D-Day and the Bombing of Auschwitz
Seventy years ago this week, the Allies staged the D-Day invasion, landing some 24,000 troops on the beaches along France’s Normandy Coast in one of the major turning points of World War II.
Tiny Pacific Islands Sue Israel Over Nuclear Weapons
The tiny Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands is taking on the world’s nuclear powers in an unparalleled lawsuit.
Two Israelis Named to Looted Nazi Art Task Force
The Times of Israel reported this week that two Israeli art curators have been appointed to a task force responsible for a treasure trove of art found in spring 2012 in a Munich apartment. The collection, discovered in the home of Cornelius Gorlitt, son of Hitler’s most notorious art dealer, is valued at $1.4 billion […]
Forgotten Victims: Roma Delegation Visits Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum to Learn to Preserve Memory
Many are familiar with Nazi Germany’s “Final Solution” to the “Jewish problem,” but the Jews were not the Nazis’ only victims. Now, one group is seeking the assistance of Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Museum, to help preserve the memory of their people’s suffering. The Roma, also known erroneously as Gypsies, were considered by the Germans […]