Holocaust
Dressed in black, the German Chancellor noted that “Jewish life is blossoming again in Germany—an unexpected gift to us after the Shoah. But we are also witnessing a worrying anti-Semitism that threatens Jewish life in our country.”
“Nobody should ever be afraid to go to a synagogue or wear a ‘kipah’ in the European Union. Today, as every day, the European Commission stands firm against all forms of anti-Semitism. We will continue to relentlessly fight prejudice and stereotypes in Europe.”
As part of the day, Professor Moshe Zimmermann delivered a lecture on the subject of “Exclusion, Refugeedom and Pogrom: 80 Years Later.”
“Nothing will obscure or make us forget the Pétain who betrayed, collaborated, and infamously signed and implemented the decree on the status of the Jews,” said French government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux.
Eighty years after the Kristallnacht (“Night of Broken Glass”) pogrom, nearly one-third of Germans harbor varying degrees of anti-Semitic beliefs, new research has revealed.
“We apologize to the 907 German Jews aboard the ‘St. Louis,’ as well as their families,” said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “We are sorry for the callousness of Canada’s response. We are sorry for not apologizing sooner.”
The move has led to an immediate backlash from Jewish groups, political opponents and social-media users.
Eichmann had four sons; the three eldest, Klaus, Horst and Dieter, remained loyal to him even after his death. The youngest, Ricardo, rejected him and said his execution was justified.
Famed French Nazi-hunters Serge Klarsfeld and his German wife, Beate, received the highest honors last week in a ceremony led by French President Emmanuel Macron.
The crowd booed as the two activists were removed from the theater by Israeli security personnel.
“The history we teach our children must present humanity’s greatest moments as well as its darkest moments,” says King Mohammed VI.
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad described Jews as “hook-nosed” and blamed Israel for creating the troubles in the Middle East, in an interview with BBC’s HardTalk.
