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Germany reveals plans for national memorial to remember Polish Jews who died in Holocaust

The memorial will also be dedicated to other Polish victims of World War II and the Nazi occupation of Poland

By Richard Percival

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1943: Fire breaks out during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a Polish insurrection against the German forces who had occupied Poland at the start of World War II. By 1944 Warsaw was the centre of Polish resistance, but the army was forced to surrender on October 2nd 1944 under pressure from German air raids. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

German airport staff ask rabbi to remove kippah, against official policy

German airport staff ask rabbi to remove kippah, against official policy

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2KG36D7 Hanover, Germany. 21st Nov, 2022. Michael Furst, Chairman of the Hanover Jewish Community, delivers a speech during an event for the ordination of rabbis by the Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin in the synagogue of the Hanover Jewish Community. Five rabbis and one Baal Tefilla, a prayer leader, are to receive their ceremonial ordination. According to the Office of the Federal President, this is the first Orthodox rabbinic ordination in Lower Saxony since the end of World War II. Credit: Michael Matthey/dpa/Alamy Live News

German. Soldier. Jew review - Why on earth do Jews join the German army?

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Orthodox Jews banned from renting holiday homes by German travel firm

Orthodox Jews banned from renting holiday homes by German travel firm

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Ancient German synagogue may gain Unesco world heritage status

Ancient German synagogue may gain Unesco world heritage status

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German AfD politician fined for comparing Covid vaccination to Kristallnacht

German AfD politician fined for comparing Covid vaccination to Kristallnacht

By Richard Percival

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Holocaust books set on fire at famous German memorial

Holocaust books set on fire at famous German memorial

By Richard Percival

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Israeli tourist attacked in Berlin in possible antisemitic incident

Police have launched an investigation

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August 7, 2023 10:08

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German church told to remove antisemitic Judensau carving

The sculpture is on the wall of the Stadtkirche, where Protestant reformer Martin Luther preached

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August 7, 2023 08:50

German church told to remove antisemitic Judensau carving

Anger over claims Iranian death judge receiving private hospital treatment in Germany

Hossein Ali Naeiri is said to be responsible for sentencing up to 30,000 people to death

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August 1, 2023 12:12

Anger over claims Iranian death judge receiving private hospital treatment in Germany

Israeli ambassador to Germany thrown out of Berlin cafe amid Israel protests

Avi Berg explained to Ron Prosor that he was not wanted in the cafe because he was an Israeli government representative

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July 28, 2023 13:06

Israel's Ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor is pictured during his visit to the newsroom of AFP in Berlin, Germany on April 19, 2023. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

German hero honoured for sheltering Jews during war

Businessman Karl Steineke risked his life by hiding several persecuted Jews in his home

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July 27, 2023 11:43

German hero honoured for sheltering Jews during war

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When is a Jew not a Jew? When they are German and Gentile

Germans impersonating Jews is not common, but it is less rare than you think...

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July 27, 2023 10:08

Portrait Fabian Wolff

BDS-backing German journalist admits he was mistaken about his Jewish faith

Fabian Wolff was a regular contributor for various German media outlets on Jewish issues

By Richard Percival

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July 25, 2023 16:00

BDS-backing German journalist admits he was mistaken about his Jewish faith

Heirs of Jewish art dealers suing Germany over 'forced' 1935 sale of Guelph Treasure lose legal battle

The heirs to the collection argued their ancestors were forced to sell artefacts to Nazi Germany

By Richard Percival

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July 25, 2023 13:07

A detail of a reliquary crucifix of the so-called "Welfenschatz" (Guelph Treasure) is pictured at the Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) in Berlin, on February 24, 2015. US and British heirs of Nazi-era Jewish art dealers have sued Germany for the return of a mediaeval art treasure worth $250-300 million (220-260 million euros), their lawyers said. AFP PHOTO / TOBIAS SCHWARZ RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE, TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION, NO MARKETING, NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS (Photo credit should read TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Probe into ‘culture of fear’ at largest archive of Nazi persecution

Lawyer representing employees wrote to German culture minister claiming there was a 'toxic working atmosphere' at records centre

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July 13, 2023 12:10

Probe into ‘culture of fear’ at largest archive of Nazi persecution

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