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Lithuanian City Honors Nazi-Collaborator

26 Jul 2019
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Alison Lesley

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 central Vilnius. Many are angry about...

YouTube to Remove Videos Containing Supremacist Content

07 Jun 2019
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Alison Lesley

YouTube is placing stricter restrictions on the type of content available on its platform In its blog, the video sharing platform went into great detail on its policy against hate speech. YouTube...

White Supremacists Disrupt Arkansas Holocaust Remembrance Event

13 May 2019
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WRN Editorial Staff

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 used to be a peaceful one, with...

White House Designates Holocaust Remembrance Week

30 Apr 2019
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Nathan Glover

President Trump reiterated America's commitment to fighting anti-Semitism. According to a proclamation made by United States President Donald J. Trump, the White House will honor about six million...

What Secrets Hide Within the Vatican Archives?

09 Mar 2019
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Kelly Frazier

Pius XII documents will be available to scholars For the Holy See, this decision was not an easy one. The Vatican has given in after more than 50 years of pressure. The announcement was made...

About Half of Canada Believes There is a Nazi Issue in the U.S.

25 Jan 2019
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C Barnett

Many young Canadians have no knowledge of the Holocaust. The published report of a The poll was conducted by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) and the Azrieli...

Last Known Nazi Guard, Deported After Decades in the U.S., Dies in Germany

20 Jan 2019
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Elisa Meyer

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 for the infamous concentration camps....

UMass Student Told to Remove Sign Against Nazis from Dorm Window

02 Jan 2019
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Derek Welch

Student was shocked at the response Eddie Papazoni, the residence director (RA) in question urged her to remove the sign as it failed to foster any semblance of inclusion. According to Parsons,...

Germany Pays Compensation to WWII Child Refugees

28 Dec 2018
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C Barnett

Every survivor will receive about $2,800. These are children who evacuated to the United Kingdom to escape the then expanding clutches of Nazis before the beginning of the Second World War. The children...

Canada Apologizes for Denying Asylum to Jewish Refugees of the MS St. Louis in 1939

12 Nov 2018
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Gary Nguyen

Trudeau decried the rise of modern anti-Semitism. The North American nation did not give asylum to about 907 German Jews who arrived on the liner MS St. Louis. Both the United States and Cuba did the same....