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The vanishing of Jews in Poland Original
In October, he takes his students to that railroad station. On Oct. 16, 1942, the last of the Jews left the ghetto to climb the ramp to the trains that took 10,000 Jewish residents of Zamosc to their deaths that year. Before the Holocaust, Zamosc, a 16th Century Renaissance city in southeastern Poland, near to the Ukrainian border, had a population of 25,000. Almost half of these residents, 12,000, were Jews. Today there are no Jews in Zamosc.
When the world looked away from the Holocaust Original
“Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski,” a one-man play by Clark Young and Derek Goldman starring David Strathairn, opened Sept. 10 at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn. Performances end Oct. 16. The title derives from Karski’s interview in “Shoah,” the acclaimed 1985 documentary film about the Holocaust by French filmmaker Claude Lanzmann. “My job was just to walk. And observe. And remember …” Karski says about his 1942 walk through the Warsaw Ghetto.
Opinion: Loss of Holocaust survivors leaves a void Original
Six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. Ninety percent of the more than 1 million people killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau were Jews. Russian troops liberated the death camp 77 years ago, in 1945. Many Holocaust survivors have now died, or are too old and frail to travel to Poland for the ceremony that involves a march from Auschwitz to the adjacent camp of Birkenau where the gas chambers and crematories worked non-stop.
Opinion: Loss of Holocaust survivors leaves a void
Six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. Ninety percent of the more than 1 million people killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau were Jews. Russian troops liberated the death camp 77 years ago, in 1945. Many Holocaust survivors have now died, or are too old and frail to travel to Poland for the ceremony that involves a march from Auschwitz to the adjacent camp of Birkenau where the gas chambers and crematories worked non-stop.
Opinion: Polish court orders apology from Americans over study of Holocaust. It is a threat to democracy
This statement by Yale historian Timothy Snyder — in his book “On Tyranny” — came to mind when I learned of a recent punitive ruling by a Polish court against two respected scholars whom I know. On Feb. 9, the court ordered Professor Jan Grabowski of the University of Ottawa and Barbara Engelking of the Polish Center for Holocaust Studies to apologize for alleged flaws in their study on Polish complicity with Germans in the murder of Jews during the Holocaust.
Editorial: ‘Extreme polarization can kill democracies’ Original
By Donald Snyder Published 8:21 am EDT, Tuesday, September 29, 2020 This artwork by Nancy Ohanian relates to the many volatile situations happening in the world. This artwork by Nancy Ohanian relates to the many volatile situations happening in the world. Photo: Nancy Ohanian Photo: Nancy Ohanian Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 This artwork by Nancy Ohanian relates to the many volatile situations happening in the world.
Opinion: Merkel a model for handling pandemic
By Donald Snyder Published 5:00 am EDT, Thursday, May 14, 2020 Chancellor Angela Merkel walks to the Chancellery on foot, accompanied by her bodyguards, after the government questioning in the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 13. Chancellor Angela Merkel walks to the Chancellery on foot, accompanied by her bodyguards, after the government questioning in the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 13.
Opinion: Merkel a model for handling pandemic
By Donald Snyder Published 5:00 am EDT, Thursday, May 14, 2020 Chancellor Angela Merkel walks to the Chancellery on foot, accompanied by her bodyguards, after the government questioning in the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 13. Chancellor Angela Merkel walks to the Chancellery on foot, accompanied by her bodyguards, after the government questioning in the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 13.
Opinion: Merkel a model for handling pandemic
By Donald Snyder Published 5:00 am EDT, Thursday, May 14, 2020 Chancellor Angela Merkel walks to the Chancellery on foot, accompanied by her bodyguards, after the government questioning in the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 13. Chancellor Angela Merkel walks to the Chancellery on foot, accompanied by her bodyguards, after the government questioning in the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 13.
On liberation anniversary, Auschwitz survivors in their own words and photos
Angela Orosz Richt is nervous about her upcoming trip to Auschwitz to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its liberation. She was there on that day, although she doesn’t remember it, because she was only about a month old. Richt is one of the very small number of people who were born in a death camp and survived it. On Jan. 27, Richt will join more than 200 Holocaust survivors, as well as numerous heads of state, at the death camp where more than 1.1 million people were murdered, 90% of them Jews.
