Jewish History

An 88-year-old woman dubbed “Nazi Grandma” by the German press has been convicted of Holocaust denial. Ursula Haverbeck was found guilty by a court after she denied at a Berlin event in 2016 the vast, systematic murder of Jews under Adolf Hitler. She has been sentenced to six months in jail. Haverbeck has repeatedly downplayed

The World Jewish Restitution Organization cautiously welcomed a Polish official’s announcement of plans to pass legislation offering partial compensation for property confiscated from private owners during communism. Polish Deputy Justice Minister Patryk Jaki announced plans for the legislation on Wednesday, marking a break from the government’s previous reliance on individual court rulings to determine restitution

A judge has subpoenaed the former Argentinian president and former foreign minister to appear before the commission investigating the 1994 AMIA Jewish center bombing in Buenos Aires and the mysterious death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was investigating the attack. Federal Judge Claudio Bonadio also barred Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, former foreign minister Héctor Timerman

Trudeau sets an ominous tone by erasing Jews from the genocide memorial Last week, Canada became the most recent industrialized country to officially commemorate the Holocaust by dedicating its first National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa. However, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s unveiling of the monument also unveiled the glaring omission of any mention of Jews,

Canada’s government removed a plaque at a new Holocaust memorial that omitted any reference to Jews or anti-Semitism. The National Holocaust Memorial, in the capital of Ottawa, was inaugurated last week by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up On

A video of a Holocaust survivor, in which she forgives the notorious Nazi doctor Josef Mengele for carrying out medical experiments on her and her twin sister at Auschwitz, has gone viral in recent weeks, garnering more than 120 million views. Last month Eva Mozes Kor, 83, made a video entitled, “ The Power to

WARSAW, Poland — The Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews was recognized with a top honor from the European Union for a project promoting Jewish cultural heritage. The Europa Nostra Prize, or Our Europe, was presented Wednesday at a ceremony at the Warsaw museum. Twenty-nine laureates from 18 countries were honored. Get The

MONTREAL — Canada inaugurated a national Holocaust memorial in Ottawa as its government reportedly readied itself to formally apologize for turning away 900 European Jews from its shores on the eve of the Holocaust. The National Holocaust Monument – a stark, stylized Star of David in form — took a decade to complete at a