Uncovering long buried things in a Polish cemeteryThe Jewish cemetery in Warsaw has long fascinated Jay Martin, with its unmarked graves and headstones piled in one corner. And then Jay discovered her own family connection…
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Guy Rundle: Rundle: will Mad Monk be brought low by madder Monckton?
Moncktongate has now become a political and moral test for Tony Abbott, whose principal political action to date has been to exile climate-change denialism from the political mainstream.
Hungarian government ‘persecution’ of former La Trobe Uni professor
Claims have emerged that current EU president Hungary is trying use the police and media to silence dissenters, writes a Crikey correspondent in Berlin.
Is this lampshade made from human skin?
It’s a grisly tale. A lampshade bought at a garage sale after Hurricane Katrina was apparently made from the human skin of Jewish people killed in a Nazi concentration camp. Mark Jacobson goes through a Holocaust investigation.
Obama is not a ‘Nazi’ and abortion is not a ‘holocaust’
US politicians often refer to their opponents as “Nazis” or horrible events as “a holocaust” but these just trivialise one of history’s most disturbing atrocities, writes Rabbi Marvin Hier.
Is Hitler responsible for Islamic extremism?
A new book claims the roots of Islamic fundamentalism can be traced back to Nazi radio broadcasts across the Middle East during WWII.
How the Nazis stole Christmas
A new exhibition of Nazi paraphernalia in Cologne shows how the Nazi Party tried to take Christ out of Christmas with swastika cookies and hand grenade tree decorations. Many of their “paganised” Christmas carols are still unwittingly sung today.
The last great Nazi trial
In November, former Nazi concentration camp guard John Demjanjuk will appear before a Munich court, charged with 27,900 counts of accessory to murder. With time running out to prosecute other ex-Nazis, the case marks the end of an era in world history.
Just what is a fascist?
It’s an insult slung regularly at just about everyone from all over the political spectrum, but just who and what is really a “fascist”? Is it the synonymous with “Nazi”? Does it assume racism? The BBC goes in search of a definition.
Antiques Roadshow uncovers Nazi-looted art
Some real treasure has been uncovered on the German version of Antiques Roadshow: a 17th century painting by Flemish baroque artist Frans Francken the Younger valued up to €100,000, stolen by the Nazis and last owned by Hitler himself. A real bobby-dazzler!
You’re just like the Nazis! The political insult that won’t die
Playing the Nazi card has become the standard political cheap shot. Politicians don’t have another significant political ideology or event against which to compare their morality, writes Brendan O’Neill.
Guy Rundle: Inglourious basterd Scheungraber captured. Hooray?
Germany has captured another Nazi war criminal: Josef Scheungraber, 90, has been sentenced to life imprisonment. It’s undoubtedly right and proper to bring justice to these war crimes, says Guy Rundle — but only if justice is actually possible.
Guy Rundle: Zionists and Nazis connected. Discuss
As far as accusing Zionists of being Nazis, the past, present and future champions are other Zionists.
Nick Griffin: to visa or not to visa?
It’s hard to know how best to approach hate-mongers seeking to grace our shores, writes Irfan Yusuf.
Quadrant: It’s ok to be a Nazi if you’re pretty
With Victoria’s Liberal Party in trouble over anti-Semitic slurs, an interesting contradiction appears in this month’s Quadrant, writes Katherine Wilson.
