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# holocaust - Sunday 23 February, 2020
'I have a number on my arm from Auschwitz - and people say it never happened?'
Holocaust survivor Dita Kraus has written a memoir about her time in Auschwitz.
# holocaust - Monday 27 January, 2020
Auschwitz survivors warn of rising anti-Semitism 75 years on
About 200 camp survivors attended today’s service.
# holocaust - Wednesday 20 November, 2019
Extinction Rebellion hits out at co-founder after he calls Holocaust 'just another f**kery in human history'
In an interview, Roger Hallam compared the Holocaust to other historical massacres.
# holocaust - Friday 5 July, 2019
Eva Kor, survivor of Auschwitz doctor Mengele, dies aged 85
Kor passed away in Poland during a trip to the Holocaust site.
# holocaust - Wednesday 27 February, 2019
A mass grave has been unearthed in a Belarusian former Jewish ghetto
The remains of hundreds of people have been found.
# holocaust - Monday 18 February, 2019
Polish PM cancels Israel trip after reports of Netanyahu saying 'Poles collaborated with Nazis'
The Israeli prime minister’s office has said that he was “misquoted” in the article, and said that he meant individual Poles.
# holocaust - Sunday 30 December, 2018
French Resistance hero who saved hundreds of Jewish children during WW2 dies aged 108
Georges Loinger was himself imprisoned during the war but escaped.
# holocaust - Saturday 27 October, 2018
Last survivor of WWII raid on Rome's Jewish Ghetto dies
Lello Di Segni was 16 years old when he and his family were seized in the round-up by the Third Reich’s troops.
# holocaust - Tuesday 21 August, 2018
Germany agrees to take in 95-year-old deported from US over previous life as Nazi guard
Jakiw Palij became an American citizen in 1957, but was told to leave the country in 2004.
# holocaust - Thursday 19 July, 2018
Zuckerberg says Holocaust denial is 'deeply offensive' after criticism over comments
The Facebook CEO said posts denying the Holocaust took place would not be removed automatically from the social media platform.
# holocaust - Friday 4 May, 2018
# holocaust - Wednesday 28 February, 2018
New Cork bridge could be named after Mary Elmes, the 'Irish Oskar Schindler'
It is hoped construction will begin on the bridge by the end of this year or beginning of 2019.
# holocaust - Tuesday 6 February, 2018
Poland's president to sign controversial Holocaust bill into law
The law would set fines or a maximum three-year jail term for anyone who refers to Nazi German death camps as Polish.
# holocaust - Monday 5 February, 2018
Holocaust denier to become Republican nominee for Illinois race for Congress
Art Jones is currently the only Republican candidate for the November election.
# holocaust - Saturday 3 February, 2018
Morning Ireland was unfair in calling Kevin Myers a 'Holocaust denier' - BAI
Myers previously described himself as such in describing his issues with the word ‘holocaust’ itself, rather than in denying the genocide of European Jews during World War II.
# holocaust - Thursday 1 February, 2018
Poland officially passes bill saying it had no hand in the Holocaust
And Israel is not one bit impressed.
# holocaust - Sunday 28 January, 2018
Poland seeking to pass laws making it illegal say it was complicit in Holocaust
The measure must still pass the Senate before being signed by the president.
# holocaust - Saturday 25 November, 2017
Rare Holocaust-era brooch, gift from husband to his wife in the ghetto, resurfaces in Poland
It’s believed that the original recipient of the brooch, a woman named Hinda Weiksel, died in Auschwitz at the hands of the Nazis.
# holocaust - Friday 17 November, 2017
Man United scrap show featuring former BBC sports broadcaster due to his 'objectionable views'
David Icke is an alleged anti-Semite and Holocaust denier.
# holocaust - Monday 13 November, 2017
Museum removes 'fun' Hitler display after protests
Visitors had been encouraged to take selfies with the waxwork.
