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Anti-Semitism seen in Capitol insurrection raises alarms
WASHINGTON (AP) — As a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol last week clamoring to overturn the result of November's presidential election, photographs captured a man in the crowd wearing a shirt emblazoned with “Camp Auschwitz,” a reference to the Nazi...
Romania Holocaust survivor Tucarman dies from COVID-19 at 98
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Iancu Tucarman, one of the last remaining Holocaust survivors in Romania, was buried Monday after dying from COVID-19 last week. He was 98. Dozens gathered at Tucarman’s funeral in Bucharest to pay respects and mark a horrific legacy of World War II. The funeral was held...
Editorial Roundup: Texas
Laredo Monitor. Dec. 31, 2020. Editorial: Will virus’ economic hit help bid to allow casinos? For more than two decades, the Texas Legislature has received proposed legislation that would allow casino gambling in the state, and the idea has been turned down every time. The proposal once again has been...
Editorial Roundup: Idaho
Recent editorials from Idaho newspapers: Taxpayers should demand a refund Dec. 16 Idaho Mountain Express None of this is normal. Normal would be taxpayers getting the results they ask from the representatives they pay to do the jobs they were elected to do. Something else is happening now. Republicans in...
Dutch court refuses to return painting to Jewish heirs
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court on Wednesday rejected a restitution case brought by heirs of a Jewish family that originally owned a painting by Wassily Kandinsky that was bought by the city of Amsterdam at an auction in 1940. Amsterdam District Court upheld a 2018 ruling by the Netherlands'...
Holocaust survivors honored with online event amid pandemic
BERLIN (AP) — An annual event bringing together Holocaust survivors from around the world to mark the start of Hanukkah was held online for the first time Sunday due to the coronavirus pandemic. The event organized by the Jewish Claims Conference also paid tribute to those killed by the Nazis and raised...
Holocaust ashes kept by WWII veteran get buried in SC
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — People placed stones atop a granite memorial in a cemetery off Trenholm Road. The stones were a reminder that the dead are not forgotten and live on in the memory and lives of those placing the rocks, Rabbi Hesh Epstein said. The stones are white and brown, some gray, and the memorial...
High court hears Nazi-era cases from Germany, Hungary
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday struggled with whether to allow two lawsuits stemming from claims of property taken from Jews in Germany and Hungary during the Nazi era to continue in U.S. courts. One case was brought by a group of Hungarian Holocaust survivors. They’re seeking to be...
US Embassy in Hungary slams article likening Soros to Hitler
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Budapest on Monday condemned an article published by a Hungarian official that drew parallels between American-Hungarian billionaire George Soros and Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. The embassy posted on its Twitter account that it “strongly condemns”...
Hungarian official retracts comparing George Soros to Hitler
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — After facing strong condemnation, a Hungarian commissioner on Sunday begrudgingly retracted an article comparing American-Hungarian billionaire and philanthropist George Soros, a staunch critic of Hungary’s government, to Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. “Europe is George...
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