On liberation anniversary, Auschwitz survivors in their own words and photos
Angela Orosz Richt is nervous about her upcoming trip to Auschwitz to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its liberation. She was there on that day, although she doesn’t remember it, because she was only about a month old. Richt is one of the very small number of people who were born in a death camp and survived it. “When I walk there, I’m scared to step on the ground,” said Richt, who was born on Dec. 21, 1944, weighing two pounds. Nursed by a starving mother, she could not walk until age seven.
Opinion: A hate-driven campaign
By Donald Snyder Published 5:00 am EDT, Wednesday, October 9, 2019 People hold rainbow flags during an Equality/Pride march on October 06, 2019 in Nowy Sacz, Poland. The first march of its kind to take place in Nowy Sacz was originally banned by the mayor, but the decision was quashed by a local court allowing it to take place. A counter march has been organised by the local church, the March for Life and Family, to promote conservative catholic values.
Opinion: A hate-driven campaign
By Donald Snyder Published 5:00 am EDT, Wednesday, October 9, 2019 People hold rainbow flags during an Equality/Pride march on October 06, 2019 in Nowy Sacz, Poland. The first march of its kind to take place in Nowy Sacz was originally banned by the mayor, but the decision was quashed by a local court allowing it to take place. A counter march has been organised by the local church, the March for Life and Family, to promote conservative catholic values.
Far right danger in Germany
By Donald Snyder Updated 9:59 am EDT, Monday, August 19, 2019 German Chancellor Angela Merkel adjusts a wreath during a memorial event at the Defence Ministry in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, July 20, 2019. On July 20, 2019 Germany marks the 75th anniversary of the failed attempt to kill Hitler in 1944. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) less German Chancellor Angela Merkel adjusts a wreath during a memorial event at the Defence Ministry in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, July 20, 2019.
A Muslim Champion in the Fight Against Anti-Semitism
Siavosh Derakhti Siavosh Derakhti, a 23-year-old Swedish Muslim, seems an unlikely champion in the fight against anti-Semitism. But Derakhti, whose parents immigrated to Sweden from Iran, has been recognized for his work in combating hatred and bigotry. When he was 19, he founded Young Muslims Against Anti-Semitism, now known as Young People Against Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia.
ROI on Distillery Conferences
By Donald Snyder, President Whiskey Systems Online Another distillery conference season has come and gone. Distillers, weary from their travel across the country, are unpacking their conference tote bags filled with business cards and supplier goodies. The follow up vendor emails are slowing trickling in while the distillery owners dread their upcoming credit card bills. But for now, conference attendees reflect on everything they learned and have taken away from their adventures.
Jews Stream Back to Germany
For decades after the Holocaust, many Jews harbored an almost instinctive aversion to things German. But today, tens of thousands of Israelis, Jews from the former Soviet Union and even many American Jews are actively choosing German citizenship. Sound unreal? It’s today’s reality. According to a study by Dr. Sima Salzberg of Bar-Ilan University, 100,000 Israelis have applied for and received German passports.
Teachers preserving democracy (op-ed)
By Donald Snyder Published 12:00 am EDT, Wednesday, April 24, 2019 (FILES) In this file photo taken on September 01, 2018 demonstrators hold up placards showing portraits of victims of refugees during a protest organised by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, in Chemnitz, eastern Germany.
Teachers preserving democracy (op-ed)
By Donald Snyder Published 12:00 am EDT, Wednesday, April 24, 2019 (FILES) In this file photo taken on September 01, 2018 demonstrators hold up placards showing portraits of victims of refugees during a protest organised by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, in Chemnitz, eastern Germany.
German politician calls on US Ambassador Richard Grenell to be expelled
Richard Grenell, a long-time confidant of President Donald Trump has alienated some German politicians and diplomats with his robust approach. (Reuters) A leading German politician has called for the expulsion of the United States Ambassador, accusing him of acting like a "high commissioner of an occupying power".
