A Paris court upheld an earlier decision against far-right former presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen for “contesting” the Holocaust.
Holocaust Museum may lose key Poland artifacts on loan
(2012) A widely acclaimed permanent exhibition that broke new ground in museum design, may be in jeopardy as the museum deals with demands to return one of its most powerful and haunting objects.
Looted by the Nazis, a Romanino is returned
(2012) A highly important 16th-century painting of Christ Carrying the Cross, by the Brescian master Girolamo Romanino (ca. 1484/8-ca. 1560), looted by the Nazis in World War II, has been returned to the family of its original owner Federico Gentili di Giuseppe, an Italian Jew.
Bournemouth Holocaust survivors offered help
(2012) A new group called the Six Point Foundation has been set up to help survivors of the Holocaust.
Ambassador raises $1.5m. for Holocaust survivors
(2012) British Ambassador Matthew Gould will inaugurate the first of several social clubs for Holocaust survivors, thanks to funds that he personally raised with help of the Jewish community in Britain.
Holocaust doll from Bergen-Belsen restored - BBC
(2012) A doll found in the German concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen in 1945 has been restored. It was found at the camp by Major Margaret Jump, a British nurse in Queen Alexandra‘s Royal Army Nursing Corps.
Voices on Antisemitism - USHMM
(2012) David Draiman, frontman for the multi-platinum hard-rock band Disturbed, wrote a song titled “Never Again“ about Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism.
The new President of the EU Parliament opens International Holocaust Remembrance Day by stressing the German ‘specific responsibility’
(2012) The newly elected President of the European Parliament, German Martin Schulz, paid tribute to the memory of the six millions Jews who were killed in the Holocaust, during a special ceremony at the seat of the EU institution in Brussels.
Extremist’s lawyer claims judicial expert compromised by Jewish origin
(2012) Judicial expert resigns after defense lawyer for far-right Workers’ Party for Social Justice activist says he’s compromised by his ethnicity.
Appeals arguments heard in Holocaust lawsuit against Hungary
(2012) Survivors argue that they should be allowed to seek compensation in U.S. court
