06.05.2013 (Jewish Business News, by Ilan Shavit) -- The World Jewish Congress (WJC) Plenary Assembly has re-elected Ronald Lauder as President of the organization for another four-year term. The announcement was made this afternoon at the WJC 14th Plenary Assembly taking place in Budapest, Hungary.
Holocaust Survivors Say 'Never Again' at Mauthausen
(2013) 06.05.2013 (Israel National News, by Elad Benari) -- Leaders and Nazi camp survivors commemorate the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria.
Hungary's PM denounces anti-Semitism
(2013) 06.05.2013 (Ynet News) -- Addressing opening session of World Jewish Congress in Budapest, Viktor Orban says his government has declared 'zero tolerance' on anti-Semitism, yet many disappointed he failed to confront country's largest far-right party.
WJC President: Hungarian Jews Considering Leaving
(2013) 06.05.2013 (Israel National News, by Elad Benari) -- World Jewish Congress Ronald S. Lauder warns that rising anti-Semitism in Hungary is causing local Jews to consider leaving.
World Jewish Congress elects new members to governing board
(2013) 06.05.2013 (Haaretz, Judy Maltz) -- WJC delegates elect Chella Safra as the new treasurer and David de Rothschild as chairman of the board; the Plenary Assembly re-elects Ronald S. Lauder as president in Budapest on Monday.
Austria Faces Past in Nazi Camp's New Museum
(2013) 05.05.2013 (Israel National News) -- Austria's new Holocaust museum reflects country's struggle with its national past.
Hungary’s prime minister vows ‘zero tolerance’ for anti-Semitism, fails to impress Jewish meet
(2013) 05.05.2013 (The Washington Post) -- BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s prime minister told an international assembly of Jews on Sunday that his government has declared “zero tolerance” on anti-Semitism, but his speech failed to impress those gathered who said he has failed to confront the country’s largest far-right party.
Oldest Holocaust Survivor Passes On
(2013) 05.05.2013 -- Reuters reports Leopold Engleitner, the oldest known survivor of the Nazi concentration camps, has died at the age of 107, his biographer said.
Nazis may have killed up to 20m, claims 'shocking' new Holocaust study
(2013) 04.05.2013 (The Telegraph, by Matthew Day) -- The Nazi Holocaust may have claimed up to 20 million lives, a figure far greater than previous estimates, new research has revealed.
Collector says Sotheby’s sold him Nazi-owned art—now it's unsellable
(2013) 02.05.2013 (The Art Newspaper, by Laura Gilbert) -- Uncertainty over whether the work, once owned by Goering, was looted means that auction houses don't want to put it on the block.
