Aug 13th, 2012 at 2:00PM:
This is a poster for the Nazi eugenics program. Printed in 1936, it proclaims, "We are not alone." The column on the left shows the countries that already had forced sterilization for certain "social undesirables." The columns on the bottom and right show countries considering eugenics programs.
Note the American flag on the left. Various U.S. states practiced compulsory sterilization as ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Exhibition Examines Role Of Scientists And Doctors In Holocaust
Aug 13th, 2012 at 2:00PM:
This is a poster for the Nazi eugenics program. Printed in 1936, it proclaims, "We are not alone." The column on the left shows the countries that already had forced sterilization for certain "social undesirables." The columns on the bottom and right show countries considering eugenics programs.
Note the American flag on the left. Various U.S. states practiced compulsory sterilization as ...Suspects Held In Holocaust Memorial Desecration
Jun 26th, 2012 at 3:00PM:
Two weeks ago we reported that the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem was vandalized. Now Israeli police have detained three men in connection with the crime.
All three are ultra-Orthodox Jews and have confessed, police said.
The front of Yad Vashem was covered in Hebrew graffiti, including slogans such as, "Thanks Hitler for the wonderful Holocaust you organized for us. Only ...Ultra-Orthodox Jews Suspected Of Vandalizing Jerusalem Holocaust Memorial
Jun 13th, 2012 at 2:00PM:
Israeli police suspect ultra-Orthodox Jews are behind Monday's vandalism at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem.
Anti-Zionist graffiti written in Hebrew was sprayed over several parts of the building, with lines like, "Jews, wake up, the evil Zionist regime doesn't protect us, it jeopardizes us," and, "If Hitler hadn't existed, the Zionists would have invented him."
As ...Never forget: Holocaust museums and memorials around the world
Jan 27th, 2012 at 10:30AM:
Here at Gadling, our goal is to introduce readers to travel ideas that are relevant. While we strive to find the new and the cool, we realize that some journeys must occasionally lead us to confront difficult episodes in our past, whether on a personal or global scale.
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, designated by the United Nations in 2005 to mark the anniversary of the ...Germany opens new military museum in Dresden
Oct 15th, 2011 at 2:30PM: A new military museum has opened in Dresden, Germany.
The Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr opened today and is sure to court controversy. With the shadow of the Third Reich always looming over the German historical consciousness, the design of the displays was a delicate matter. The museum's director says that the focus is on individuals, both as perpetrators and victims, as well ...Remains of forgotten genocide victims returned by Berlin museum
Oct 3rd, 2011 at 8:30AM: It's the genocide most people have forgotten, a ruthless extermination of men, women, and children while an uncaring world focused on other things.
From 1904 to 1908, German colonial rulers in what is now Namibia systematically exterminated the Herero and Nama people. They had rebelled against the colonizers and the German army quickly defeated them. Not satisfied with a only a military ...British tour company criticized for offering 'Hitler tour' around Germany
Jan 10th, 2011 at 2:00PM: Would you spend $3100 to tour sites only associated with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler? One British tour group put together a trip that does just that, and is under fire by critics over the distasteful offering.
The tour takes 30 tourists on a luxury $3100 trip through Germany to visit sites associated with Hitler, according to a report in The Australian. The articles says the eight-day trip in June ...American-Muslim group urges Palestinians to visit Holocaust Museum
Dec 23rd, 2010 at 8:30AM:
The Islamic Society of North America is defying Hamas and urging Palestinian youths to visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., the Jewish news service JTA reports.
A group of A-students from the Gaza Strip are to visit the nation's capital on a UN-sponsored educational visit. Their tour is to include the Holocaust Museum, but Hamas, which runs the Palestinian Authority, ...Schindler's List factory becomes museum
Jun 12th, 2010 at 3:00PM: During World War Two, German industrialist Oskar Schindler saved some 1,200 of his Jewish workers from extermination. His enamelware and munitions factories were considered vital for the German war effort and he claimed his workers all had special skills vital for the operation of his factories, whether they had or not. Many of his "skilled mechanics" were in fact children or handicapped people.
...The bureaucracy of genocide
May 7th, 2010 at 9:00AM: The typical image of a Nazi is a jackbooted thug gunning down innocent people. While there were all too many killers like that in the Third Reich, the majority of Nazis were civilians. It takes a lot of people to run a government and an army, and many Nazis never personally killed anyone. They were educated, middle-class bureaucrats who loved their children, were kind to their neighbors, and spent ...Stolen Auschwitz sign found cut into pieces
Dec 21st, 2009 at 1:30PM: Polish police have recovered the famous sign that hung over Auschwitz's main gate. The sign had been stolen in the early hours of Friday. The sign reads "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work will set you free") and is a well-known symbol of the horrors of the Holocaust. About one million Jews, Gypsies, and political prisoners were killed in the concentration camp during the Nazi regime. Police have arrested ..."Arbeit macht frei" Auschwitz sign stolen
Dec 18th, 2009 at 5:00PM: Poland's grimmest monument has lost its most famous icon. The sign at the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp, "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work will set you free") was stolen in the early hours of this morning. The Polish government and Jewish groups have condemned the theft. There are no known suspects at this time and the motive is also unknown. Some Jewish groups have blamed unnamed neo-Nazi ...EasyJet apologizes for Holocaust fashion shoot
Nov 20th, 2009 at 5:30PM: EasyJet has apologized to everyone who will listen over a fashion shoot that appeared in its inflight magazine.
Did the models wear too little? Did they look like fourteen year-old cokeheads? No, none of the usual stuff; they happened to be posing at the Berlin Holocaust Memorial.
Yes, some fashion photographer decided the concrete blocks known as the "Field of Stelae", properly called the ...Violence against Jews began in Germany 70 years ago. Seven places to go to remember
Nov 10th, 2008 at 3:30PM: Kristallnacht, also known as "The Night of Broken Glass" began November 9, 1938 in Germany. On that night, Germans began attacking Jews in full force.
Over the course of two days, synagogues were burned, and Jewish businesses, cemeteries, hospitals and schools were ransacked and destroyed. Jewish homes were also trashed and looted and many Jews were killed.
The morning after these pogroms, the ...Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial
Nov 3rd, 2006 at 11:31AM: When I did a search for Boise attractions I was totally caught off guard to see this Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial pop up. I wondered what connection the young Jewish girl who seemed to have became the voice of human hope through her diary kept during the Holocaust had with the state? While there is no direct connection the reality is a site like this one should be placed on every corner ...
