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Fri, 29 Apr 2022 11:19:27 +03:00
Iran says it moved centrifuge machines after 'terrorist attack' on nuclear facilities
Tehran blames UN nuclear watchdog for disregarding Israeli 'vicious operations' against its nuclear facilities, after UN official said Iran had moved a centrifuge workshop to a secret facility underground

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 09:39:24 +03:00
Panic as American tourists bring unexploded shell to Israeli airport
Video shows panicked passengers scattering at Tel Aviv airport's departure hall, with one man hospitalized after trying to flee over a baggage carousel

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 06:35:16 +03:00
It feels like 1995 again
1995 is making a comeback, and the same dangerous, ruthless politician stands behind incitement ■ Wolt-gate and Bennett's 'I'm not Netanyahu' post

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 06:13:09 +03:00
Violent clashes erupt at Al-Aqsa Mosque on the last Friday of Ramadan
Palestinians throw rocks at Western Wall as Israeli police enter Temple Mount compound ■ Riots and violent clashes between young Palestinian men and police have broken out every Friday of Ramadan this year

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 06:06:22 +03:00
Jerusalem escalation or calm: Why the coming days could prove fateful
Today is the last Ramadan Friday, as well as Iran's 'Jerusalem Day.' Meanwhile, another landmine awaits in the West Bank

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 06:03:16 +03:00
Ukraine war stalls Iran nuke deal. That's not necessarily good news for Israel
The more adamant the American rhetoric on Russia becomes, the more somber questions arise as to Israel's position and policy ■ At his weakest political moment, Bennett may have given the speech of his career

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 01:51:21 +03:00
If Israel wants quiet at Al-Aqsa, it must renew talks with the Palestinians

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 01:43:20 +03:00
Haaretz cartoon

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:14:56 +03:00
A miracle happened in the Holy Land this year
While conspiracy theory-minded Israelis and Palestinians try to incite a religious war, for the very first time in Israel's history religious Jews and Muslims are actually governing the country – together

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:02:41 +03:00
Prosecutors ask for halt of Zadarov retrial after judge's curious request
'In these circumstances, I cannot judge with a full heart' says Judge Kula, who asked that the prosecution express confidence in him and claimed that a campaign is being waged against him in the Israeli press

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 23:15:38 +03:00
Israel’s housing prices are going through the roof. Many investors are prepared to take a risky gamble
Israel's rising prices are driving investors into deals with better returns as they convert storage space into apartments or take a risk on properties that are rent-controlled or where some construction may lack approval

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 23:11:48 +03:00
Nevertheless, we were as dreamers

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 23:09:49 +03:00
'My hometown has lots of judgmental people and no privacy. I definitely don't belong'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: One young Israeli living his best life in Washington D.C., and another who wants to become a doctor because she loves what goes on at the hospital

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 23:08:41 +03:00
If only Bennett's sushi were my biggest worry

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 22:55:15 +03:00
Russia fires two missiles at Kyiv during UN chief visit, Ukrainian officials say
Explosions rock Ukraine's capital shortly after the United Nations' Guterres met with President Zelenskyy and condemned the atrocities committed by Russia

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 22:43:52 +03:00
New Jewish settlement in Hebron gets green light from Israel's top court
The Hebron neighborhood's construction is underway despite exceeding several city regulations. The decision could affect the approval of another Jewish neighborhood in the West Bank city

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 22:39:36 +03:00
LISTEN: ‘Israel is Failing a Moral Test in Ukraine. I’m Ashamed’
Former Israeli lawmaker Zehava Galon is disturbed by Israel's Ukraine policy and its leadership's fear of crossing Vladimir Putin. Also on this episode: what we can learn from new revelations about Israeli Pegasus spyware

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 22:22:51 +03:00
'No way' Israel will meet its climate goals, treasury officials admit
Initially robust climate legislation has been 'neutered,' say environmental organizations, as Israel is set to come up short on the goals it committed to at the UN

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 22:21:48 +03:00
'No one on my staff gets permission from AIPAC!': Inside Bernie Sanders' presidential run
A confidant of the Vermont senator details the 2020 campaign in a new tell-all book, revealing some of his run-ins with the pro-Israel lobby and a surprising bond with the Lubavitcher Rebbe

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 21:24:13 +03:00
Israeli army veterans have yet to win the war on fireworks
A number of locales have canceled next week's Independence Day fireworks displays. Will veterans suffering from PTSD and dog lovers finally succeed in putting paid to this explosive Israeli tradition?

