Auschwitz survivors warn of rising antisemitism at 80th anniversary of camp’s liberation
Oswiecim, Poland Reuters Auschwitz survivors warned of the dangers of rising antisemitism on Monday, as they marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops in one of the last such gatherings of those who experienced its horrors. The ceremony at the site of the camp, which Nazi […]
Britain’s cyber spies mark 80th anniversary of secret code-breaking computer
London, UK Reuters Britain’s GCHQ spy agency celebrated the 80th anniversary of Colossus on Thursday, putting the spotlight on a code-breaking computer which helped defeat Hitler’s Germany and was so significant it was kept secret for decades. In 1944, Colossus, the world’s first digital computer, decoded German messages which convinced Allied forces their year-long plan […]
“Righteous among the nations”: Seventy-seven years after Auschwitz, Jews honour those who rescued them
KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, of The Associated Press, reports that Yad Vashem and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany have teamed up to highlight the stories of “Righteous Rescuers” who risked their own lives to save Jews from being slain by the Nazis during World War II…
US Supreme Court sides with Germany in Nazi-era art dispute
Washington DC, US AP The US Supreme Court’s ruling Wednesday in a multimillion-dollar dispute over a collection of religious artworks will make it harder for some lawsuits to be tried in US courts over claims that property was taken from Jews during the Nazi era. The justices sided with Germany in a dispute involving the […]
ON THE SCREEN: THE COMPLEXITIES OF WARTIME MORALITY EXPLORED IN ‘ALLIED’
DAVID ADAMS finds some interesting questions about the complexities of war raised in Allied…