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After the Holocaust

"A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent."- Elie Wiesel

The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored killing of six million Jewish men, women, and children and millions of others by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.  What is being done to preserve the memory of those who suffered?  How do the tragic events of the Holocaust impact the world today?

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  • November 2008

    • Feds Recover Bookmark From Hitler's Mistress

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Nov 27, 08 6:45 AM CST

      Feds Recover Bookmark From Hitler's Mistress

      (Newser) - A gold bookmark given Adolf Hitler by lover Eva Braun, stolen from a Madrid museum in 2002, has been recovered in a sting operation, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Undercover federal agents pounced on a Romanian businessman in a Seattle parking lot, where he had arranged to sell the bookmark for $100,000. More »

    • Fight Over Holocaust Victims' Assets Rocks Israel

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 12, 08 8:16 AM CST

      Fight Over Holocaust Victims' Assets Rocks Israel

      (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 »

    • Ohio Autoworker Faces Nazi War Crimes Trial

      Times (UK)  |  Nov 11, 08 3:05 AM CST

      Ohio Autoworker Faces Nazi War Crimes Trial

      (Newser) - Germany's top Nazi hunter is seeking the extradition of a retired Ohio autoworker accused of war crimes, the Times of London reports. The investigator says he finally has conclusive evidence that Ukrainian-born former SS trooper John Demjanjuk, 88, was the man know as Ivan the Terrible, responsible for the deaths of more than 29,000 Jews at the Sobibor extermination camp in Poland. More »

  • October 2008

    • Investigators Track Nazis' Looted Books

      Der Spiegel  |  Oct 25, 08 11:20 AM CDT

      Investigators Track Nazis' Looted Books

      (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 »

    • Berlin Statue to Honor Would-Be Hitler Assassin

      Der Spiegel  |  Oct 24, 08 3:31 AM CDT

      Berlin Statue to Honor Would-Be Hitler Assassin

      (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 »

    • Kristallnacht Remnants Found Near Berlin

      Der Spiegel  |  Oct 21, 08 7:55 PM CDT

      Kristallnacht Remnants Found Near Berlin

      (Newser) - Weeks before Jews mark the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, wreckage from the Nazi pogrom against Jews across Germany and Austria has been uncovered. Acting on a tip from a local, an Israeli journalist bills as a “historic discovery” a dump site the size of four football fields near Berlin. He's calling on the German government to get involved, reports Der Spiegel . More »

    • 'Hitler's Pope' Closer to Sainthood

      Der Spiegel  |  Oct 10, 08 1:50 AM CDT

      'Hitler's Pope' Closer to Sainthood

      (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 »

  • August 2008

    • Ownership Dispute Swirls Around NY Picassos

      Der Spiegel  |  Aug 20, 08 5:10 PM CDT

      Ownership Dispute Swirls Around NY Picassos

      (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 »

    • Is Germany Ready for Mein Kampf ?

      Time  |  Aug 17, 08 10:30 AM CDT

      Is Germany Ready for Mein Kampf ?

      (Newser) - Adolf Hitler's banned hate-filled manifesto Mein Kampf should be returned to the nation's bookstores, some Germans argue. A critical edition—annotated to put the tome "into context"—would demystify it and shed light on the author's mad ramblings, they say. The push comes as the book's copyright nears expiration, raising worries that new reprints could be misused by far-right extremists, reports Time . More »

    • French Writer Sparks Uproar With 'Anti-Semitic' Satire

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 3, 08 8:23 AM CDT

      French Writer Sparks Uproar With 'Anti-Semitic' Satire

      (Newser) - Controversial French columnist Maurice Siné is drawing cries of anti-Semitism for statements about President Sarkozy's son, reports the Guardian . In a column for Charlie Hebdo , Siné alleged Jean Sarkozy planned to convert to Judaism to wed a Jewish heiress and "go a long way in life." Siné's editor agreed it reinforced stereotypes and ordered an apology. Siné refused and was fired. More »

  • July 2008

    • Nazi Hunters Track 'Dr. Death' to Patagonia

      BBC  |  Jul 9, 08 3:19 AM CDT

      Nazi Hunters Track 'Dr. Death' to Patagonia

      (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 in Austria. Heim performed operations and amputations without anesthesia to see how much pain his victims could withstand. More »

    • Israel Agrees to Hezbollah Prisoner Swap

      BBC  |  Jul 8, 08 3:45 AM CDT

      Israel Agrees to Hezbollah Prisoner Swap

      (Newser) - Israel has signed a prisoner exchange deal with Hezbollah which includes the release of a terrorist who has been in an Israeli prison for 29 years. The release of Samir Qantar, who took part in a terror raid in which a child was murdered, is the most controversial element of the deal for Israelis, reports the BBC. More »

    • Wax Hitler Loses Its Head

      AFP  |  Jul 5, 08 9:01 AM CDT

      Wax Hitler Loses Its Head

      (Newser) - A wax model of Adolf Hitler at a new Madame Tussauds in Germany was decapitated by a Berlin man soon after the museum opened today, AFP reports. The man, who was arrested, “wanted to protest against Hitler's figure being on show,” police said. The model had sparked controversy, but the director of the German history exhibit said it wouldn’t make sense to leave the dictator out, reports the BBC. More »

  • June 2008