Category Archives: Holocaust

The French finally honor a village that saved Jews

Le Chambon-sur-Lignon is a French village that saved thousands of French Jews during the Holocaust and was long ago recognized by Yad Vashem. It’s finally being recognized by the French. A French village credited with saving 3,000 Jews from the … Continue reading

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Put on your… swastika? It’s time… um… for… er… what was that, Adam?

Did Adam Sandler get stoned and update his stupid Hanukkah Song again?

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Irving: impeccably converted and pining for a kiss

The discredited British historian and Holocaust denier David Irving was expected to fly back to Britain today after Austria’s supreme court unexpectedly agreed to release him from prison early. The court in Vienna ruled that Irving, who has spent more … Continue reading

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Bad Arolsen archives talk

Sitting on 16 miles of shelving, they number 50 million pages covering 17.5 million victims, not only Jews but also millions of slave laborers, political prisoners, homosexuals and Roma. I am not at all sure I need (or want) more … Continue reading

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David Duke speaks at Iran Holocaust denial conference

That pretty much says all you need to know about the “scholarship” behind yet another of Iran’s attempts to delegitimize the Jewish State. Shimon Peres called it a conference of liars. He’s right. In his opening speech, the institute’s chief, … Continue reading

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Armenian holocaust – a little known episode

I have received the following comment to the post My genocide vs. your genocide on Meryl’s place. And as someone of Armenian descent, I should note the man who protested the massacres the most was Ambassador Henry Morgenthau, an American … Continue reading

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Divine irony

Who says God doesn’t have a sense of humor? This story is almost too precious for words: The Nazis forced Jews in concentration camps to forge British pound notes, with which they hoped to undermine the British economy. After the … Continue reading

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Recovering Torahs from the Nazis

Randolph, NJ, a small town in Morris County, is getting a Torah scroll that survived the Holocaust intact—a rare scroll, indeed. Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg is completing some unfinished business as he helps World War II’s last emigrants come to … Continue reading

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Survivors of the Holocaust that wasn’t

The Babi Yar massacre gives meaning to the word massacre Continue reading

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Another Holocaust survival story

Get your tissues ready. (This time, the Ha’aretz story is nowhere near as well-written as the AP’s. It’s usually the other way around.) JERUSALEM (AP) – Hilda Shlick thought she lost nearly all her family in the Holocaust – until … Continue reading

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The Iranian Holocaust cartoon contest: Flop, flop, fizz fizz

The Iranian Holocaust cartoon contest flops Continue reading

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One of the righteous

The USPS honors a righteous man who saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis Continue reading

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Oprah and the Holocaust

Oprah Winfrey runs two special shows on the Holocaust Continue reading

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The fourth Reich of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iran’s president wants non-Muslims to wear the badge of the dhimmi Continue reading

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Another “freedom fighter” bites the dust

Ward Churchill, professor of indefinite studies, the self-appointed Native American, he of the “little Eichmanns” fame, was found guilty of the worst offences a tenured professor cum scientist could possibly be guilty of (aside of raping his students). It appears … Continue reading

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