Holocaust
“It is a matter of decency and long-established convention in Germany that you never stoop to using the Berlin Holocaust memorial as a prop,” said Joe Glasman of the Campaign Against Antisemitism.
It’s not surprising that Zuzanna Surowy was selected out of 650 amateurs for the role, even though she hasn’t acted before.
“We have not finished with anti-Semitism, it is still there—stronger and more rampant,” said French President Emmanuel Macron.
Henry Madden’s moniker will also be removed from signage, websites and other campus locations in a process expected to take months.
The victims of the forest executions were mostly inmates of the Soldau Nazi concentration camp killed between 1940 and 1944.
“If we place the memory of the Holocaust only in the history books, it means that we have failed to understand the universal truth about humanity it reveals,” said historian Piotr Cywiński.
“We cannot change what happened, but it must never be allowed to happen again,” said Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer.
A news release cited numerous examples of the Russian government and propaganda apparatus justifying its aggression towards Ukraine by invoking World War II imagery.
“From Where They Stood” is a vitally important documentary that chronicles those brave enough to take a picture in concentration camps during World War II and the Holocaust.
The Blue Card is set to host its annual summer retreat, giving an all-expenses-paid week-long vacation to up to 40 Holocaust survivors, many Isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
One piece restituted was Johann Jakob Schillinger’s “Devil’s Bridge” from Berlin’s Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings).
The program is a high-level academic seminar in which participants are exposed to noted scholars around the country.