# holocaust - Saturday 28 October, 2017
Holocaust survivor plants Irish oak tree at Russborough House
The Irish oak tree was planted to remember the 1.5 million Jewish children who died in the Holocaust.
# holocaust - Tuesday 24 October, 2017
Lazio president vows to take fans to Auschwitz after fall-out from Anne Frank stickers
The Holocaust victim was pictured in a Roma jersey alongside anti-semitic slogans at the Stadio Olimpico.
# holocaust - Thursday 5 October, 2017
Canada takes down Holocaust memorial after forgetting to mention Jewish people
Critics called it a “profoundly obvious omission”.
# holocaust - Monday 25 September, 2017
'Stop the Nazis': Protests in Germany as far-right party secures 13% of national vote
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder described AfD’s success as “abhorrent”.
# holocaust - Saturday 16 September, 2017
Another town scraps Australia Day, as politician compares it to celebrating Holocaust
The annual holiday commemorates the arrival of the country’s first British settlers in 1788.
# holocaust - Friday 11 August, 2017
The Holocaust survivor who became the world's oldest man has died aged 113
Yisrael Kristal survived Auschwitz and lived out his life in Israel.
# holocaust - Monday 10 July, 2017
Holocaust survivors more at risk of developing cancer
Researchers studied over 150,000 people for more than 45 years.
# holocaust - Friday 30 June, 2017
Anti-racism campaigners say opening of pig farm at ex-Nazi camp is a "grave offence"
The Czech leader is under fire for supporting the movie.
# holocaust - Friday 28 April, 2017
Trouble for Le Pen as her replacement steps aside amid allegations of Holocaust denial
Marine Le Pen temporarily resigned as leader of the Front National.
# holocaust - Wednesday 12 April, 2017
Spicer apologises over 'insensitive' Hitler remarks amid calls for him to be fired
“I mistakenly used an inappropriate and insensitive comment about the Holocaust and there is no comparison.”
# holocaust - Monday 30 January, 2017
White House says allegations of 'Holocaust denial' are 'pathetic'
Spokesperson Sean Spicer says the media is ‘nitpicking’
# holocaust - Saturday 28 January, 2017
Nazi hunter says hundreds of Nazis could still be at large
Since 2001, 104 Nazis have been convicted over their roles in the Holocaust.
# holocaust - Wednesday 4 January, 2017
Hitler's Mein Kampf sells 85,000 copies in Germany
It was initially planned to print only 4,000 copies of the Nazi leader’s anti-Semitic manifesto, but production was boosted after intense demand.
# holocaust - Monday 19 December, 2016
Anne Frank may have been discovered by police investigating coupon fraud
New research suggests that the August 1944 police raid in which Frank was arrested may have been staged to investigate illegal activity in the building.
# holocaust - Saturday 3 December, 2016
89-year-old Holocaust survivor warns Austrians not to vote for far-right party
Austrians will go to the polls tomorrow to choose their next President.
# holocaust - Tuesday 22 November, 2016
President Higgins: "We must share vigilance of not letting anti-Semitism spread again"
World Jewish Conference delegates hear Higgins address concerns over ‘walls’ and ‘fear’ challenging the world.
# holocaust - Wednesday 2 November, 2016
Japanese girl band apologises after wearing costumes that looked like Nazi uniforms
They wore the costumes on stage, a move which sparked protests.
# holocaust - Friday 30 September, 2016
'I'd be happy to slaughter them': Phillipines president likens himself to Hitler
The anti-drug president said he would be glad to massacre three million addicts.
# holocaust - Sunday 3 July, 2016
Tributes paid to Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel wrote tens of books and was a professor and Nobel Prize winner.
# holocaust - Friday 8 April, 2016
Homeless man jailed after painting Nazi symbols on schools
His lawyer said he ‘had a grudge against the state’.
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Palestinian president apologises over alleged anti-semitic Holocaust remarks
His comments sparked global anger, with the United States, United Nations, European Union and others criticising them.
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