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Plans to republish the violently antisemitic screeds of French author Céline cause outrage

January 9, 2018 steve 0

The violently antisemitic writings of Louis-Ferdinand Céline, an author credited with revolutionising twentieth French literature and language, reflects a deeper unease about the antisemitic literary […]

Canada removes Holocaust memorial plaque that omitted Jewish victims

October 5, 2017 steve 0

The Canadian government has removed a plaque from its inaugural Holocaust memorial after falling to mention antisemitism or the murder of six million Jewish people. […]

Swedish nun Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad canonised for saving Jews in WWII

June 8, 2016 steve 0

A Roman Catholic nun who sheltered Jewish lives during the Second World War has achieved sainthood. Pope Francis canonised Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad on June 5, […]

Why Ken Livingstone is wrong about Hitler and Zionism

April 29, 2016 steve 0

Ken Livingstone’s comments on Hitler and Zionism created a justified outrage. His comments divorce the realities of Hitler’s antisemtism and Nazi violence. Hitler opposed the […]

Croatian Jews boycott official Holocaust memorial over rising neo-Nazism

April 19, 2016 steve 0

Around 300 of Croatia’s Jewish population held a vigil outside the country’s most notorious concentration camp in protest at the government’s alleged failure to challenge […]

Bucharest mayoral candidate outed as Holocaust denier

April 18, 2016 steve 0

A mayoral candidate in the upcoming Bucharest election had denied Romania’s complicity in the Holocaust in a 1994 news article. Marian Munteanu now of the […]

Pope Francis to visit Auschwitz death camp in July

March 16, 2016 steve 0

Pope Francis will visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in July, as part of World Youth Day. This trip coincides with his five day trip to […]

Dr Michael Siegel: the Jewish lawyer who survived Nazi violence and humiliation on March 10, 1933

March 10, 2016 steve 0

The year is 1933 and Hitler’s rise to power is imminent. Days earlier and the Nazis had exploited the burning of the Reichstag, home of […]

Lithuanian neo-Nazi march celebrates Nazi collaborators

February 17, 2016 steve 0

Nationalists marched in Kaunas, a city east of Lithuania’s capitol of Vilnius, to celebrate alleged Nazi collaborators. Members of defendinghistory.com – a website dedicated to […]

Statue honouring pro-Nazi politician Bálint Hóman causes outrage in Hungary

December 16, 2015 steve 0

Hundreds of Hungarians held a candle-lit vigil against a planned statue honouring a pro-Nazi minister. The protest in the city of Székesfehérvár this past Sunday […]

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