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:38:26 +03:00
Tel Aviv is not doing well
The naked eye may not spot the decline of Israel’s culture and entertainment capital, but the numbers don't lie

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:19:55 +03:00
Israel heading to Eurovision despite security snag
Michael Ben David and the Israeli delegation now have alternative security arrangements in place after Foreign Ministry workers refused to provide them due to an ongoing labor dispute

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 19:30:11 +03:00
Biden seeks $33 billion for 'Ukraine's freedom,' a massive jump in funding
The U.S. president also asks Congress for new legal tools to seize Russian oligarchs' assets and $20 billion for weapons and military assistance

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 18:06:13 +03:00
Among the earliest in world: Pottery by hunter-gatherers in Japan
Around 14,000 years ago, the hunter-gatherers of Tanegashima made clay bowls and plates, well before farming began. Fumie Iizuka: ‘The Neolithic needs redefining’

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 17:49:34 +03:00
Can't afford Israeli real estate? Israeli Arabs opt for Nablus and Jenin
The cost of living and housing crisis cause Israeli Arabs to shop and invest in the northern West Bank, where one can buy a luxury apartment for $120,000

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 16:05:52 +03:00
Putin's 'denazification' trivializes the Holocaust, says EU antisemitism envoy
Katharina von Schnurbein says Russian talk of ‘denazification’ in Ukraine is unacceptable and 'dangerous', but adds during a visit to Israel that Ukraine’s use of the word ‘genocide’ to describe the war is also problematic

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 15:17:29 +03:00
Second threat letter containing a bullet sent to Israeli PM's son
Details concerning the investigation into the original threat made against the family on Tuesday were placed under a gag order, and it remains unclear whether the new letter was sent by the same suspect or inspired a copy-cat

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 15:12:55 +03:00
‘In the conspiracy world, Judaism is always suspect'
Writer Kelly Weill spends her days reporting on far-right conspiracy theories, but it was a very old one about the Earth being flat that really grabbed her attention. 'I thought they must be joking. But it was serious'

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:54:10 +03:00
Israeli commander convicted of reckless homicide over friendly fire incident
The commander shot one of his soldiers in the head with a weapon normally used for riot dispersal

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:19:51 +03:00
Russia intensifies assault on east Ukraine, threatens 'to strike' countries that intervene
'Our retaliatory strikes will be lightning fast,' Putin says, amid a Russian onslaught on the frontline highway linking Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv with the Russian-occupied Izyum

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:17:31 +03:00
Over 7,000 Holocaust survivors in Israel still waiting for public housing
Between meager rent subsidies, poor interim housing and long waiting lists, many of Israel's Holocaust survivors are losing hope

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:02:05 +03:00
FemTech is taking the world by storm - except in Israel
Investment in tech aimed at women's health has doubled globally - but dropped by 25% in Israel: ‘When I started raising money for my home gynecological startup, they asked: Who needs it?’

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:41:48 +03:00
Auschwitz 2.0: how a tech revolution changes Holocaust commemoration
Terms like 'experiential' and 'augmented reality' in relation to Holocaust museum exhibitions may be disconcerting, but it's one way to draw young visitors

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:41:37 +03:00
In detente drive, Erdogan travels to Saudi Arabia for first time since Khashoggi killing
The Turkish president's decision to transfer the murder trial of Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia removed the last hurdle to rekindle ties with Saudi Arabia

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:40:10 +03:00
Gang rape of Jewish slave-women in Renaissance Italy exposed by historians
In 1610, a doctor and founding father of the Italian city of Livorno organized the mass rape of enslaved Jewish women from Morocco in a plot to extort money from local Jews

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:25:40 +03:00
200,000 attend Al-Aqsa prayers as Islam's holy night passes in quiet
Muslims flock to the Al-Aqsa Mosque overnight for Laylat al-Qadr, after the Israeli military allowed some West Bank Palestinians to enter

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 11:33:00 +03:00
How America is beating up the Israeli shekel
Rising American inflation is to blame for the Israeli currency losing 8% against the dollar in five months. How much more could the shekel fall?

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 11:27:31 +03:00
Why more Arab Israelis are joining the March of the Living at Auschwitz
Despite skepticism from Arab and Jewish friends alike, groups of Israeli Arabs have flown to Poland for the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony: ‘How can we coexist with Jews if we don’t know their history?’

