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Holocaust stories: 114 news summaries

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Curtain Rising on
Anne Frank, the Musical

Creator compares teen's life to tragic opera

Jan 7, 08 10:25 AM CST
(Newser) - A first-of-its-kind musical adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank will take the stage in Madrid next month, the Guardian reports. The Spanish-language play gained the approval of the Anne Frank Foundation, which closely guards the rights to the story of the doomed Jewish teenager; a spokesman says the work... More »

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theater • Spain • Holocaust • history • Madrid • musical • Anne Frank • Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl • Anne Frank Foundation

Holocaust Denier Roils Oxford Union

Invitation to debate prompts flurry of protests; MP resigns

Nov 26, 07 11:46 AM CST
(Newser) - A British MP tendered his resignation to the Oxford Union yesterday in protest of the debating society’s invitation to Holocaust denier David Irving and anti-immigration leader Nick Griffin to speak tonight, reports the Telegraph. Julian Lewis, the Conservative Party’s shadow defense minister, said he was “ashamed” of... More »

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Holocaust • Oxford • debates • Oxford Union • Julian Lewis • David Irving • Nick Griffin • Luke Tryl

Remaining
Holocaust Claims Stalled

Many survivors, heirs still stymied on stolen property, lost wages

Nov 25, 07 5:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Six decades and $100 billion in reparations later, tens of thousands of Jews say Germany still owes them for Holocaust crimes, the Washington Post reports. A 2002 law promised pensions for ghetto dwellers forced to work for little pay, but officials denied benefits to 60,000 for lack of... More »

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Germany • Holocaust

Protesters Thwart Neo-Nazi Rally in Prague

'I don't like these idiots with their shaved heads,' says one

Nov 11, 07 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Neo-Nazis marching on the anniversary of the infamous 1938 Nazi pogrom Kristallnacht ran into a wall of more than 1,000 counter-protesters bearing the Star of David in Prague's old Jewish quarter yesterday, the BBC reports. Czech police had earlier detained some of the skinheads, members of the Young Nationalist... More »

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Holocaust • Czech Republic • Nazi • Prague • Kristallnacht • Neo-Nazi • Young Nationalist Democrats • Star of David

Death Camp Concert Angers Survivors

Belgrade camp has been neglected; buildings illegally sold

Nov 1, 07 7:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - A small, neglected, concentration camp near downtown Belgrade will host a rock concert this weekend, angering Holocaust survivors and Belgrade's small Jewish population. Called "the forgotten concentration camp," Sajmiste was the site of the murder of 48,000 Serbs—leftists, nationalists, and nearly all 8,000 of Belgrade's... More »

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Holocaust • Belgrade • concentration camp • Sajmiste

Photos Show Auschwitz, on the Weekend

Album reveals death camp guards relaxing after 'a hard day's work'

Sep 29, 07 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A photo album of co-workers decorating Christmas trees, playing with dogs, eating blueberries—fond memories, but for the swastikas on the merrymakers' uniforms. The US Holocaust Museum has posted online 116 photos showing how Auschwitz guards "unwound after 'a hard day's work,' " archivist Rebecca Erbelding tells the... More »

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Germany • Holocaust • photography • Holocaust Museum • Nazi • Auschwitz • World War II • SS

Columbia Prez Lays Into Ahmadinejad

Head of state answers ‘unfriendly’ intro with contentious talk

Sep 24, 07 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared today at Columbia University, where the school’s president called the Iranian president “a petty and cruel dictator” and excoriated him for his human rights rap sheet, Holocaust denial—which Lee Bollinger called "simply ridiculous"—and nuclear ambitions. The visitor smiled as Bollinger spoke,... More »

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Columbia University • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Holocaust • warrantless wiretapping • Lee Bollinger • Palestinian people • atom bomb

Mystery of Holocaust Book Unfolds

Survivor's daughter turns curiosity about inheritance into international quest

Sep 17, 07 11:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Meticulous pen-and-ink representations of the horrors of Dachau, drawn by a Polish Catholic artist who spent most of the war in concentration camps, form the backbone of a unique album that's drawing praise and curiosity from Holocaust scholars. The AP traces the history of the handmade book and the tortured... More »

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Holocaust • Dachau • concentration camp • Shari Klages • Michal Porulski • book

Pope Honors Holocaust Victims

Pontiff expresses "sadness, repentance, and friendship" at lives lost to Nazis

Sep 7, 07 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI paid tribute today to the 65,000 Austrian victims of the Holocaust at the start of his three-day visit to Austria, BBC reports. Alongside Jewish leaders, the pontiff expressed “sadness, repentance, and friendship” at a monument honoring those killed by the Nazis. Benedict tomorrow leads a... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Holocaust • Jews • Austria • Nazi • Vienna

Berlin Synagogue Reopens

Country’s largest synagogue survived century of strife

Aug 31, 07 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Germany’s largest synagogue has re-opened its doors after a major restoration, welcoming political leaders and Holocaust survivors to its unveiling. Built over 100 years ago, the Berlin temple was burned on Kristallnacht but the structure survived Nazism, Communism and decades of neglect. Architects re-created the original appearance with the... More »

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Germany • Berlin • Holocaust • Judaism • restoration • synagogue • Nazism • Communism • Kristallnacht

Nazi 'Mascot' Tells His Story

Jewish boy became
SS plaything, kept
secret until 1997

Aug 21, 07 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new book details the secret history of a Jewish boy who became a mascot for the Nazi SS. After fleeing a Belarus village on the day his family was massacred, the 5-year-old was rescued by a Nazi soldier who gave him a new name—Alex Kurzem— and identity as... More »

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Holocaust • Jews • Nazi • World War II • mascot • Belarus • Alex Kurzem • orphan

Children of Holocaust Survivors Sue Germany

Suit seeks money for psychological treatment

Jul 16, 07 8:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Israeli group is about to file a class action lawsuit against Germany on behalf of 15,000 children of Holocaust survivors in need of psychological treatment. The children suffer from depression and other problems stemming from being raised in dysfunctional homes. The suit, to be filed Sunday in Tel... More »

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Israel • Germany • Holocaust • children • lawsuit

Holocaust
Critic Loses Tenure Bid

University cuts controversial Finkelstein loose

Jun 12, 07 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Polarizing poli-sci scholar Norman Finkelstein has been refused tenure at DePaul University in Chicago. The school's president said that Finkelstein, a virulent critic of Israel who's been accused of anti-Semitism for his remarks on the Holocaust, stirred too much controversy and ill will for the nation's largest Catholic University. More »

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Holocaust • higher education • Norman Finkelstein • Alan Dershowitz • DePaul University • anti-Semitism

Death Camps May Charge Admission

Dachau, other German sites say they're running out of cash to support programs

May 31, 07 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nazi concentration camps need to start charging visitors an entrance fee, those who run them say; subsidies from the German government aren't adequate for upkeep and tour guides for millions of pilgrims who visit every year. The proposal has prompted outrage from German Jews, the London Times reports.  More »

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Germany • Holocaust • Jews • museum • Dachau • concentration camp • Nazi • Auschwitz • Ronald Lauder • ticket

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