Tag: The Holocaust
German soccer chief Keller urged to resign over Nazi remark
BERLIN — German soccer federation president Fritz Keller is facing calls to resign after comparing one of his vice presidents to infamous Nazi judge...
Auschwitz inmates’ families oppose ex-PM on museum council
WARSAW, Poland — Relatives of former Auschwitz prisoners from Poland are protesting the appointment of a top member of the country’s right-wing ruling party...
Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel gets seat at National Cathedral
WASHINGTON — Washington National Cathedral, the massive Episcopal house of worship that prides itself on being an unfinished work-in-progress whose stones and stained glass...
German soccer chief Keller likens colleague to infamous Nazi
BERLIN — German soccer federation president Fritz Keller says he will not step down from his role after comparing one of his vice presidents...
3 resign from Auschwitz council after politician appointed
WARSAW, Poland — Three members of an advisory council for the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum in Poland have resigned after the government appointed a former Polish...
German president: Buchenwald a reminder of Nazi ‘barbarism’
WEIMAR, Germany — Germany’s president on Sunday marked the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp by reminding his compatriots of...
Holocaust survivors harness social media to spread message
BERLIN — Alarmed by a rise in online anti-Semitism during the pandemic, coupled with studies indicating younger generations lack even basic knowledge of the...
Israelis stand silent as Holocaust Day marked with siren
JERUSALEM — Israelis stood in silence on Thursday as a two-minute siren wailed across the country in remembrance of the Holocaust’s 6 million Jewish...
Report: Pandemic amped up anti-Semitism, forced it online
TEL AVIV, Israel — Coronavirus lockdowns last year shifted some anti-Semitic hatred online, where conspiracy theories blaming Jews for the pandemic’s medical and economic...
On Holocaust Day, Netanyahu issues warning about Iran
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday urged the world not to revive the troubled international nuclear deal with Iran as he opened...
