28.03.2013 (Reuters, written by Jan Lopatka) -- A Slovak court has commuted a death sentence imposed on a Hungarian World War Two criminal to life imprisonment although he remains under house arrest in his native country, the prosecution said on Thursday.
TV Drama Reopens Debate Over Germans' War Guilt
(2013) 28.03.2013 (abcnews.com, AP, written by Frank Jordans) -- With the wartime generation rapidly disappearing, a television drama about five young Germans in World War II has revived debate in Germany about the role ordinary men and women played in the Nazis' murderous campaign to conquer Europe.
Saplings From Anne Frank's Tree Take Root in US
(2013) 24.03.2013 (AP, written by Pamela Engel) -- Saplings from the chestnut tree that stood as a symbol of hope for Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis for two years in Amsterdam are being distributed to 11 locations in the United States as part of a project that aims to preserve her legacy and promote tolerance.
AJC: German Government's Shameful Delay on Pensions for Nazi Ghetto Survivors
(2013) 22.3.2013 (prnewswire.com) -- The American Jewish Committee (AJC) Berlin Office has conveyed its deep disappointment directly to government coalition parties in the German parliament for their rejection of a draft resolution that would have allowed World War II ghetto survivors to receive pensions as of the year 1997.
German parliament rejects pension payments for former ghetto workers
(2013) 22.03.2013 (Haaretz.com, written by Ofer Aderet) -- Bundestag jettisons amendment to 2002 law, tabled by the opposition, which would have required retroactive payments to Holocaust survivors who had worked in the country's ghettos.
Lapid orders additional NIS 50 million for Holocaust survivors
(2013)22.3.2013 (israelhayom.com) -- Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid's first move as finance minister is to increase the budget of the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel • Move said to be included in party's coalition deal.
Finance Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday ordered the immediate transfer of 50 million shekels (about $13.6 million) to the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel.
The directive was Lapid's first since taking office on Tuesday.
A New Lease on Life for the Mysterious Lost Bank Accounts of Switzerland
(2013) 21.3.2013 (Helena Bachmann, world.time.com) -- A sign sits on display outside the headquarters of the Swiss National Bank in Bern, Switzerland on March 8, 2012.
Hungarian Holocaust Memorial Year 2014
(2013) 21.3.2013 (xpatloop.com) -- In early 2013, the Government of Hungary set up a Memorial Committee in order to properly commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Holocaust, an important step towards facing our history.
Nazi looted art is returned to rightful owner
(2013) 20.03.2013 (BBC; written by Beth McLeod) -- A man from the US has been reunited with six valuable paintings that were stolen by the Nazis from his grandfather nearly eight decades ago.
Finer-Grained Data Transform Our Understanding Of The Holocaust
(2013) 13.03.2013 (Forbes; written by Geoffrey Kabat) -- Sixty-eight years after the end of World War II, a massive, painstaking collation of hitherto untapped local data has transformed our understanding of the Holocaust.
