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Christianity
Newly uncovered documentation reveals that Catholic convents and monastic communities in Rome provided refuge to numerous people, including more than 3,200 Jews, throughout the Nazi occupation…
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It might have made a great movie script, but rejected out of hand as too incredible to be believed—yet it happened. A 13-year-old boy—a Holocaust victim…
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Biden Would Revoke Muslim Ban, Virtual Chaplains Help Oncology Patients, Dangerous Shinto Celebrations, Jewish History in Europe, Latest Supreme Court Ruling Goes Against Church, Religious moderates…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jul 27, 2020
Judaism
Vilnius renames street in honor of Nazi collaborator Kazys Skirpa There have been many heated discussions as well as protests about renaming a small street in…
Judaism
YouTube is placing stricter restrictions on the type of content available on its platform YouTube made an important announcement on its blog. The service stated that…
Judaism
The white supremacist group was protesting ADL Residents of the town of Russellville in Arkansas are used to seeing Holocaust Remembrance Day every year. The event…
WRN Editorial Staff
May 13, 2019
Judaism
President Trump reiterated America’s commitment to fighting anti-Semitism. The Trump administration has designated April 28 to May 5 as Holocaust Remembrance Week.[/tweetit] According to a proclamation…
Catholicism
Pius XII documents will be available to scholars Pope Francis has announced the archives of Pius XII, the controversial pope who headed the Vatican during World…
Christianity
Many young Canadians have no knowledge of the Holocaust. The published report of a Holocaust remembrance survey brought forward the not-so-surprising result that 47 percent of…
Religion News
Jakiw Palij died in a retirement facility at 95. Richard Grenell, U.S. Ambassador, tweeted on Thursday announcing the death of Jakiw Palij, an ex-Nazi prison guard…
Judaism
Student was shocked at the response Nicole Parsons, a junior student of the University of Massachusetts, was told by a residence director to remove a sign…
Judaism
Every survivor will receive about $2,800. The German Government has consented to make a single lump sum payment to the Jewish Kindertransport survivors.[/tweetit] These are children…