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Fight Over Holocaust Victims' Assets Rocks Israel

Mission to trace assets of murdered Jews facing resistance from Israeli government, businesses

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Nov 12, 08 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - The quest to return assets of Holocaust victims to their heirs, instigated by the Israeli parliament, is now focusing on Israel itself, the Wall Street Journal reports, and it's meeting as much resistance at home as it did in Europe. Many European Jews invested in what was then Palestine during the '20s and '30s, only to die at the hands of the Nazis before they could realize their dream of emigration. Israeli banks, and even the government, are accused of short-changing their heirs. More »

More about:  Israel • Nazi • World War II • Jews • Holocaust • Knesset • Nazis

Investigators Track Nazis' Looted Books

A million plundered volumes are still on German library shelves

Der Spiegel Der Spiegel Oct 25, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A handful of determined librarians are trying to reunite books stolen by the Nazis with their owners or their families, Der Spiegel reports. Experts believe at least a million such books are still on the shelves of libraries across Germany. Many carry a 'J' inscribed by Nazi-era librarians to indicate they were seized from the collections of Jews sent to extermination camps. More »

More about:  Germany • book • Nazi • libraries • Nazis • library

 Berlin Statue to Honor 
 Would-Be Hitler Assassin

Bomb-planting carpenter finally wins national recognition

Der Spiegel Der Spiegel Oct 24, 08 3:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Berlin is planning a memorial to honor one of the unsung heroes of the Nazi era—a humble carpenter who came within minutes of assassinating Hitler. Georg Elser planted a bomb in a Munich beer hall in 1939 that nearly killed Hitler just nine weeks into World War II—but the fuhrer left 13 minutes before it exploded, Der Spiegel reports. More »

More about:  Adolf Hitler • Nazis • Third Reich • Nazism • Dachau

 'Hitler's Pope' 
 Closer to 
 Sainthood 

Benedict XVI prepares to beatify controversial Pius XII

Der Spiegel Der Spiegel Oct 10, 08 1:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The most controversial pope of modern times may soon be a step closer to sainthood, reports Der Spiegel. Pius XII—known by many as "Hitler's Pope" because of his lack of action during the Holocaust or criticism of the Nazis—is about to be beatified, despite decades of dispute. Beatification is the final step before sainthood is declared. Pope Benedict XVI claims Pius worked "secretly and silently" to save Jews. More »

More about:  Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican • Jews • Holocaust • Nazis • sainthood • beatification

 Ownership Dispute 
 Swirls Around NY Picassos 

Heirs of German-Jewish banker say Nazis forced sale of paintings, now worth millions

Der Spiegel Der Spiegel Aug 20, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The heirs of a German-Jewish banker are demanding that New York’s Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim relinquish possession of two works by Picasso, Der Spiegel reports. The heirs say the two paintings, Boy Leading a Horse and Le Moulin de la Galette , unjustly fell into the hands of American art collectors during the Nazi rise to power. More »

More about:  Germany • art • World War II • Jews • anti-Semitism • Nazis • Pablo Picasso • MoMA • Guggenheim

Croatia Fans' Nazi Taunting
of Turks Under Scrutiny

Soccer body looks into banners, chants in stands during Euro game won by Turkey

Associated Press Associated Press Jun 27, 08 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - European soccer authorities are looking into allegations Croatian fans held Nazi banners and made racist comments during a June 20 match with Turkey, the AP reports. The Croatian Football Federation denounced the bad conduct, saying it “is not a characteristic behavior of true Croatian fans, who showed good behavior and friendly relation to other fans.” More »

More about:  Turkey • racism • soccer • Nazis • Croatia

Cruise's Lawyer Rips Dr. Drew

Celebrity Rehab host says actor's love of Scientology suggests childhood neglect

Radar Radar Jun 13, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Celebrity psychiatrist Dr. Drew Pinksy's armchair diagnosis of Tom Cruise in Playboy has riled up Cruise’s lawyer, who compares the doc to a Nazi, Radar reports. The host of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew said Cruise’s attraction to the “cultish kind of environment” of Scientology is “a function of a very deep emptiness and suggests serious neglect in childhood—maybe some abuse, but mostly neglect." More »

More about:  celebrity • Tom Cruise • Scientology • Playboy • Nazis

Obama Wants Truce Even as McCain Spins Pastors' Ties

McCain says his link to Hagee neither long nor strong as Obama's to Wright

Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune May 23, 08 3:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is tweaking John McCain for slinging muck on Rev. Jeremiah Wright on one hand while distancing himself from Rev. John Hagee on the other, the Chicago Tribune reports. “Nobody thinks that McCain believes that stuff," Obama said. "For McCain to then suggest that every single statement that was made by somebody is somehow attributable to me is just wrong.” More »

More about:  Barack Obama • John McCain • Jeremiah Wright • Nazis • John Hagee • Rod Parsley

analysis

 Bush vs. Obama:
 It's Just the Start  

Expect more disputes between them in the general election

Time Time May 15, 08 7:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - When the president set off a political firestorm today by essentially likening Barack Obama to those who appeased the Nazis, he likely presaged a common theme in the general election, writes Massimo Calabresi in Time . Bush is trying to stay relevant—no better way than to inject himself in the campaign. And the speed with which Obama responded signaled that he's quite happy to take on the president. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • George W. Bush • Israel • Knesset • appeasement • Nazis

Bush: Obama Would 'Appease' Terrorists

Obama: Bush 'politics
of fear' haven't made US or Israel safer

CNN CNN May 15, 08 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - He didn't name names, but he didn't need to. President Bush used an appearance before Israel’s Knesset today to accuse Barack Obama of the “foolish delusion” that “we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals.” In comments aimed at Obama’s support among American Jews, CNN notes, the president compared the Democrat to Hitler appeasers, saying, "We have an obligation to call this what it is—the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history." More »

More about:  Barack Obama • George W. Bush • Iran • Israel • terrorist • the Jewish vote • Knesset • appeasement • Nazis

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