Menorah from iconic 1931 photograph returns to Germany
A brass menorah from a famous photograph taken during the rise of the Nazis made its way back to Germany for a Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony in Berlin attended by the country’s president. “This light is a strong societal symbol against hatred,” said German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. “Each of us must stand up against every form […]
Secretary at Nazi concentration camp guilty of complicity in over 10,500 killings
The former secretary of the Nazi commander of the Stutthof concentration camp was convicted on Tuesday of complicity in the murders of more than 10,500 people. Irmgard Furchner, 97, who worked as a typist at the camp in the German-annexed Free City of Danzig between 1943 and 1945, received a two-year suspended jail term. While […]
Golden menorah donated by German Christians still looking for a permanent home
Three years ago, a group of devout Christians gifted a golden menorah to Israel to “return the stolen light of the Temple” and to do a partial “tikkun” on the Holocaust. Like the original Menorah in the Tabernacle, the golden menorah has yet to find a permanent home. In 2018, a group of 12 Christians […]
Israel, Germany hold strategic dialogue on Iran, potential sale of Arrow 3
The meeting of top defense officials in Berlin was part of the two countries’ annual bilateral strategic dialog.
Rare DNA from Medieval Jewish cemetery in Germany sheds unprecedented light on origin of Ashkenazi Jews
In 2013, the local authorities of the city of Erfurt, the capital of the German State of Thuringia, decided to grant permission to turn a building that had been built as a granary in 1454 into a parking lot. However, at the time, the granary was erected in an area that had previously been part […]
German Bishop tasked with fighting antisemitism preached anti-Israel ideas
A former German state bishop recently appointed to fight Jew-hatred delivered a sermon in 2017 in which he stated that Israel’s “occupation” of the disputed territories “deforms souls.” “On a meeting trip with members of the Lutheran World Federation to Israel-Palestine in November, we were able to experience how the time of occupation weighs on […]
Berlin shuts down investigation into Abbas Holocaust remarks
The Berlin public prosecutor’s office has decided not to pursue a case against Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas for his Aug. 16 remarks downplaying the Holocaust, German newspaper Bild reported on Tuesday. In a two-page letter made available to the German daily, the public prosecutor’s office said it would not investigate Abbas despite a complaint […]
Israel condemns Tel Aviv conference equating Holocaust with ‘Nakba’
Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday harshly criticized a planned Tel Aviv conference linking the Holocaust and Israel’s War of Independence. The conference, titled, “The Holocaust, the Nakba and the German Culture of Remembrance,” was organized by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Israel in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Tel Aviv. According to the Rosa Luxemburg website, “Almost […]
Germany Wake Up! Do you Know what Holocaust Denial you are Funding?
Why is Germany paying Palestinian Authority teachers to teach Holocaust denial that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said “disgusted” him, and is “outrageous… intolerable and unacceptable?”
Why is Germany Still Funding the PA and PLO?
Germany is one of the biggest donors of the PA/PLO