Hitler's drawings, watercolors go on sale in Germany; draws interest from Iranian, Chinese buyers
Auktionhaus Weidler in Nuremberg, Germany, is auctioning 31 drawings and watercolor landscapes of rural Germany attributed to Adolf Hitler. (Auktionhaus Weidler) More than 100 years have passed since an impoverished, homeless, failed art student sought to survive in Vienna by selling his sketches and watercolors for a pittance.
Auschwitz historians painstakingly work to preserve personal belongings of the victims to keep 'memory of their owners alive'
Survivors and dignitaries are assembling Sunday at Auschwitz-Birkenau to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp where more than one million prisoners, mostly Jews, were murdered. The number of survivors is shrinking each year, resulting in fewer personal testimonials. “Soon we will no longer have people talking about their experiences,” said Pawel Sawicki, press officer for the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
German far-Right party threatens street patrols after ethnic violence
The flags of "Sektion Nordland" and flags of the far-right NPD political party are seen while gathering to march on May Day on May 1, 2018 in Erfurt, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Koerner/Getty Images) Germany’s far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) has threatened to create its own street patrols to protect residents after the past week saw an outbreak of ethnic violence.
Germany's Salafist Muslim children being radicalized faster and younger: intelligence report
Germany faces a growing threat from children raised in Salafist families, according to the country’s domestic intelligence service.
Anti-Semitism on the rise in Germany as Jewish business owners and students are targeted online
Then he began to receive dozens of anti-Semitic hate emails. “Jews will land in gas chambers,” they said. The emails were all signed “Ludwig Fischer,” the pseudonym of one of Hitler’s most notorious Nazi henchmen. Feinberg is one of the many victims of surging anti-Semitism in Germany. In June, a Jewish high school student at Berlin’s low-crime Friedenauer district was bullied, with swastikas left on his desk. He was subjected to a mock execution. His parents transferred him to a Jewish school.
Clinic rescues hearts, and minds, of young Yazidis abused by ISIS
The two-year-old boy clings to his mother. He looks down when Dr. Jan Kizihan, a German psychiatrist, enters their tent in the Sharia Refugee Camp in Dohuk, Northern Iraq. Muhammad and his Yazidi mother, Amsha, 20, have been living in the camp since the U.S-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) drove ISIS out of the Syrian city of Raqqa in October 2017.
Paris murder stokes fears of rising anti-Semitism in France, Europe
The grisly murder of an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor in Paris is stoking fears of an escalation in anti-Semitism across France and Europe, where Jewish communities in a number of countries have felt increasingly threatened in recent years. Mireille Knoll was found dead on Friday in her home, stabbed multiple times before her apartment was set ablaze. The two suspects arrested in the case, still unidentified by officials, were both in their 20s, and had criminal records.
Anti-Semitism in Germany mars International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The legacy of anti-Semitism still haunts Germany. The evidence, as Germany marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Saturday, is unavoidable. There are swastikas on buildings, desecrated Jewish cemeteries, anti-Semitic comments flooding social media, Israeli flags burned at demonstrations and physical assaults on Jews.
Donald Snyder op-ed: German foreign policy experts sound the alarm
German foreign policy experts are sounding an alarm. The Free World needs to pay attention. “The liberal world order with its foundation in multilateralism, its global norms and values, its open societies and markets — is in danger,” a group of twelve foreign policy experts warn in a manifesto published Oct. 12 in the weekly newspaper, Die Zeit.
Donald Snyder op-ed: German foreign policy experts sound the alarm
German foreign policy experts are sounding an alarm. The Free World needs to pay attention. “The liberal world order with its foundation in multilateralism, its global norms and values, its open societies and markets — is in danger,” a group of twelve foreign policy experts warn in a manifesto published Oct. 12 in the weekly newspaper, Die Zeit.
