Posts Tagged: Nazi Concentration Camp
Songs Written by Holocaust Survivors, Victims Performed at Iconic Carnegie Hall on Eve of Remembrance Day
"Be happy and don't worry. Don't go around with gloom. Have faith and patience and take it all with love." Those are lyrics from the Yiddish...
German Court Closes Case of Former Nazi Death-Camp Guard
A court in Germany has closed the trial against a 95-year-old former guard at a Nazi death camp because of the defendant's health problems, almost...
Melbourne Couple Waits for 50th Anniversary to Tell Children They Fell in Love at Nazi Concentration Camp
A couple in Melbourne, Australia didn't tell their family that they met and fell in love at a Nazi concentration camp until the day of their 50th wedding anniversary,...
Dutch Student’s Dorm Room Made to Look Like Nazi Death Camp in Hazing Ritual
JNS.org - Students at Leiden University in the Netherlands redesigned a Jewish classmate’s dorm room to make it look like a Nazi death camp as part...
Dachau’s Makeover: Former Nazi Death Camp Housing Dozens of Refugees
JNS.org - A portion of the former Nazi concentration camp Dachau is being used to house dozens of refugees, the German town’s mayor says. The concentration camp,...
German Chancellor Merkel Warns Against Closing ‘Our Eyes and Ears’ to Antisemitism
Yahoo/AFP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Sunday that society must "never close its eyes" to antisemitism as she joined Holocaust survivors to mark 70...
Hungarian Holocaust Survivors Thank US Troops Who Saved Them
JNS.org - A group of Hungarian Holocaust survivors on Sunday thanked American troops who helped rescue them from a train that was taking them...
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Leaders Mark 70 Years Since Auschwitz Liberation
JNS.org - More than 300 Holocaust survivors along with world leaders gathered at the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp on Tuesday to commemorate the...
Hollywood Heavyweights to Join Spielberg at Auschwitz Commemoration Ceremony in Poland
A number of Hollywood executives joined director Steven Spielberg on a trip to Poland this weekend for a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the...
Assailants Steal Bulldozer and Attack Nazi Concentration Camp in Germany
Telegraph - A month after the infamous "Arbeit macht frei" sign was stolen from Dachau, another former Nazi concentration camp has been attacked in Germany. Unknown assailants...
Russian Refuses to Take Down Fence Resembling Entrance to Nazi Concentration Camp, Says He’s Not Anti-Semitic
A Russian businessman denied being anti-Semitic and refused to take down a garden fence resembling the gate that surrounded the Buchenwald concentration camp, the UK's...
Historic Gate Stolen From Dachau Concentration Camp
Associated Press - A wrought-iron gate bearing the Nazis' cynical slogan "Arbeit macht frei," or "Work sets you free," has been stolen from the former...
