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Virginia Woman: My Dad Ran Auschwitz

German immigrant reveals amazing long-kept secret

(Newser) - Every family has some dirty laundry but not like this: A woman in Virginia is now revealing that her father was the Kommandant of Auschwitz. Brigette Höss (which is her maiden name; she is keeping her married name secret out of fear for her own safety) had kept the...

'Most-Wanted Nazi' Dies Awaiting Trial—at 98

Hungarian Laszlo Csatary reportedly sent 16K Jews to death camps

(Newser) - A onetime most-wanted Nazi war crimes suspect, Laszlo Csatary , has died at age 98, the BBC reports. The Hungarian was awaiting trial when he died in a hospital in his home country. "He had been treated for medical issues for some time but contracted pneumonia, from which he died,...

Holocaust Survivors Live Longer—Among Men

Study looked at 55K emigrants from Poland to Israel

(Newser) - Think Holocaust victims suffer from survivor's guilt? Maybe, but according to a new study, Holocaust survivors live an average of 6 months longer than those who avoided the Nazi menace, Pacific Standard reports. Among 55,220 emigrants from Poland to modern-day Israel, men who lived in Europe between 1939...

Atheists Fight Ohio Holocaust Memorial

Group says Star of David has no place on state grounds

(Newser) - An atheist group is up in arms over a Holocaust memorial set to be erected near the Ohio statehouse, calling the monument's design "exclusionary." That design is the work of architect Daniel Libeskind, who Salon identifies as a "big deal": He's the son of Holocaust...

'Italian Schindler' Likely Sent Jews to Auschwitz

John Paul II called Giovanni Palatucci a martyr

(Newser) - Washington's Holocaust Museum is taking down a display on a man once called the "Italian Schindler" for reportedly helping rescue thousands of Jews: It seems Giovanni Palatucci, whose legacy prompted Pope John Paul II dub him a martyr, may actually have worked with the Nazis in sending Jews...

Netanyahu Opens New Auschwitz Exhibit

Israeli prime minister also says Israel will defend itself from new Holocaust

(Newser) - Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu dedicated a new exhibit at the Auschwitz death camp in Poland today, and he used the occasion to issue a warning to Iran and other Israeli enemies, reports the BBC and Jerusalem Post .
  • "From here, the place that attest to the desire to destroy us,
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Top Nazi's Long-Lost Diary Found ... in Buffalo

Rosenberg papers to shed new light on Third Reich

(Newser) - The secrets of top Hitler aide Alfred Rosenberg may soon be revealed, 67 years after he ended up at the end of a rope for his leading role in the Holocaust. Some 400 pages from Rosenberg's diary vanished after the Nuremberg war crimes trials where he was sentenced to...

Oregon Man, 90, Recounts His WWII Tale of Survival

He was sole survivor when Jewish refugee ship carrying 786 was torpedoed

(Newser) - Oregon's David Stoliar rarely talks about his ordeal in World War II, and the 90-year-old native of Romania says his recent interview with the German newspaper Der Spiegel is the last time he will discuss it, period. It's tough to blame him. Stoliar was the lone survivor when...

93-Year-Old Arrested Over Auschwitz Ties

Hans Lipschis admits to being a cook at camp, says he committed no war crimes

(Newser) - A 93-year-old man who was deported from the US in 1983 for lying about his Nazi past was arrested by German authorities today on allegations he served as an Auschwitz death camp guard. Hans Lipschis was taken into custody after authorities concluded there was "compelling evidence" he was involved...

Deep in a Cave, an Amazing Tale of Holocaust Survival
Deep in a Cave, an Amazing Tale of Holocaust Survival
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Apr 13, 2013 9:33 AM CDT

Deep in a Cave, an Amazing Tale of Holocaust Survival

New film shares story of 38 Jews who lived in Ukrainian caves for 511 days

(Newser) - It's hard not to describe any tale of Holocaust survival as amazing, but this one is particularly remarkable: A new film that opened last week in New York recounts the story of two Jewish families that fled to a Ukrainian cave in 1942. As No Place on Earth recounts,...

