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Nazi-collaborator monuments Nazi collaborator monuments in the Czech Republic
Overlooking the Jizera Mountains is a massive granite statue of the 1939 Iron Cross, the Second Class Nazi military award
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Fast Forward Jewish grave markers used as paving stones in Prague
(JTA) — Dozens of paving stones cut from Jewish headstones were unearthed during redevelopment work in Prague’s tourist district. The discovery, confirming Jewish community suspicions that communist authorities in the 1980s used Jewish grave markers for building materials, came Tuesday in Wenceslas Square, an iconic pedestrian public square and the site of demonstrations, celebrations and…
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Fast Forward Czech Republic Recognizes West Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital
The Czech Republic is joining the United States in changing its recognition of Israel’s capital. Following President Trump’s White House announcement on Wednesday that the United States recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the Central European nation — one of Israel’s closest diplomatic allies — followed suit, declaring on its foreign ministry’s website that…
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Fast Forward Czech Children Saved By ‘British Schindler’ Dedicate Prague Memorial
(JTA) — A group of children saved from the Nazis by Sir Nicholas Winton, known as the “British Schindler,” unveiled a monument in Prague to their parents. The monument, called the Farewell Memorial, is comprised of a replica of a train door from 1939, with the imprints of hands of children on one side, and…
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News Why We Can Walk Without Fear in Prague
He’s the most visible Jew in Prague. And yet, Rabbi Manis Barash, a bearded, black-hatted Hasid who’s been the Chabad rabbi here for 20 years, has never experienced an anti-Semitic incident. By contrast, his Chabad colleague, Rabbi Shneur Kesselman, the most visible Jew in Malmo, Sweden, has been called the most persecuted Jew in Europe….
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Breaking News Monument to Jewish Industrialist Emil Kolben Unveiled in Prague
A plaque honoring Jewish industrialist Emil Kolben was erected in the Czech capital. Kolben, who died in the Holocaust, co-founded CKD, one of the most important industrial firms in the former Czechoslovakia. The monument located in the heart of Prague’s Vysocany district where Emil Kolben’s machinery empire was based, was unveiled by his granddaughter-in-law, Andree…
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Breaking News Czech Court Clears Publishers of Hitler Speeches of Hate Crimes
The publishers of a book containing Adolf Hitler speeches were cleared of hate-crime charges in the Czech Republic, spurring concerns from the country’s Jewish community. The Brno municipal court ruled Wednesday that it found no evidence that the 2012 book put out by a Brno-based publishing house, Guidemedia, promoted Nazi ideology. The court said the…
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