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Holocaust survivor, author Gerda Weissmann Klein dies at 97

Gerda Weissmann Klein, a Holocaust survivor and author who wrote about her ordeal and went on to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, will be remembered at a memorial May 1 after her death this month

The Independent UK

Mimi Reinhard, secretary who typed up Schindler’s list saving Jews during Holocaust, dies at 107

She was one of 1,200 Jews saved by German industrialist Oskar Schindler after he bribed Nazi authorities

The Independent UK

Liberal candidate Katherine Deves apologises for likening her activism against transgender athletes to standing up against the Holocaust

A controversial candidate in a prized former Liberal Party seat apologises after a YouTube video emerged in which she compared her lobbying to stop transgender athletes from competing in women's sport to standing up against the Holocaust.

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Commentary: At my high school, the Holocaust is barely taught in history class. That scares me

“What’s the difference between a Jew and a Boy Scout?” a friend asked, with a broad grin on his face, as I sat down in my seventh grade science class. “The Boy Scout comes back from camp!” He and everyone else at my table burst out laughing. Did my classmates…

Los Angeles Times

NSW Liberal candidate likens anti-trans activism to opposing the Holocaust

Katherine Deves apologises for comparing stance on trans rights to being part of ‘French resistance’

The Guardian - AU

Explainer-How to prove genocide, the most serious war crime?

Washington and Kyiv are accusing Russia of genocide in Ukraine, but the ultimate war crime has a strict legal definition and has rarely been proven in court since it was cemented in humanitarian law after the Holocaust.

Reuters

Marine Le Pen: can the right-wing ‘wolf’ really pull off a moderate rebrand?

She’s closing in on the French president, with insiders saying this month’s election could be her third time lucky. From her traumatic upbringing to her complicated relationship with her father, Katie Strick charts the rise of the right-wing candidate known as MLP

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EasyJet apologises after ad draws comparisons to Holocaust tattoo sparking backlash

The budget airline posted a photo of a passenger with a flight number tattooed on their forearm, and captioned the poorly-received post 'you never forget your first flight'

Daily Mirror

Building better ties

Since arriving in Thailand under a year ago, Israel's ambassador to Thailand HE Orna Sagiv has felt at home in the Land of Smiles, often opting to experience the nation's rich culture and traditions through hands-on experience.

Bangkok Post

New outdoor exhibit at Navy Pier tells refugees’ stories through what they brought with them

Photos of dozens of objects are part of a new exhibit, “Stories of Survival: Object. Image. Memory,” presented by the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center. They will remain on display through June 30.

Chicago Sun-Times

Anger as High Court quashes plans for Holocaust monument outside Parliament

The High Court’s decision to quash planning permission for a Holocaust memorial in Westminster has been branded “disappointing” by campaigners.

Evening Standard

Poland, France trade barbs over Russia's war on Ukraine

Poland has summoned the French ambassador over recent comments by President Emmanuel Macron who called Poland’s prime minister a “far-right anti-Semite” in a budding feud over Russia’s war on Ukraine

The Independent UK

Campaigners win High Court bid to stop Parliament Holocaust memorial

Campaigners have won a High Court bid to quash planning permission for a national Holocaust memorial outside Parliament.

Evening Standard

Judge’s ruling due on legal challenge against Holocaust memorial site

The London Historic Parks and Gardens Trust is opposed to a new UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre being built in Victoria Tower Gardens.

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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas criticised for harming Holocaust education

A sequel has been announced for the popular but controversial book

The Guardian - UK

Homelands by Chitra Ramaswamy review – what it means to belong

Our sense of home explored through the story of a journalist’s friendship with a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor

Daily Mirror

Actress who played 'girl in red coat' in Schindler's List becomes real-life heroine

An actress who played the 'girl in the red coat' in 1993 film Schindler's List, about the efforts of a businessman to save Jews from the Holocaust, has turned into a real-life heroine herself, by aiding refugees escaping Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Killings in Ukraine amount to genocide, Holocaust expert says

Several factors required to match legal definition Ukraine-born academic tells Andrew Buncombe

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Holocaust survivors find refuge from Ukraine war in Germany

Eight decades after Raisa Valiushkevych fled Ukraine to escape Nazi Germany's invasion, the 98-year-old Holocaust survivor found herself fleeing again - this time to Germany, to escape Russian shells falling around her home in Kyiv.

The Independent UK

What is the legal definition of genocide and how is it prosecuted?

Ukraine’s leaders accuse Russian military of carrying out atrocities as brutal invasion continues

The Guardian - UK

‘What would this Ukrainian like for her 100th birthday? That Putin will die’

Elderly citizens in Kyiv who have lived through Hitler’s Holocaust and Stalin’s Holodomor fear that history is repeating itself with Russia’s invasion

The Guardian - UK

Frank Auerbach: Unseen review – art that restores a sense of what it is to be human

Holocaust orphan Auerbach’s stunning paintings – tangled masses with hints of horror – have been brought out of the Tate’s vaults to resonate poignantly in a time of war

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Nobody came back alive’ — Tema Bauer, one of Illinois’ oldest Holocaust survivors, has died at 105

She lost all 38 family members and her right arm to the Nazis but found a new life in Chicago with fellow survivor Morris Bauer, who “told her that she need not worry about the future because he would always take care of her.”

The Guardian - AU

Jewish Museum to lead investigation into claim Wollongong identity collaborated with Nazis

Wollongong council has asked for assistance verifying reports made about former steelworker and art collector Bob Srederas

Newsroom.co.nz

Antisemitism stats don't tell the whole story

A new survey seeking to determine the level of antisemitic belief in New Zealand falls short by conflating anti-Jewish and anti-Israel views.

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