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  • February 2008

    • Critics Blast Sarkozy's Holocaust School Plan

      New York Times  |  Feb 16, 08 12:53 PM CST

      Critics Blast Sarkozy's Holocaust School Plan

      (Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has sparked a new controversy: The maverick leader is  now defending his plan to have every fifth grader study a French youth killed in the Holocaust. Critics, including Jewish analysts, warn the move could traumatize students. But one historian applauded Sarkozy's "courage" and said what children "see on television or in a horror film is much worse." More »

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      Israel  • France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • religion  • education  • Nazi  • Catholicism  • Holocaust  • Jews  • anti-Semitism  • separation of church and state

    • Hungarian Right-Wingers Evoke Nazi-Era Militia

      Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 13, 08 2:07 PM CST

      Hungarian Right-Wingers Evoke Nazi-Era Militia

      (Newser) - A far-right group reminiscent of Nazi-era fascist militias is causing alarm in Hungary and echoing nationalist movements across Eastern Europe, the Los Angeles Times reports. Members of the Hungarian Guard march wearing black uniforms that resemble those of the Arrow Cross, a militia that helped Nazis kill thousands of Hungarian Jews. Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany calls the group "Hungary's shame." More »

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      Nazi  • Holocaust  • nationalism  • Tom Lantos  • Hungary

    • Congressman Lantos Dead at 80

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Feb 11, 08 11:17 AM CST

      Congressman Lantos Dead at 80

      (Newser) - Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, has died at 80. The California Democrat disclosed his cancer last month and announced that he wouldn't seek reelection. His widow said in a statement that his life was "defined by courage, optimism, and unwavering dedication to his principles and to his family," the San Francisco Chronicle reports. More »

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      Iraq war  • obituary  • Nazi  • Holocaust  • Tom Lantos  • Raoul Wallenberg

    • Turks Find Hitler's 'Lost Fleet'

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 4, 08 2:25 PM CST

      Turks Find Hitler's 'Lost Fleet'

      (Newser) - Three World War II U-boats, known as "Hitler's lost fleet," have been discovered off the Turkish coast, the Telegraph reports. A Turkish team combined archival research with sailor interviews and sonar technology to find the wreckage, part of the six-boat fleet that dogged Russian ships in the Black Sea under notorious commander "Silent Otto" Kretschmer. More »

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      Germany  • Nazi  • World War II  • history  • Adolf Hitler  • discovery  • sailor  • submarine  • Black Sea  • sonar  • Romania

  • January 2008

    • New Dictionary Helps Germans Steer Clear of 'Nazi Words'

      Der Spiegel  |  Jan 31, 08 5:10 PM CST

      New Dictionary Helps Germans Steer Clear of 'Nazi Words'

      (Newser) - German words like "Endlösung" (final solution) have been tainted, likely forever, by their association with the Nazis. A new dictionary looks at how the horrors of Hitler's regime changed the German language, Der Spiegel reports. The "Dictionary of Coming to Terms With the Past" looks at how the usage and meaning of approximately 1,000 German words has changed. More »

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      Germany  • Nazi  • language  • dictionary

    • 'French Anne Frank' Diaries a Hit

      Der Spiegel  |  Jan 10, 08 2:49 PM CST

      'French Anne Frank' Diaries a Hit

      (Newser) - Often called France’s Anne Frank, Helene Berr was a young Jewish student living in Nazi-occupied Paris who, like Frank, kept a diary detailing the journey from her privileged life to the reality of her fate. Just published for the first time, the diary has become a literary phenomenon, selling 26,000 copies in France in its first three days of release, Der Spiegel reports. More »

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      France  • book  • Nazi  • Holocaust  • concentration camp  • Anne Frank

  • December 2007

    • Smith Too Jiggy With Hitler, Say Irate Jews

      TMZ  |  Dec 25, 07 8:39 AM CST

      Smith Too Jiggy With Hitler, Say Irate Jews

      (Newser) - Will Smith finds himself in some hot water with the Jewish Defense League after telling a Scottish newspaper that Hitler didn't mean to do evil, but rather, using "a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was 'good.'"  The JDL denounced Smith's remark as "ignorant, detestable, and offensive," while the not-so-Fresh Prince quickly backtracked on the "ludicrous misinterpretation," TMZ reports. More »

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      Nazi  • Adolf Hitler  • Will Smith

    • Nazi Architect's Son Has His Own Designs

      Der Spiegel  |  Dec 22, 07 6:14 AM CST

      Nazi Architect's Son Has His Own Designs

      (Newser) - It’s hard to make a name for yourself when you share a name with your father, harder when the father was a famous Nazi architect and friend of Hitler. Urban planner Albert Speer constantly battles the association, keeping a low profile, and, though he has made his mark worldwide, avoiding Berlin. Now, he has his sights on bringing the 2018 Winter Olympics to Munich. More »

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      Germany  • Nazi  • Olympic Games  • architecture  • Adolf Hitler  • urban revitalization  • Munich  • Albert Speer

    • Man's Best Friend Just Following Orders

      Der Spiegel  |  Dec 19, 07 4:43 PM CST

      Man's Best Friend Just Following Orders

      (Newser) - A healthy, friendly, affectionate and evidently obedient Alsatian is looking for a good home. Taught by his master to affect a Nazi salute on command, Adolf—that's right—is in a Berlin animal shelter. His owner is in jail after showing the trick to police in a country where all Nazi symbols, slogans and gestures are illegal. More »

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      Germany  • accident  • Nazi  • Adolf Hitler

