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Into the Fray: Iran – Why the war must be won

“How horrible, fantastic, incredible it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas-masks here because of...

Sapiro v. Ford, or how to cut an antisemite down to size

Every once in a while, part of a film's or a book's importance lies in what it does not...

MP’s populism threat warning as cops crack down on hate

A Labor MP has warned Australia's social cohesion is under threat from extreme right and left-wing ideologies, arguing for...

Words stopped being enough a long time ago — consequences are long overdue

Across Australia, for more than two years, we’ve witnessed a dangerous decline — not just in rhetoric, but in...

Former Neighbours star found guilty over Nazi gesture

A man who once starred on the television soap Neighbours has been found guilty of making a gesture that...

Geraldine Museum’s WWII display rekindles debate over portrayal of Nazis

A Canterbury military museum is under scrutiny after unveiling a World War II display featuring Nazi symbols and Waffen-SS...

Tear gas used as ‘March for Australia’ protest turns violent

Riot police deployed pepper spray, tear gas, and rubber bullets as violent clashes erupted between anti-immigration protesters and counter-demonstrators...

Dutch masterpiece is returned to Jewish family after over 80 years

After a twenty-year battle with the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), the painting ‘Lady with a Fan’ has been...

Honouring Phil Lamason: a New Zealand memorial with a Jewish resonance

The small New Zealand town of Dannevirke is preparing to honour one of its most remarkable sons, Squadron Leader...

Nazi crime cases near end as few perpetrators remain

German war crimes investigators are reaching "the final stages of Nazi persecution" with the youngest potential perpetrators now 97...

UK to return artwork stolen by Nazis to Jewish family

A 17th-century painting looted by the Nazis in 1940 from a Jewish art collector in Belgium will be returned...

Comedian’s clip evidence in trio’s ‘Nazi salute’ case

One of three men accused of doing Nazi salutes outside a Jewish museum days after deadly attacks on Israel...

The last Nuremberg prosecutor passes away at 103

Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who prosecuted Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was...

Last known member of Nazi-resistance group White Rose dies at 103

There has been a lot of discussion about what Holocaust memory will be like as fewer survivors remain. Less...

Insect named for Hitler draws criticism from organizational, academic circles

Connections between the Nazis and Volkswagen Beetles are well known. But an insect that looks like Adolf Hitler bearing his...

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising photos

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews revealed on Monday new-found images of the Nazis mercilessly putting down...

Wollongong City Council awaits the review outcome

The Wollongong City Council is awaiting the results of reviews underway to assess the claim that Bronius Sredersas was...

Belgium museum returns Nazi-looted painting to Jewish heirs

Belgium’s Royal Museums of Fine Arts has returned a painting to the great-grandchildren of a Jewish couple who owned...

Shameful yet not unexpected

During a long and eventful history, the Jewish People have encountered myriad shameful situations. One would imagine that these exposures...

A busy year for the Nazi persecution archives

In 2020, the number of inquiries received by the Arolsen Archives in Germany increased by about 10% with the world's most comprehensive archive on victims of Nazi persecution received inquiries about more than 26,000 persons.