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# Holocaust

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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.
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Oct 24th 2017, 2:23 PM
Canada takes down Holocaust memorial after forgetting to mention Jewish people
Critics called it a “profoundly obvious omission”.
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Oct 5th 2017, 3:00 PM
'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”.
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Sep 25th 2017, 7:40 AM
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.
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Sep 16th 2017, 1:00 PM
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.
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Aug 11th 2017, 5:39 PM
Holocaust survivors more at risk of developing cancer
Researchers studied over 150,000 people for more than 45 years.
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Jul 10th 2017, 6:05 AM
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.
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Jun 30th 2017, 11:00 PM
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.
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Apr 28th 2017, 10:54 AM
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.”
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Apr 12th 2017, 7:11 AM
White House says allegations of 'Holocaust denial' are 'pathetic'
Spokesperson Sean Spicer says the media is ‘nitpicking’
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Jan 30th 2017, 10:53 PM
Nazi hunter says hundreds of Nazis could still be at large
Since 2001, 104 Nazis have been convicted over their roles in the Holocaust.
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Jan 28th 2017, 7:40 AM
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.
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Jan 4th 2017, 10:56 AM
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.
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Dec 19th 2016, 9:46 AM
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.
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Dec 3rd 2016, 7:30 AM
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.
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Nov 22nd 2016, 4:07 PM
Japanese girl band apologises after wearing costumes that looked like Nazi uniforms
They wore the costumes on stage, a move which sparked protests.
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Nov 2nd 2016, 12:06 PM
'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.
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Sep 30th 2016, 10:52 AM
Tributes paid to Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel wrote tens of books and was a professor and Nobel Prize winner.
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Jul 3rd 2016, 12:50 PM
Homeless man jailed after painting Nazi symbols on schools
His lawyer said he ‘had a grudge against the state’.
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Apr 8th 2016, 8:30 PM
A Holocaust survivor has been named the world's oldest man
Israel Kristal survived two world wars and the Holocaust before moving to Israel and opening a sweet shop.
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Mar 11th 2016, 5:17 PM
Right-wing Polish minister wants jail for anyone who calls Nazi death camps 'Polish'
Poland was attacked and occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II.
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Feb 15th 2016, 8:41 PM
Former Nazi guard (94) goes on trial over 170,000 Auschwitz deaths
But Reinhold Hanning is unlikely to serve time over his role at the death camp.
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Feb 11th 2016, 10:22 AM
Auschwitz survivor makes successful dance show debut at the age of 90
Holocaust survivor Eva Fahidi is currently starring in a sold-out duet in Budapest.
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Jan 30th 2016, 10:45 AM
A 95-year-old former Auschwitz medic is going on trial next month
The man will be standing on at least 3,681 counts of being an accessory to murder.
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Jan 18th 2016, 2:25 PM
Comedian's show ruled to be a 'demonstration of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial'
During his performance French comic Dieudonné M’Bala M’Bala brought a prominent Holocaust denier onto the stage.
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Nov 10th 2015, 5:17 PM
Print and be damned? Germany unsure of what to do with 'Mein Kampf'
“There is a German peculiarity of worrying about what others might say.”
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Nov 1st 2015, 10:15 AM
Merkel tells Netanyahu: Germany was responsible for the Holocaust
The Israeli leader stirred controversy by claiming a Palestinian leader gave Hitler the idea of exterminating Jews.
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Oct 22nd 2015, 8:35 AM
TV station uses Nazi Holocaust symbol in a story about Jewish holiday
WGN TV say they are “extremely embarrassed” by their mistake.
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Sep 24th 2015, 8:00 PM
'Old, frail, repentant… But still a criminal: The bookkeeper of Auschwitz should die in prison'
Oskar Gröning looks like he could be a kindly grandfather. He probably is. But he also volunteered to serve in one of the greatest murder camps ever constructed.
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Jul 18th 2015, 8:00 AM
Bookkeeper of Auschwitz receives his sentence for 300k counts of accessory to murder
Groening yesterday seized a last opportunity to address the judges and said he was “very sorry”.
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Jul 15th 2015, 9:55 AM
Nazi officer: 'I share guilt for the Holocaust, and I can't ask for forgiveness'
German national Oskar Groening, 94, stands accused of 300,000 counts of “accessory to murder”.
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Jul 1st 2015, 3:43 PM
Trial begins of 'Auschwitz bookkeeper', facing 300k charges of accessory to murder
Oskar Groening has spoken extensively about what he witnessed at the camps.
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Apr 21st 2015, 8:42 AM
The messy legal battle for who actually owns Oskar Schindler's lists
Forty years after his death, a court case is playing out in Jerusalem over Oskar Schindler’s belongings.
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Mar 15th 2015, 10:30 AM
Urban Outfitters under fire for selling a throw reminiscent of Holocaust prisoner clothing
They’re at it again.
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Feb 12th 2015, 8:28 AM
93-year-old woman under investigation for concentration camp role after appearing in RTÉ doc
Hilde Michnia is suspected of taking part in death marches from Bergen-Belsen and Gross-Rosen.
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Feb 2nd 2015, 9:37 PM
Need a 10 minute break? Step into the Reading Room…
Syriza, American Sniper, and lustful leggings.
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Jan 28th 2015, 7:00 PM
'I think about the different family I might have had – if only she had been given sanctuary'
My grandfather pleaded with the authorities for permission to bring his niece to Ireland in 1938. He was refused – and then the Nazis invaded Poland.
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Jan 27th 2015, 1:00 PM
Steven Spielberg warns of 'demons' faced by Jewish people
The director was speaking to a group of Holocaust survivors in Poland today.
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Jan 26th 2015, 8:03 PM
Holocaust survivor: 'I'm starting to see nasty things happen again in Europe'
Today marks Holocaust Memorial Day.
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Jan 25th 2015, 7:49 PM
These Holocaust memorials are banned in Munich. Why? Because of Jewish opposition
The ‘Stolperstein’ project has been ongoing for 20 years.
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Jan 21st 2015, 5:00 PM
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