FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
Security around Jewish sites and places frequented by Israelis across India
has been tightened to pre-empt a possible Indian Mujahideen (IM) strike, the Hindustan Times reported.
Arrested IM leader Yasin Bhatkal, has told his interrogators that his
team had been working on a plot to take “foreign Jews” hostage when he
had been caught.
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Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Monday, 23 September 2013
Former WWII Resistance Fighter Dies
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From ynetnews.com:
He fought the Nazis almost on his own, and survived. This month, at the age of 88, he passed away.
Shalom Yoran, a Holocaust survivor and former partisan who was born as Selim Sznycer in Warsaw, died in Manhattan on September 9 after a long illness. A decade ago he published his war memoir, "The Defiant. A True Story of Jewish Vengeance and Survival," which describes a survival journey that lasted several years.
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From ynetnews.com:
He fought the Nazis almost on his own, and survived. This month, at the age of 88, he passed away.
Shalom Yoran, a Holocaust survivor and former partisan who was born as Selim Sznycer in Warsaw, died in Manhattan on September 9 after a long illness. A decade ago he published his war memoir, "The Defiant. A True Story of Jewish Vengeance and Survival," which describes a survival journey that lasted several years.
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Rare Photos Released Showing Sukkot Being Celebrated in Holocaust-Era Lodz Ghetto
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From ynetnews.com:
A series of photos documenting the observance of Sukkot in Ghetto Lodz in 1941 were recently revealed by the Shem Olam Institute, also known as the Faith & Holocaust Institute for Education Documentation and Research in Kfar Haroeh.
The photos show the ghetto’s Jewish occupants praying with the Four Species – the etrog (citron), lulav (palm), hadass (myrtle) and aravah (willow) required for Sukkot – as well as having built a sukkah, the special temporary dwelling for eating and sleeping throughout the seven-day holiday.
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From ynetnews.com:
A series of photos documenting the observance of Sukkot in Ghetto Lodz in 1941 were recently revealed by the Shem Olam Institute, also known as the Faith & Holocaust Institute for Education Documentation and Research in Kfar Haroeh.
The photos show the ghetto’s Jewish occupants praying with the Four Species – the etrog (citron), lulav (palm), hadass (myrtle) and aravah (willow) required for Sukkot – as well as having built a sukkah, the special temporary dwelling for eating and sleeping throughout the seven-day holiday.
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Friday, 20 September 2013
Bank of Israel Issues Coins Marking 60th Anniversary of Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial
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From ynetnews.com:
Museums serving as reminders of the Holocaust are found in many parts of the Western world, but there is just one, Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, to which they are all compared.
It is the pioneer of Holocaust Museums worldwide, and one which since its inception in 1953, has dedicated itself to recovering the names and identities of every Jewish person murdered in the Holocaust.
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From ynetnews.com:
Museums serving as reminders of the Holocaust are found in many parts of the Western world, but there is just one, Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, to which they are all compared.
It is the pioneer of Holocaust Museums worldwide, and one which since its inception in 1953, has dedicated itself to recovering the names and identities of every Jewish person murdered in the Holocaust.
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Finnish Athletic Association Apologizes for Revoking Jewish Athlete's Win in 1930s
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From AFP via ynetnews.com:
The Finnish Amateur Athletic Association (SUL) has apologized for revoking an obvious 100 meter victory from a Jewish athlete in Helsinki in June 1938.
"Any manipulation of the results is shocking and goes against our fundamental values in sports... On behalf of the SUL, I present my sincerest apologies to those who have suffered injustices and to their families," SUL chairman Vesa Harmaakorpi said in a statement published late Wednesday.
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From AFP via ynetnews.com:
The Finnish Amateur Athletic Association (SUL) has apologized for revoking an obvious 100 meter victory from a Jewish athlete in Helsinki in June 1938.
