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Fast Forward Italian Jews Enraged Over Mussolini’s Granddaughter Threatening Tweet
ROME (JTA) – The granddaughter of Italy’s Nazi ally fascist dictator Benito Mussolini unleashed a storm of protest from the Jewish community with a tweeted threat to sue anyone who posted “pictures or phrases” that were “offensive” regarding her grandfather. Alessandra Mussolini, a longtime right-wing politician and currently an Italian member of the European Parliament,…
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Fast Forward Nazi-Looted Painting To Be Returned To Heirs Of Jewish Owner
(JTA) — A French court has ordered that an 1887 Pissarro painting be returned to the heirs of its Jewish owner after rejecting an appeal by an American couple who had sued to retain ownership. The current owners, Bruce and Robbi Toll, had lent the artwork, “La Cueillette des Pois,” or “Picking Peas,” to the…
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Fast Forward Former Nazi Soldier Loses Final Appeal To Keep Canadian Citizenship
MONTREAL (JTA) — A former Nazi who had lied to enter Canada decades ago lost his appeal to keep his citizenship and faces deportation. Canada’s Federal Court ruled Thursday that it was “reasonable” that Helmut Oberlander, 94, of Waterloo, Ont., be stripped of his citizenship. It was the first time Oberlander lost an appeal in…
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Fast Forward Former Member Of Nazi Pedophile Sect Avoids Jail Time
A German former member of a Nazi pedophile sect, who was convicted in Chile, will not be sent to jail for complicity in child sex abuse because of the countries’ differing judicial standards, the Guardian reported. Hartmut Hopp, 74, will not be sentenced because the evidence provided in the Chilean court wasn’t strong enough by…
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Fast Forward Unopened Letter Sent To Anne Frank’s Dad Fetches $11K
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — An unopened letter that was mailed to the home of Anne Frank while she and her family were in hiding fetched more than $11,000 at an auction. Bidding on the envelope, which came from an insurance company in 1942, began at $570 ahead of the auction, which took place Friday at the…
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Fast Forward Nazi-Looted Renoir Returned To Jewish Art Dealer’s Last Heir
(JTA) — A Renoir painting that the Nazis stole from a Paris bank vault was returned to the heir of its owner. On Wednesday, U.S. authorities returned the 1919 work “Deux Femmes Dans Un Jardin” to Sylvie Sulitzer of France, the last remaining heir of her grandfather Alfred Weinberger, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in…
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The Schmooze It’s A Biracial Holocaust Drama, Not A Hitler Youth Romance, Star Promises
If you thought Western Civilization learned our lesson about forbidden romance after Romeo and Juliet, think again. In her upcoming film, “Where Hands Touch”, Amandla Stenberg stars as a young girl who falls for a member of the Hitler Youth. These star-crossed German lovers were criticized moments after Variety featured a glimpse of the film…
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Fast Forward Former Nazi Camp Guard Deported From U.S. To Germany
(JTA) — A former guard at a Nazi concentration camp was deported to Germany overnight from the United States, where he had lived for decades. Jakiw Palij, 95, had lived Queens in the United States. He served as a guard at a Nazi forced labor camp during World War II. He may face prosecution in…
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