High-ranking Orthodox prelate warns against spread of anti-Semitism by religious officials
Thessaloniki, Greece AP Speaking on the day for commemorating the victims of the Holocaust, a high-ranking official of the Orthodox Church warned Sunday against the spread of anti-Semitism by religious and church officials. “I am worried by the spread of anti-Semitism internationally,” Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, spiritual leader of Greek Orthodox faithful in North and […]
Anti-Semitism rising: As the Israel-Hamas war rages, Europe’s Jews worry
JAMEY KEATEN and LAURIE KELLMAN, of Associated Press, report…
Painful memories: In Hamas’ horrific killings, Israeli trauma over the Holocaust resurfaces
TIA GOLDENBERG, of Associated Press, reports…
Vatican defends wartime Pope Pius XII as conference honours Israeli victims of Hamas incursion
Rome, Italy AP The Vatican secretary of state on Monday strongly defended World War II-era Pope Pius XII as a friend of the Jews as he opened an historic conference on newly opened archives that featured even Holy See historians acknowledging that anti-Jewish prejudice informed Pius’ silence in the face of the Holocaust. Cardinal Pietro Parolin’s defensive […]
Letter showing Pope Pius XII had detailed information from German Jesuit about Nazi crimes revealed
Rome, Italy AP Newly discovered correspondence suggests that World War II-era Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each day in German-occupied Poland, undercutting the Holy See’s argument that it couldn’t verify diplomatic reports of Nazi atrocities to denounce them. The […]
Catholic Church beatifies Polish family for sheltering Jews
Warsaw, Poland Reuters The Catholic Church beatified on Sunday a Polish family of nine, including a new-born baby, who died at the hands of Nazi Germans during World War II for sheltering a Jewish family from the Holocaust. The beatification service for Jozef and Wiktoria Ulma and their seven children was held in the south-eastern […]
Germany to give $US1.4 billion to Holocaust survivors globally in 2024
Berlin, Germany AP The organisation that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis said Thursday that Germany has agreed to extend another $US1.4 billion overall for Holocaust survivors around the globe for the coming year. The compensation was negotiated with Germany’s finance ministry and includes $US888.9 million to provide home care […]
Lifestory: New memoir by Anne Frank’s girlhood friend reveals “life outside the attic”
‘My Friend Anne Frank,’ by Hannah Pick-Goslar, details the girls’ friendship before the Holocaust and their brief reunion inside a Nazi concentration camp. MICHELE CHABIN, of Religion News Service, reports…
Wow!: German artist nearing 100,000 cobblestones to mark victims of Nazis
TILMAN BLASSHOFER, of Reuters, reports on Gunter Demnig’s efforts to commemorate those who died in the Holocaust…
Wow!: Holocaust survivors, descendants join forces on social media
KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, of Associated Press, reports on the new digital campaign ‘Our Holocaust Story: A Pledge to Remember’…