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:44:02 +03:00
Leaders lay wreaths to commemorate Holocaust victims after sirens bring Israel to standstill
All activities across Israel came to a halt at 10 A.M. for two minutes, as sirens sound to commemorate the memory of the six million Jews killed by the Nazis during World War II

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:17:44 +03:00
Jordan pushing to restore Al-Aqsa status quo amid Jerusalem tensions, sources say
Jordan is working 'to deal with the roots of the tension and ensure that matters don't explode again,' a diplomatic source says, after accusing Israel of gradually changing worship restrictions at the Jerusalem holy site

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 03:25:19 +03:00
Doug Emhoff left with 'joy and hope' after meeting survivors on Holocaust Remembrance Day
The second gentleman, the first Jewish spouse of a U.S. president or vice president, tells Haaretz about the importance of Holocaust education amid rising global antisemitism and why his heritage has become such a central tenet to his public life

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 01:27:10 +03:00
Israeli nuclear whistleblower Vanunu, eternal prisoner of Zion

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 01:19:32 +03:00
Israelis' hypocrisy on Bennett's household expenses

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:52:04 +03:00
Israel must back environmentalists, not polluters

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:42:24 +03:00
Haaretz Cartoon

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:21:26 +03:00
Teenage boy who raped 6-year-old girls at school near Haifa gets 11 years in prison
Victims' parents express anger with 'surprisingly' short prison sentence given to 19-year-old Yoav Bushmitz, who assaulted 8 girls while volunteering as a teacher's aide at an elementary school in northern Israel

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:06:00 +03:00
Case against Arab citizens accused of attacking Jew closed for lack of evidence
Two of the four confessed to throwing the Molotov cocktail during a Shin Bet questioning but later retracted their statement, as attorney claims the Ramle residents were interrogated 'under harsh conditions'

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 23:41:33 +03:00
Pin made at labor camp testifies to a love that didn’t survive the Holocaust
The heart-shaped pin, crafted by Ilona in a labor camp in the Sudetenland, tells the love story between her and her beloved Kurt, who was later murdered by the Germans

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 22:02:31 +03:00
Israel's attorney general plans to deal with illegal West Bank outposts despite conflict of interest
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Meira, who had previously represented the Samaria Regional Council, signed a conflict of interest agreement preventing her from dealing with issues related to the council for a year

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 21:26:05 +03:00
Far-right provocateur is burning the Koran, setting Sweden on fire
Sweden and Denmark's liberal values are being challenged by Rasmus Paludan, a politician staging public burnings of the Koran. Local Jewish leaders are backing calls to make the burning of all religious texts a hate crime

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 21:02:27 +03:00
Before Stonehenge: Whispers of sanctity from 9,000 years ago
A new study sheds light on the environmental conditions at Stonehenge at the dawn of humanity in Britain, on signs of cultural mixing – and one has to wonder about those weird pink rocks

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:27:15 +03:00
Bennett: 'Even the most brutal wars of our times are not similar to the Holocaust'
Speaking at Israel's Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony, the prime minister denounces comparisons between contemporary events and the murder of Jews in World War II

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:12:30 +03:00
How will the Holocaust be remembered when all the survivors are gone?

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:10:58 +03:00
Coping with 'chronic terrorism,' having your back to the wall is a good thing
Israeli-French study shows that boosting clients’ sense of security during periods of terrorism is also good for business

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 19:49:37 +03:00
Palestinians attacked near settlement; 62-year-old hospitalized with head injury
The three Palestinians say several dozen settlers from nearby Ma'aleh Amos attacked them with stones, clubs and pepper spray

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 18:24:17 +03:00
Bedouin sentenced for planning Temple Mount attack violated 'duty' to be loyal to Israel, judge says
The 23-year-old, a resident of southern Israel, was found with a box cutter and a screwdriver on his way to carrying out an attack in Jerusalem a year and a half ago, court rules. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 17:45:25 +03:00
As Israel remembers the Holocaust, genocide is again happening in Europe
Russia’s false ‘Nazi’ narrative has to be challenged, and it is Israel’s duty to do so. That means not only abandoning the misguided neutrality policy on Ukraine, but also being more honest with our own Holocaust lessons

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 17:38:40 +03:00
In first, German parliament president in Israel for Holocaust Remembrance Day
'Germany's responsibility has not ended. We stand alongside Israel,' says Bundestag President Barbel Bas on her official visit for Holocaust Remembrance Day

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 17:33:25 +03:00
This year, I saw my mother, five months after her liberation from the Nazis
It was an image of my mother I’d never seen before. A British soldier looks at the number 52406 tattooed on her left arm at Auschwitz-Birkenau where her parents, first husband, her five-and-a-half-year-old son, my brother, had just been sent to the...

