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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Simon Wiesenthal Center

Simon Wiesenthal Center stories: 5 news summaries

(AP) - German prosecutors formally charged John Demjanjuk today with 27,900 counts of being an accessory to murder at a Nazi death camp during World War II, reports the AP. The 89-year-old retired auto worker, who was deported from the US in May, faces 15 years for every count. Prosecutors accuse... More »

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Germany • Holocaust • Nazi • World War II • Simon Wiesenthal Center • John Demjanjuk • murder charges • Sobibor

(Newser) - A Pat Oliphant cartoon is an attack on Israel, not "hideously anti-Semitic," writes blogger Emily Moulton in Gather. The controversial cartoon shows a woman carrying a small child labeled "Gaza" being pursued by a headless Nazi pushing a giant Star of David with teeth. "The cartoon... More »

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Israel • Gaza • anti-Semitism • Simon Wiesenthal Center • Pat Oliphant • Anti-Defamation League • american jewish committee

Tolerance Museum Digs Up Trouble in Jerusalem

Arab angered as construction of Gehry-designed site disturbs remains

Nov 21, 08 2:59 PM CST
(Newser) - A parking lot in downtown Jerusalem is the latest battleground in the Arab-Israel conflict, Bloomberg reports, as plans for a museum of tolerance have inflamed tensions after initial construction work uncovered human remains in long-abandoned Muslim cemetery. The Israeli supreme court’s decision to approve the re-interment of Muslims remains... More »

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Israel • Jerusalem • Palestinians • Frank Gehry • Simon Wiesenthal Center • Museum of Tolerance • Center for Human Dignity

Nazi Hunters Track 'Dr. Death' to Patagonia

Sadistic concentration camp physician is most wanted surviving Nazi

Jul 9, 08 3:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investigators hunting Nazi war criminals believe they have discovered where their most-wanted war fugitive has been hiding, reports the BBC. The Simon Wiesenthal Center has sent experts to southern Chile to track down Aribert Heim, dubbed "Dr. Death" for his barbaric experiments on Jews in the Mauthausen concentration camp... More »

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Holocaust • war crimes • Chile • Patagonia • concentration camp • Nazi • World War II • Simon Wiesenthal Center • Aribert Heim

 Group Makes
 Last Hunt for
 Top Nazis 

Death camp doctor who decapitated Jewish teen heads the list

Apr 30, 08 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A doctor at barbaric Mauthausen concentration camp heads the list of the 10 most-wanted Nazis sought by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, AP reports. Aribert Heim, 93, is believed to be living in South America, and has a $485,000 reward on his head. One witness recalled how the physician-butcher decapitated... More »

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Holocaust • Nazi • World War II • SS • Mauthausen concentration camp • Simon Wiesenthal Center • Aribert Heim • John Demjanjuk • Sandor Kepiro • Milivoj Asner • Soeren Kam • Erich Wasicky • Berlin Document Center

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