  • November 2007

    • Competing With Neo-Nazis for the Youth Vote

      Der Spiegel  |  Nov 14, 07 6:33 PM CST

      Competing With Neo-Nazis for the Youth Vote

      (Newser) - The government of one East German state is so concerned about the influence of neo-Nazi extremism on the young that it's handing out free CDs of leftist punk music as an antidote. Der Speigel reports that the tactic is borrowed from the far-right NPD party itself, which has been distributing skinhead compilations at schools and subsequently achieved record electoral results with young voters. More »

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      Nazi  • Neo-Nazi  • German  • punk music

    • Protesters Thwart Neo-Nazi Rally in Prague

      BBC  |  Nov 11, 07 9:15 AM CST

      Protesters Thwart Neo-Nazi Rally in Prague

      (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 Democrats, who were armed with batons and homemade Molotov cocktails. More »

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      Nazi  • Holocaust  • Czech Republic  • Neo-Nazi  • Prague  • Kristallnacht

  • October 2007

    • German Town Wages Quirky War Against Neo-Nazis

      Der Spiegel  |  Oct 31, 07 6:39 PM CDT

      German Town Wages Quirky War Against Neo-Nazis

      (Newser) - Inhabitants of the small German town of Gräfenberg have taken up ideological arms against far-right demonstrators from the National Democratic Party, Der Spiegel r eports, running loud saws, blaring samba music, and projecting images of concentration-camp victims to disrupt their rallies. The conflict started when the town's mayor declared a war memorial private property, preventing a neo-Nazi group from rallying there. More »

    • Art Vandals Post Video of Raid on YouTube

      New York Times  |  Oct 9, 07 12:01 PM CDT

      Art Vandals Post Video of Raid on YouTube

      (Newser) - Andres Serrano, no stranger to controversy, has seen his current photography exhibition in a Swedish university town vandalized with crowbars and axes. But the latest incident of destruction had a new twist: The vandals who ran through Serrano's exhibition "The History of Sex" last week filmed their act of vandalism and posted the video on YouTube. More »

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      YouTube  • art  • Nazi  • Sweden  • Neo-Nazi

    • WWII Vets Slam US 'Torture' Techniques

      Washington Post  |  Oct 6, 07 4:05 PM CDT

      WWII Vets Slam US 'Torture' Techniques

      (Newser) - Silent for 60 years, a handful of WWII vets are admitting their old interrogation tricks — and slamming alleged torture techniques used by the US today. Almost two dozen ex-fighters met for a ceremony by the Potomac yesterday, the Washington Post reports, but one refused the award, protesting the Iraq war and the grilling methods used at Guantanamo Bay. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • CIA  • torture  • Nazi  • veterans  • World War II  • interrogation techniques

    • Germany's FBI Faces Up to Nazi Roots

      Der Spiegel  |  Oct 2, 07 4:12 PM CDT

      Germany's FBI Faces Up to Nazi Roots

      (Newser) - The German equivalent of the FBI has acknowledged what everyone already knew: It was founded by Nazis. The agency is inviting historians to explore those dark roots, making it the first German security organization to do so, Der Spiegel reports. Owning up to the past is the only way to “live democracy with conviction each day,” says the organization's head. More »

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      Germany  • Nazi  • Third Reich  • West Germany

  • September 2007

    • Photos Show Auschwitz, on the Weekend

      BBC  |  Sep 29, 07 5:30 PM CDT

      Photos Show Auschwitz, on the Weekend

      (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 BBC. The album belonged to Karl Hoecker, a ranking official at Auschwitz. More »

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

    • Dodd Fights to Redeem Dad

      New York Times  |  Sep 24, 07 11:50 AM CDT

      Dodd Fights to Redeem Dad

      (Newser) - Chris Dodd is not only running for president, he's on a mission to fix his father's reputation. Dodd's late father, Thomas, also a US senator, was censured in 1967 for making personal use of campaign funds. Years earlier, he made his name at the Nuremberg trials, and his son's new book paints him as a decisive defender of civil liberties. More »

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      Senate  • Nazi  • Christopher Dodd  • civil liberties  • reputation

    • Zara Bags Swastika Purses

      Reuters  |  Sep 23, 07 9:37 AM CDT

      Zara Bags Swastika Purses

      (Newser) - Spanish fashion company Zara has withdrawn an entire line of  handbags from stores after a British customer complained that swastikas were stitched into the corners. Zara officials said the original design did not include the offending symbols and they were unaware that they had become part of the handbag. The purses were manufactured in India, where the swastika is an ancient Hindu symbol. More »

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      Nazi

    • Jewish Hate Grows in Jewish State

      Economist  |  Sep 16, 07 8:15 PM CDT

      Jewish Hate Grows in Jewish State

      (Newser) - Israel may seem an odd place for anti-Semitism, but as more immigrants claim Jewish heritage to gain citizenship through the loose "law of return," though they aren't technically Jewish, neo-Nazism is on the rise. Poverty, unemployment and social exclusion mark the lives of many non-Jews in Israel, reports the Economist , and those frustrations explain why some youths fall under the spell of racist ideologies. More »

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      Israel  • immigration  • racism  • Nazi  • anti-Semitism  • Neo-Nazi  • Nazism  • Israeli Arabs

    • German Cardinal Uses Nazi Term to Describe Art

      BBC  |  Sep 15, 07 4:21 PM CDT

      German Cardinal Uses Nazi Term to Describe Art

      (Newser) - Germans are in an uproar after an archbishop labeled some modern art “degenerate,” the same word Nazis used to persecute artists. A spokesman for Cardinal Joachim Meisner said the archbishop didn’t intend to acknowledge “old ideologies,” but the BBC says the term was precisely scripted because it has only one connotation in Germany, where the Nazi legacy is still taboo. More »

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      Germany  • art  • Catholic Church  • Nazi  • Adolf Hitler  • modern art

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