Holocaust
Is it OK to do bad things to achieve good ends? A new animated documentary covers the most extreme of examples.
Germany’s police union also censured the incident, calling it “tasteless” and saying there should be “consequences” for those involved.
Four Holocaust survivors and about 80 participants—Jews and non-Jews, aged 19 to 90—visited Berlin, Wannsee, Ravensbrück and Bergen-Belsen, the latter to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation by British forces.
“Extremely rare” stamps are expected to sell for $30,000 to $40,000, says Tzolman’s Auction House • European Jewish Association chairman appeals to Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar to halt “despicable sale.”
Justin Welby said if the world fails to take action, it would be akin to ignoring warnings about the Nazis in the 1930s—or worse.
A member of the anti-Semitic Goyim Defense League stood atop a highway overpass not too far from the Dell JCC, gave the Nazi salute and unfurled a banner that read “Vax the Jews.”
“Museum space is at capacity, particularly during school hours, and requests for student tours and public workshops continue to increase,” said Holocaust Museum LA CEO Beth Kean.
“We can’t cede the progressive territory. Those of us who believe in these very important causes need to continue standing up for them and do so as Zionists. We don’t need to hit them over the head with it, but people need to understand that we’re not going to be excluded from any part of the political sphere where we feel we want to operate,” says Elisha Wiesel.
Aristides de Sousa Mendes disobeyed orders when he was a consul in Bordeaux, France; in 1940, he gave visas to many people who feared that the Nazis would search for them.
Anti-Semitism official Samuel Salzborn in Berlin filed a criminal complaint, saying “it is obvious that right-wing extremists deliberately chose a Jewish grave in order to disturb the eternal peace through the internment of a Holocaust denier.”
The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, which was “appalled” by the district’s actions, placed some of the blame on new legislation—new state law HB 3979.
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven: “Anti-Semitism differs from other forms of racism; [it] is in itself a conspiracy theory based on notions of Jewish powers and Jewish interest, and the secret desire to rule the world. It is a specific toxic form that drives conspiracy theories.”