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 17:27:37 +03:00
Fearing major polio outbreak, Israel now aims to vaccinate 2 million children
After a small outbreak of polio cases was detected in Jerusalem, the Health Ministry has decided to expand the vaccination campaign and begin inoculating babies as young as six weeks

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 17:20:58 +03:00
Jerusalem rabbi arrested for rape told women it was a 'spiritual act'
Israel Police suspect that the religious leader assaulted a woman on her wedding day, telling her that it would allow her to marry in sanctity

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 16:19:50 +03:00
With Russian tourists gone, Sinai bets on influx of Israelis
Direct flights from Israel have inspired hope in the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, ailing from the loss of Russian and Ukrainian tourists following the war

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:41:02 +03:00
For 32 years, I've defended Israel abroad. Not anymore

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:29:52 +03:00
Robots invade Israeli hotels. The next target: The world
With a bow tie and good manners, an Israeli hotel has already deployed its first robot host - and guests are loving it. Others are working at creating a human-less tourism experience

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:23:28 +03:00
Why every democracy should fear Israeli spyware
Democracies should not conduct cyber warfare against their own citizens without due process and due cause. But thanks to advanced Israeli spyware like Pegasus and Predator that’s exactly what’s going on, and it happened to me

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:56:38 +03:00
After chocolate, Israeli food giant Strauss recalls all sweets over salmonella outbreak
The new recall in Israel was extended to the entire confectionary product line regardless of expiration date. Strauss products include Elite chocolate and toffee candies

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:45:19 +03:00
'Wedding of hate': Seven Israelis convicted of incitement to terrorism
The men were convicted of incitement to violence and terror for their participation in a 2015 wedding in which photos of a murdered Palestinian baby were stabbed and burned

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 13:35:42 +03:00
She was in Auschwitz, but ‘had no idea she is in the Holocaust’
Prof. Hanna Yablonka, who pioneered the translation of Julia Skodova’s memoir into Hebrew, describes this unique report by a woman who was there from the first moments of the Final Solution

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 13:30:18 +03:00
U.S. bans troops from visiting Israel, Middle East
American soldiers were forbidden from traveling to Israel and other Middle Eastern countries in September in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, The Times of Israel reports

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 12:54:59 +03:00
Global antisemitism report: Number of incidents, attacks on Jews rose sharply in 2021
The authors say the Israeli-Gaza war last May and conspiracy theories related to the coronavirus pandemic were likely reasons for the steep increase in countries with sizable Jewish communities

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 12:48:05 +03:00
The photographer who dreamed of joining the Israeli army
When she immigrated to Israel at the age of 22, photographer Debbie Zimelman was too old to join the army. 30 years later, she finally finds closure

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 12:39:47 +03:00
Over 15,500 Holocaust survivors died in Israel over the past year
On average, 42 Holocaust survivors died per day last year ■ Survivors' average age in Israel is 85.5, with about 31,500 of them over 90 and more than 1,000 older than 100

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 11:35:04 +03:00
Putin Cuts Gas to Europe, as Ukraine says Blasts in Russia are 'Karma'
Russia’s state-controlled natural gas giant Gazprom says it cut supplies to NATO members Poland and Bulgaria after they refused to pay for the shipments in rubles

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 09:51:10 +03:00
After criticism, Bennett says will pay for family's food expenses
Following media reports, Bennett this week disclosed that his family's expenses on food at his private home amount to some $7,570 a month

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 07:20:43 +03:00
Palestinians report one dead in clashes with Israeli army
Clashes erupted as Palestinians opened fire at Israeli soldiers who were carrying out arrests in the West Bank

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 06:37:17 +03:00
Haaretz cartoon

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 06:19:49 +03:00
Top court asks Israel to explain how it plans to stop settler land grab
The Israeli Civil Administration gave the residents of the Nokdim settlement 15 days to explain how their construction on private Palestinian land does not constitute incursion

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 06:01:45 +03:00
She survived the Nazi horrors. Then a neo-Nazi killed her
February 23 marked the 30th anniversary of the shooting death of Blanka Zmigrod, who had moved to Germany from Israel and preferred singing and dancing to dwelling on the Holocaust

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 06:00:20 +03:00
Ukrainian Holocaust survivors flee for their lives a second time
Well into their 80s, the refugees finding themselves in Israel say this time around, the experience is more palpable, and some experts estimate there may be thousands more Holocaust survivors who have been forced to flee Ukraine

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 05:59:23 +03:00
Bitter chocolate

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 05:39:54 +03:00
Matriculation reform: High-schoolers would write more term papers, take fewer tests
The proposed changes presented by Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton are meant to reduce the number of classroom hours for Bible studies, literature, history and civics.

