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Dachau: 90 years on, the warning remains

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Mar 22 09:12 AM

The first prisoners arrived at Dachau less than two months after the Nazis seized power on January 30. Read more »

Could Adolf Hitler's seizure of power have been prevented?

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Jan 31 07:10 AM

Adolf Hitler's rise to Reich chancellor on January 30, 1933 changed world history. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 27, 2023

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 12:00 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Zelensky says 'indifference kills along with hatred'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 27 07:33 PM

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky marked Holocaust Remembrance Day Friday by urging the world to unite against "indifference" and "hatred," nearly one year into Russia's invasion of his country. Read more »

Remembering victims of the Holocaust

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 04:16 PM

Mourning candles are placed around steles during a candlelights ceremony at Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, Germany on Thursday Read more »

In a first, German parliament spotlights Nazis' LGBTQ victims

Deborah Cole, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 27 03:21 PM

The German parliament will for the first time on Friday focus its annual Holocaust memorial commemorations on people persecuted and killed for their sexual or gender identity. Read more »

Holocaust remembrance on TikTok

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Jan 27 12:39 PM

Holocaust survivors and concentration camp memorial sites are reaching young users on TikTok in 30 seconds. Read more »

UAE plans to teach the Holocaust in schools

Hashem Osseiran, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 24 11:51 AM

The United Arab Emirates plans to teach school students about the Holocaust, signaling warming ties with Israel, a country that is widely condemned in the Arab world. Read more »

France's Macron marks 80th anniversary of WWII round-up of Jews

Jérôme Rivet, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 18 06:40 AM

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday marked the 80th anniversary of the wartime round-up of Jews in France. Read more »

Ex-Nazi camp guard gets 5-year prison sentence

David Courbet, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 28 08:33 PM

Josef Schuetz was found guilty of being an accessory to murder in at least 3,500 cases while working as a prison guard at the Sachsenhausen camp in Oranienburg, north of Berlin, between 1942 and 1945. Read more »

Myanmar junta uses ID to carry out genocide vs Rohingya - group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 03:26 PM

Myanmar's military junta is employing identification documents to carry out genocide against the Rohingya people, Fortify Rights said. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 11, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 11 11:47 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Never forget Hitler's atrocities

Jens Schlueter, AFP
Posted at Apr 11 07:49 PM

Approximately six million Jews perished during World War II through execution and in concentration camps such as these under German dictator Adolf Hitler's reign. Read more »

Bitter row erupts over Anne Frank betrayal book

Jan Hennop, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 13 07:28 AM

A heated debate has erupted over 'The Betrayal of Anne Frank' by Canadian author Rosemary Sullivan after it named a Jewish notary as the prime suspect in giving up Anne and her family. Read more »

Jewish umbrella group asks publisher to pull Anne Frank book

Reuters
Posted at Feb 03 12:43 PM

The main umbrella group for Europe's national Jewish communities urged HarperCollins to pull a book that suggests a Jewish notary betrayed Anne Frank, saying it had tarnished the teenage diarist's memory and the dignity of Holocaust survivors. Read more »

Whoopi Goldberg faces suspension from 'The View'

Reuters
Posted at Feb 02 12:23 PM

Whoopi Goldberg apologized on Tuesday for comments she made on ABC's 'The View' talk show that touched off a furor, and CNN reported that the comedian and actress faced a two-week suspension. Read more »

US school board bans Holocaust graphic novel 'Maus'

Cyril Julien, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 28 07:06 AM

A school board in Tennessee has added to a surge in book bans by conservatives with an order to remove the award-winning 1986 graphic novel on the Holocaust, "Maus," from local student libraries. Read more »

Anne Frank betrayal suspect 'identified after 77 years'

Danny Kemp, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 07:00 AM

One of World War II's most enduring mysteries may have been solved after a cold-case investigation identified a Jewish notary as the prime suspect in the betrayal of diarist Anne Frank. Read more »

Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony director fired over old Holocaust skit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 22 08:56 PM

The show director for the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony has been fired on the eve of the event over a decades-old skit referencing the Holocaust, in the latest blow for organisers of the pandemic-delayed Games. Read more »

US congresswoman apologizes for comparing COVID-19 masks to Holocaust

Richard Cowan, Reuters
Posted at Jun 15 11:06 AM

Republican US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene publicly apologized on Monday for her remarks last month comparing COVID-19 mask requirements and vaccinations to the Nazi Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews. Read more »