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Ceremonies mark 65th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation

Erik Kirschbaum and Ari Rabinowitch National Post 01/27/2010
NY Parent Says Holocaust E-Mail To PTA Was Mistake

A New York City parent says he mistakenly sent out an e-mail about a book questioning the Holocaust to a PTA list instead of another group he belongs to.

Ceremonies mark 65th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation

BERLIN/OSWIECIM, Poland -- Israeli leaders called Iran a threat to the world on Wednesday, which is International Holocaust Memorial Day, and vowed that the Jewish people would never again fall victim to a fanatical regime.

Israeli PM honours Holocaust victims in Polish capital

WARSAW — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu honoured Holocaust victims at a war memorial in the Polish capital Tuesday, the eve of the 65th anniversary of the Auschwitz death camp's liberation.

Benedict XVI Defends Nazi-Era Pope Pius XII, Says Vatican Helped Jews During War

Pope Benedict XVI said the Vatican helped protect Jews from persecution in a “hidden and discreet way,” defending World War II pontiff Pius XII during his first visit to Rome’s synagogue.

Pope says visit to Holocaust memorial 'upsetting'

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI on Monday described a visit to Israel's Holocaust memorial as a disturbing encounter with hatred, days after his decision to move the controversial World War II-era pope closer to sainthood angered Jewish groups.

Neo-Nazis suspected of raid on Auschwitz ‘to rewrite history’

The slickly organised theft of one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust sent a wave of outrage around the world yesterday. The sign that hung over the gates of Auschwitz extermination camp, where more than a million people died during the Second World War, was stolen in minutes.

Israel's Netanyahu given Holocaust plans in Berlin

Allyn Fisher-Ilan Reuters 08/27/2009
Iranian President's comments on Holocaust enrage West

Western officials have reacted strongly to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's September 18 comments about the Holocaust.

Israel's Netanyahu given Holocaust plans in Berlin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on a visit to Germany on Thursday that one lesson Israel drew from the Holocaust was that threats to its existence could not go unchallenged and must be "nipped in the bud".

US president visits Nazi concentration camp in Germany

US President Barack Obama has paid a visit to the Nazi concentration camp in Buchenwald during his trip to Germany. He and German Chancellor Angela Merkel toured the site, where some 250,000 prisoners were held from 1937 to 1945.

Israel: Sirens wail in memory of Holocaust

JERUSALEM (AP) — Frenetic Israel came to a standstill for two mournful minutes on Tuesday as air-raid sirens pierced the air in remembrance of the 6 million Jews who perished in the Nazi Holocaust.


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