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 02:12:54 +03:00
Nine reported killed in Israeli strike near Damascus
According to Syrian state media, Israel launched the missiles from just outside the Golan Heights. 'Four Syrian soldiers and five foreign soldiers were killed'

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 23:00:20 +03:00
Plan to set up rural communities in Israel's Negev would block Bedouin expansion
'The agricultural lands whose status is sorted will serve everyone, both Bedouin and Jews. The problem is that in the meantime, one only sees chaos'

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 21:52:00 +03:00
This Israeli turned an old kibbutz house into a palace
Muli Shlufer, 75, and Ofira Alon, 64, drew on classical Europe as inspiration for their home on Kibbutz Ramat Hakovesh

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 21:41:52 +03:00
In first, top French court overturns government-ordered 'radical' mosque closure
The court ruled the Interior Ministry's claims that the mosque promoted radical Islam, terrorism and antisemitism did not justify a closure

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 20:45:42 +03:00
What Jewish Israelis don't get about Al-Aqsa

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 20:34:44 +03:00
Israel detects first cases of new COVID variant BA.5 in incoming passengers
Two people arriving at Israel's international airport carried the new variant, a day after announcing the first cases of a similar variant, BA.4

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 20:09:52 +03:00
UN moves to put veto users under global spotlight amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine
A resolution passed by the General Assembly doesn't limit veto power of the five permanent Security Council members, but could put veto-wielders on the spot and let a raft of other countries be heard

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 19:50:08 +03:00
Israeli oil firm fined $490,000 decade after major spill
Three current and former executives of the Europe Asia Pipeline Company were also penalized for their part in the environmental damage caused to Nahal Zin

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 19:38:05 +03:00
Turkey's Erdogan set for Saudi visit, sources say, culminating efforts to mend ties after Khashoggi
Ankara recently agreed to transfer the murder trial of Jamal Khashoggi – killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul – to Riyadh, as part of efforts to rekindle the relationship between the two countries

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 19:22:54 +03:00
Seafood on Spanish coast attests to climate cataclysm 8,200 years ago
She sells shrinking sea shells by the seashore in Mesolithic Spain, and from doting on pretty top shells, the dwellers of climate-stricken El Mazo cave were reduced to dining on limpets

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 17:49:51 +03:00
Israeli court orders rehearing in Sheikh Jarrah family's case, postponing eviction
Police have feared that the eviction of the Salem family from their East Jerusalem home, which has been at the center of tensions in recent months, could reignite the neighborhood along with the rest of the city

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 17:30:57 +03:00
Funerals held in Lebanon's Tripoli after migrant shipwreck, dozens still missing
The UNHCR estimates the dinghy was carrying 80 people at the time it capsized, after naval forces collided with the vessel as the smuggler tried to evade capture

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 17:15:50 +03:00
Bennett family receives letter with death threat, bullet; police investigating
Source says the letter was not sent directly to the family, but to Bennett's wife's former workplace, which warned the couple and passed the letter on to the Shin Bet

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 17:03:59 +03:00
Putin's favorite TV host mixes nuclear threats, Jewish roots and antisemitic quotes
The U.S. State Department has called Vladimir Solovyov ‘the most energetic Kremlin propagandist around.’ Russian security services claim he was the target of an assassination attempt by Ukraine, based on dubious evidence

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 17:02:13 +03:00
Elon Musk's takeover might make Twitter more antisemitic, ADL chief warns
While Twitter has made 'some strides in tackling hate in recent years,' multibillionaire Musk could take things in a 'very different direction,' Jonathan Greenblatt says

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:37:19 +03:00
‘Jerusalem’s Burj Khalifa’ will reshape the city's urban landscape
Thousands of new apartments are planned for Jerusalem's Kiryat Hayovel – most notably a futuristic glass tower from the makers of Dubai's Burj Khalifa. Social activists are especially unhappy

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:28:03 +03:00
When a black German woman discovered her grandfather was the Nazi villain of 'Schindler's List'
An odd series of events led Jennifer Teege to discover that her grandfather was none other than the notorious Nazi Amon Goeth.

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:12:10 +03:00
What happens when a childhood is interrupted by genocide?
One night, during the Nazi occupation of Belgrade, my grandfather didn’t return home from the forced labor imposed on Serbia's Jews. My grandmother was pregnant. My father, then three years old, remembers her wailing

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:11:35 +03:00
My aunt had a dinner party, and then she took her guests to kill 180 Jews
Swiss journalist Sacha Batthyany knew he belonged to an aristocratic family, centered around his respected aunt. He didn’t know about the murderous ball held in 1945, that led to a personal quest, threats from relatives and a book



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