism and the Journal,” the article is part of a series written by independent historians that focuses on biases and injustices that New England Journal of Medicine has historically countenanced
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
Siobhan Tyrell, Evie Hill, Diana Barzilay. Pic: PR
March 21, 2024, 11:26 am
Antiques Roadshow features dramatic Shoah escape story
Two sisters tell of parents' escape from Nazi Germany on notorious ship, the St Louis
By Jenni Frazer
March 13, 2024, 8:57 am
‘Neo-Nazi’ upset he did not get to kill solicitor in terror plot, court told
Cavan Medlock is alleged to have arrived at the Duncan Lewis law firm in Harrow on September 7 2020, armed with a combat knife and handcuffs, while carrying large Confederate and Nazi flags.
By JN Reporter
Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, one of the architects of the 1998 Washington Principles, delivers remarks at a 25th anniversary convening. (Courtesy WJRO and Claims Conference)
March 11, 2024, 9:53 am
21 countries agree to updated guidelines on Nazi-looted art as researchers say much work remains
The new best practices document specifies that works sold under duress during the Holocaust are considered looted or confiscated by the Nazis
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan. Credit: Twitter/X
October 31, 2023, 12:46 pm
Yad Vashem lashes out at Israel’s UN ambassador for wearing yellow star
Yad Vashem commented on Gilad Erdan's display of the yellow star at the UN, saying it 'dishonours both the victims of the Holocaust and the State of Israel'
By JN Reporter
Yaroslav Hunka, right, waits for the arrival of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Several Jewish advocacy organizations condemned members of Parliament on Sunday for giving a standing ovation to a man who fought for a Nazi unit during the Second World War. Credit: The Canadian Press/Alamy Live News
September 27, 2023, 9:10 am
Speaker of Canadian parliament resigns after applauding ex-Nazi soldier
98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka, a former volunteer fighter in a Waffen SS unit, was applauded as a "hero" in the Canadian parliament.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, receives a standing ovation after addressing the House of Commons on Parliament Hill, September 22, 2023 in Ottawa, Canada. Credit: Ukraine Presidency/Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/Alamy Live News
September 26, 2023, 10:14 am
Canadian PM lambasts ‘deeply embarrassing’ standing ovation for ex-Nazi soldier
98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka, a former volunteer fighter in a Waffen SS unit, was applauded as a "hero" in the Canadian parliament.
By JN Reporter
A view of an opening event for the Vilnius 700th anniversary events in the Lithuanian capital, Jan. 25, 2023. (Gabriel Khiterer)
September 26, 2023, 9:13 am
Vilnius is celebrating its 700th anniversary. Lithuanian Jews are commemorating a darker one
Starting in the early 19th century, Vilnius was one of the most important Jewish centres in the world, known as the Jerusalem of the North.
By Emily Tamkin (JTA)
19 September 2023, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Jamel: Sven Krüger (l), a right-wing extremist known throughout Germany, is accompanied by a police officer during a search operation on his property. Federal Interior Minister Faeser has banned the right-wing extremist association "Hammerskins Germany" as well as its regional offshoots and the sub-organization "Crew 38". According to the ministry, police task forces searched the homes of 28 suspected members of the association in ten German states in the early morning. Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa (Photo by Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images)
September 21, 2023, 10:51 am
Germany bans neo-Nazi group to send ‘signal against racism and antisemitism’
The Hammerskins, a local spinoff of a group founded in the United States in the late 1980s, are accused of promoting criminal activities and of opposing the German constitution.
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
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September 19, 2023, 2:50 pm
Medieval German synagogue added to UNESCO World Heritage list
Erfurt’s Old Synagogue dates back to the 1090s, when its first stones were laid.
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
September 7, 2023, 11:50 am
Palestinian President: Nazis killed Jews due to their ‘social role’, not religion
The German ambassador to Israel called President Abbas' comments "an insult to the memory of millions of murdered men, women and children."
By Jotam Confino in Israel
A gate with the inscription "Work Sets You Free" at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp memorial in Oranienburg, Germany, Jan. 25, 2019. (Omer Messinger/Getty Images)
September 4, 2023, 8:13 am
98-year-old German man charged with accessory to murder at Nazi concentration camp
Prosecutors are accusing the man of having “supported the cruel and malicious killing of thousands of prisoners as a member of the SS guard detail” at Sachsenhausen concentration camp
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
Windows at the Foundation for Memorial Sites in Lower Saxony, in the town of Celle, Germany, were found vandalized, Aug. 15, 2023. (Foundation for Memorial Sites in Lower Saxony)
August 17, 2023, 12:29 pm
Windows shattered at headquarters of Holocaust memorial site foundation in Germany
The Foundation for Memorial Sites in Lower Saxony oversees the memorials at the former Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and the Wolfenbüttel Prison, a major Nazi execution site.
By Toby Axelrod (JTA)
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