"Any manipulation of the results is shocking and goes against our fundamental values in sports... On behalf of the SUL, I present my sincerest apologies to those who have suffered injustices and to their families," SUL chairman Vesa Harmaakorpi said in a statement published late Wednesday.
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Hungarian Government Announces New Holocaust Memorial to be Built in Budapest
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From ynetnews.com:
To coincide with the 70th anniversary of the deportation of 437,000 Hungarian Jews in 1944, it has been announced that a $22 million memorial will be built at a train station in Budapest.
According to JTA, the Jozsefvaros station, which has remained unused since 2005, saw some of the 565,000 Hungarian Jews that died during the Holocaust, many of whom were deported to Auschwitz.
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From ynetnews.com:
To coincide with the 70th anniversary of the deportation of 437,000 Hungarian Jews in 1944, it has been announced that a $22 million memorial will be built at a train station in Budapest.
According to JTA, the Jozsefvaros station, which has remained unused since 2005, saw some of the 565,000 Hungarian Jews that died during the Holocaust, many of whom were deported to Auschwitz.
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Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Holocaust Studies May Become Mandatory for All Students in Spain
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From ynetnews.com:
The Spanish parliament is preparing to vote on a new amendment which would make Holocaust studies a mandatory prerequisite for all Spanish students, JTA reports.
According to the Spanish publication El Pais, the People's Party (a Spanish political party) had suggested the new bylaw for approval to Spain's lower house.
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From ynetnews.com:
The Spanish parliament is preparing to vote on a new amendment which would make Holocaust studies a mandatory prerequisite for all Spanish students, JTA reports.
According to the Spanish publication El Pais, the People's Party (a Spanish political party) had suggested the new bylaw for approval to Spain's lower house.
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U.S. and Israel Call on Germany to Return Artwork Stolen by Nazis
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From ynetnews.com:
In an unusual step, the Israeli government asked Germany last week to act towards retrieving an art collection to the heirs of its Jewish owners. The owners were forced to sell the collection to the Nazi regime in 1935 in a process the heirs claim was illegal.
A hearing on the fate of the collection was supposed to take place in Berlin Tuesday, but it was called off at the request of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, which currently holds it.
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From ynetnews.com:
In an unusual step, the Israeli government asked Germany last week to act towards retrieving an art collection to the heirs of its Jewish owners. The owners were forced to sell the collection to the Nazi regime in 1935 in a process the heirs claim was illegal.
A hearing on the fate of the collection was supposed to take place in Berlin Tuesday, but it was called off at the request of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, which currently holds it.
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Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Study Suggests Deep Hollywood Collaboration With Nazis
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From ynetnews.com:
The Hollywood film industry maintained close ties with the Third Reich and collaborated with the regime, according to a new book.
The book, written by Harvard University doctoral student Ben Urwand, posits that Hollywood's major studios not only passively accepted Nazi censorship, but further actively collaborated with Hitler's propaganda machine to protect their interests in the German market.
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From ynetnews.com:
The Hollywood film industry maintained close ties with the Third Reich and collaborated with the regime, according to a new book.
The book, written by Harvard University doctoral student Ben Urwand, posits that Hollywood's major studios not only passively accepted Nazi censorship, but further actively collaborated with Hitler's propaganda machine to protect their interests in the German market.
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Thursday, 12 September 2013
English Football Association Seeks to End "Yid" Chant
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From the Associated Press via ynetnews.com:
Used affectionately by supporters of Premier League club Tottenham but hurled back by rivals with venom, football chants featuring "Yid" have long been a source of ambiguity in England.
Now football leaders, striving to eradicate anti-Semitism at matches, have taken on the thorny issue.
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From the Associated Press via ynetnews.com:
Used affectionately by supporters of Premier League club Tottenham but hurled back by rivals with venom, football chants featuring "Yid" have long been a source of ambiguity in England.
Now football leaders, striving to eradicate anti-Semitism at matches, have taken on the thorny issue.