Anne Frank's Beloved Tree to Live On in US

Saplings from beloved chestnut tree to be planted in 11 US locations

(Newser) - Saplings from the chestnut tree that stood as a symbol of hope for Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis for two years in Amsterdam are being distributed to 11 locations in the United States as part of a project that aims to preserve her legacy and promote tolerance....

Holocaust Survivor Tries Viral Search for Lost Twin
Holocaust Survivor's Search for Lost Twin Goes Viral
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Mar 17, 2013 8:37 AM CDT

Holocaust Survivor's Search for Lost Twin Goes Viral

Genealogist hoping Facebook can help locate 'Jolli'

(Newser) - Menachem Bodner doesn't remember the horrors he suffered as an experiment subject of Dr. Josef Mengele at Auschwitz. But he knows he had a twin brother, and deep down always believed he was alive somewhere. Now, thanks to help from a genealogist, the 72-year-old has proof his brother, Jolli,...

Holocaust Even Worse Than We Thought

 Holocaust Far Worse 
 Than We Thought 
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Mar 2, 2013 2:00 PM CST

Holocaust Far Worse Than We Thought

Museum research greatly raises number of camps, ghettos

(Newser) - No doubt you've heard of Auschwitz, Treblinka, and the Warsaw Ghetto, but probably not the Munchen-Schwabing camp in Germany. It was perhaps the smallest slave-labor camp run by the Nazis, with maybe a dozen people there at a time forced into manual labor, writes Eric Lichtblau in the New ...

Joan Rivers Ripped Over Heidi Klum-Holocaust Joke

She's predictably unfazed by the outrage

(Newser) - Joan Rivers managed to get herself on the Anti-Defamation League's bad side ... with a butt joke. Speaking about how Heidi Klum looked in her Oscars dress, Rivers noted on her show Monday: "The last time a German looked this hot was when they were pushing Jews into the...

'Hitler's Pope' Secretly Aided the Jews: New Book

Pope Pius XII 'oversaw a clandestine operation'

(Newser) - A new book is aiming to give "Hitler's Pope" a better place in history, the Guardian reports. Due out next month, The Pope's Jews paints Pius XII as a man who quietly aided Jews during World War II with safe houses and fake documents. According to the...

Holocaust Survivors to Live On ... as Holograms

3D likenesses will be able to answer questions

(Newser) - Holocaust survivors' estimated average age is 79, but researchers and activists are making sure they'll be telling their stories two decades from now, and beyond—in person. Well, almost. The University of Southern California's Shoah Foundation is working with the school's Institute for Creative Technologies (whose resumé...

Berlusconi: Mussolini Wasn't So Bad

He did a lot of 'good' for Italy, sided with likely WWII winner, Hitler

(Newser) - On the occasion of today being a day that ends in "y," Silvio Berlusconi said something asinine and offensive : Speaking to reporters at a ceremony commemorating the Holocaust, the former premier decided it was the perfect venue to expound on all the "good" that one Benito Mussolini...

Youngest Name on Schindler's List Dead at 83

Leon Leyson was 13 at the time

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Times today has the fascinating obituary of Leon Leyson, notable for being the youngest person on Schindler's List. Leyson was among the 1,100 Jews saved from the Nazis by Oskar Schindler, who employed them in his Krakow factory; "Little Leyson," as he was...

Number of Jews in Israel Hits 'Significant' Mark

It's at 6M, which is how many Jews died in Holocaust

(Newser) - New census figures show that the Jewish population in Israel has passed the 6 million mark. It's a "significant" milestone, reports the Guardian , as that's also how many Jews died at the hands of the Nazis. A hair more than three-quarters of the 7.98 million people...

Hungarian Pol Wanted Lists of 'Risky' Jews

Marton Gyongyosi stirs outrage

(Newser) - A Hungarian politician has sparked outrage with his call for lists of Jews who pose a risk to national security, Reuters reports. Marton Gyongyosi, a leader in the far-right Jobbik party, asked the government to compile such lists because of increased tensions in the wake of Israel-Gaza violence. Of course,...

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