Donald Snyder op-ed: Radical right represented in Bundestag
A radical right wing party has gained seats in the German Bundestag for the first time since World War II. The Alternative for Germany (AFD) — a racist and nationalist party that exhorts Germans to stop atoning for their Nazi past — won 13.2 percent of the vote in last month’s German election, making it the third largest party in the Bundestag. It has also gained representation in 13 of Germany’s 16 state legislatures over the past year.
onald Snyder op-ed: Germany’s refugee challenge
More than a million refugees from the war-ravaged Middle East have entered Germany over the past two years, mostly during 2015. This influx — primarily Muslims — presents Germany with challenges and could impact the September national elections. One challenge is increasing anti-Semitism in a country that’s endeavored to confront its Holocaust past and mandates the teaching of this past in its schools to ensure such genocide never recurs.
‘Rent-a-Jew’ Brings Real, Live Jews To German Youth Schooled Only In The Holocaust
Do Jews get a discount when they buy a car? Do they own McDonald’s? Do Jews control the media and international banking? Do any of them live here anymore? These are among the questions German school children ask Jews who volunteer in a new outreach program with the provocative name, “Rent A Jew.” The Jews in question are not actually “rented” since they volunteer their time.
A Gaza Doctor Beloved By Jews And Arabs Is About To Take The IDF To Court For Killing His Daughters
He was the beloved doctor of both Palestinians and Israeli Jews, the one who brought their children into the world. Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, the Gaza-based Palestinian obstetrician and gynecologist who was the first Palestinian physician from the occupied territories to receive an appointment at an Israeli hospital, still believes passionately in peace and co-existence between Palestinians and Israeli Jews.
Polish Historians Condemn Government’s Backtracking on Local Poles’ WW2-Era Murder of Jews
A group of Poland’s most prestigious Holocaust historians has condemned recent official efforts to deny or downplay the role of non-Jewish Poles in murdering Polish Jews during and immediately after World War II. The Polish Center for Holocaust Research, which is part of the Polish Academy of Sciences, issued its condemnation on Friday.
Firestorm Over Israeli Sculptor’s Warsaw Ghetto Commission
Controversy has reignited over plans for a memorial in the Warsaw Ghetto honoring non-Jewish Poles who saved Jews during the Holocaust following an Israeli sculptor’s apparent acceptance of a commission to design the project.
Israeli Artist’s Agreement To Honor Righteous Gentiles in Warsaw Ghetto Sparks Furor
An Israeli sculptor’s acceptance of a commission to design a Warsaw Ghetto memorial to non-Jewish Poles who saved Jews during the Holocaust has reignited a furor over the project. Opponents had been trying to persuade Tel Aviv sculptor Danny Karavan to turn down the commission.
Warsaw Ghetto Memorial to Righteous Gentiles Hits New Snag
A new snag has hit a controversial plan to build a memorial on the site of the Warsaw Ghetto to honor Poles who saved Jews during the Holocaust.
EU scrambles as protests erupt in Poland over government media takeover
Relations between Poland and the European Union’s leaders hit a new low Wednesday, as the bloc’s executives met to investigate Poland’s recent limitations on democracy. The move followed protests last weekend in Warsaw, where tens of thousands of Polish supporters of democracy braved the bitter cold to decry a new law empowering the government to muzzle state radio and television.
Poland Turns Hard to Right - and Jews Wind Up in Crosshairs
When some 50,000 people turned out in Warsaw recently to protest a plan by Poland’s ruling party to pack the nation’s constitutional court, the hard right-wing political faction responded quickly with a counter-demonstration of its own.
A Muslim Champion in the Fight Against Anti-Semitism
Siavosh Derakhti, a 23-year-old Swedish Muslim, seems an unlikely champion in the fight against anti-Semitism. But Derakhti, whose parents immigrated to Sweden from Iran, has been recognized for his work in combating hatred and bigotry. When he was 19, he founded Young Muslims Against Anti-Semitism, now known as Young People Against Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia.
German Hate Mail Comes From Surprisingly Well Educated Sources
Over the course of a decade, the letters poured into the Central Council of Jews in Germany like a river. “Is it possible that the excessive violence in Israel, including the murder of innocent children, corresponds to the long tradition of your people?” asked one. “For the last two thousand years, you have been robbing land and killing people!” exclaimed another. “You Israelis are a crowd showing contempt for humanity,” charged another, though its writer was addressing fellow Germans.
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