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Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Couple in Poland Admits Guilt in Destroying Holocaust Hideout Monument
FSWC Reports:
From the Associated Press via ynetnews.com:
An official says a couple who destroyed a World War II Jewish hideout that was located in an apartment they were renting from the city of Warsaw have pleaded guilty to ruining a historic site.
The couple, identified as Dariusz P. and Elzbieta P, were indicted after city authorities discovered in 2012 that they had removed the wardrobe to create a kitchen in the small apartment.
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From the Associated Press via ynetnews.com:
An official says a couple who destroyed a World War II Jewish hideout that was located in an apartment they were renting from the city of Warsaw have pleaded guilty to ruining a historic site.
The couple, identified as Dariusz P. and Elzbieta P, were indicted after city authorities discovered in 2012 that they had removed the wardrobe to create a kitchen in the small apartment.
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Monday, 9 September 2013
Daughter of Auschwitz Commander Defends Her Father in Interview
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
Brigitte Höss (Hoess) has spent the last 41 years living in a suburb of Washington DC, and was employed at a trendy beauty salon owned by Jews who fled Germany after Krystalnacht.
Höss, now 80 and cancer stricken, has a dark secret that even her grandchildren do not know: Her father, Rudolf Franz Höss, was a senior Nazi war-criminal, who served as the commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp from May 1940 to November 1943.
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From ynetnews.com:
Brigitte Höss (Hoess) has spent the last 41 years living in a suburb of Washington DC, and was employed at a trendy beauty salon owned by Jews who fled Germany after Krystalnacht.
Höss, now 80 and cancer stricken, has a dark secret that even her grandchildren do not know: Her father, Rudolf Franz Höss, was a senior Nazi war-criminal, who served as the commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp from May 1940 to November 1943.
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Tuesday, 3 September 2013
German Prosecutors Recommend Charges Against 30 Alleged Former Auschwitz Guards
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From the Associated Press via ynetnews.com:
The special prosecutors' office that investigates Nazi war crimes said Tuesday it is recommending charges against dozens of alleged former Auschwitz guards, opening the possibility of a new wave of trials almost 70 years after the end of World War II.
Kurt Schrimm, the head of the Ludwigsburg federal prosecutors' office, said an investigation of about 50 alleged former guards turned up enough evidence to recommend that state prosecutors pursue charges of accessory to murder against 30 of them in Germany. Another seven suspects who live outside the country are still being investigated.
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From the Associated Press via ynetnews.com:
The special prosecutors' office that investigates Nazi war crimes said Tuesday it is recommending charges against dozens of alleged former Auschwitz guards, opening the possibility of a new wave of trials almost 70 years after the end of World War II.
Kurt Schrimm, the head of the Ludwigsburg federal prosecutors' office, said an investigation of about 50 alleged former guards turned up enough evidence to recommend that state prosecutors pursue charges of accessory to murder against 30 of them in Germany. Another seven suspects who live outside the country are still being investigated.
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Monday, 2 September 2013
German Jews Call for Boycott of Singer Over "Anti-Semitic and National Socialist" Imagery
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From the Associated Press via ynetnews.com:
A Jewish group in the German city of Duesseldorf is urging a boycott of an upcoming concert by former Pink Floyd band member Roger Waters for using an inflatable pig featuring a Star of David during his show.
The director of the Jewish Community in Duesseldorf, Michael Szentei-Heise, said in a statement Thursday that Waters was an "intellectual arsonist" whose stage act used "anti-Semitic and National Socialist" imagery.
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From the Associated Press via ynetnews.com:
A Jewish group in the German city of Duesseldorf is urging a boycott of an upcoming concert by former Pink Floyd band member Roger Waters for using an inflatable pig featuring a Star of David during his show.
The director of the Jewish Community in Duesseldorf, Michael Szentei-Heise, said in a statement Thursday that Waters was an "intellectual arsonist" whose stage act used "anti-Semitic and National Socialist" imagery.
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