'Favorite Jewish uncle' and the limits of learning from Nazism
The postwar West learned to recognize anti-Jewish bigotry through Nazism’s form rather than its function.
Tag: Nazism
Colombian president apologizes for police academy's Nazi-style event
Cadets at the Simon Bolivar Police Academy wear Nazi uniforms with swastikas and sport Adolf Hitler-style moustaches during a cultural ...
Mystery of one of Judaism's most enigmatic scholars solved
Documents obtained by the National Library of Israel shed light on the life Monsieur Chouchani, who taught many of the ...
American couple seeking help to restore Torah scroll that survived the Holocaust
When Asher and Sandy Berlinger made aliyah in 2007, they brought the 190-year-old scroll that has been passed down in ...
US prison prepares gas chamber as means of execution
Documents show Arizona's Department of Corrections purchased ingredients to make hydrogen cyanide, the same gas that was used by Nazis.
Holocaust survivors use social media to fight antisemitism
With short video messages recounting their stories, participants in the #ItStartedWithWords campaign hope to educate people about how the Nazis ...
The forgotten tragedy of Tunisian Jewry
No other North African country was as severely impacted by Nazi occupation as Tunisia, says Professor Haim Saadoun, director of ...
Former secretary of Nazi commandant charged as accessory in 10,000 murders
Case against 95-year old Irmgard F. will rely on new German legal precedent established in cases over the last decade ...
Installation of Nazi-era 'dejudification institute' unveiled
High-ranking officials of Germany's Lutheran church unveil the installation to remember the malign activities of a so-called "dejudification institute" that ...
Polish culture minister decries being treated like 'Goebbels treated Jews'
In an interview with the Polish news magazine Wprost, Piotr Glinski describes how members of his ruling Law and Justice ...