Twitter relays info on Holocaust Museum shooting in Washington, D.C.

Breaking Tweets 3 years ago Region: District of Columbia

Per the Washington Post, two people, including a security guard, were shot today inside the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. The shooting was reported to police at 12:52 p.m. local time. The first tweet on the ... more

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Holocaust Remembrance Day: Enough Ceremony

Judy Lash Balint 4 years ago Region: Israel

Holocaust Remembrance Day was observed in Israel today. When I was growing up, Yom Hashoah was never commemorated in my home. Who needed one day a year for dignitaries, politicians and theologians to solemnly proclaim thei... more

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Iranian President to attend the racism meeting

Imran Schah 4 years ago Region: South Africa

Geneva: Iranian president, Mehmoud Ahmadenejad will attend a controversial United Nations conference against racism which starts on the 20th of April in Geneva, a UN spokeswoman said on Tuesday.   On the other hand,... more

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A suspected Nazi guard can be deported from US to Germany

Imran Schah 4 years ago Region: United States

A suspected Nazi who is accused of being an accessory to the murder of 29, 000 Jews in a Nazi camp is likely to be sent to Germany to face trial over his alleged crimes.     Mr. Demjanjuk who moved to US after... more

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Holocaust Cartoons Mock Victims

Hao Guang Tse 4 years ago Region: Iran

TEHRAN – Iran has released a highly controversial book of cartoons mocking the extermination of Jews during World War II. Titled 'Holocaust', the book seeks to cast doubt over the massacre of over 6 million Jews dur... more

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Does The New York State Fair Commemorate Nazi Death Camp Poison?

Richard Cooper 4 years ago Region: New York

I was casually reading the Long Island, New York daily Newsday's travel section report on the 162 annual New York State Fair when I was taken aback to find that one of fairground rides is the Zyklon rollercoaster.&nbs... more

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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Fighters Teach Us

Richard Cooper 5 years ago Region: New York

A small group of Jews confined to the Warsaw Ghetto valiantly made a last stand against National Socialism's murderous Holocaust plans  from April 19th to May 16th, 1943.  Coinciding with the start of P... more

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Syria: Silence Over the “Bigger Holocaust”

Global Voices 5 years ago Region: Syrian Arab Republic

by Amira Al Hussaini On February 29th, Israel's Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai warned of “a bigger Holocaust” for the Palestinians. Syrian blogger Ayman, from the Damascene Blog, compares between the w... more

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Kingdoms of Night

Shantanud 4 years ago Region: Germany

  Over the last week or so, I have been tracking several articles about the “outsiders” and the hostility surrounding them. Maharashtra of course has been of course very prominently covered, because... more

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A Christmas Card From Anne Frank Discovered 7 Decades Later

Can Tran 5 years ago Region: Netherlands

On Wednesday, April 23, 2008, a new valuable piece of history was discovered in a Dutch antique shop known as De Regenboog, located in the town and municipality called Naarden. Naarden is located in the Gooi region in the ... more

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