In a debate over Florida’s African American history curriculum, Greg Gutfeld said Jews in Nazi concentration camps “had to be useful” to survive, remarks that the White House called “an obscenity.”
Category: Holocaust and the Nazi Era
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Credit Suisse Accused of Impeding Hunt for Accounts Linked to Nazis
The Senate Budget Committee opened an investigation after Credit Suisse fired a lawyer it had hired to oversee an independent inquiry hunting for accounts linked to Nazis who went to Argentina.
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When a Visit to the Museum Becomes an Ethical Dilemma
Western museums are major tourist attractions, drawing travelers from around the world. But what responsibility do we bear as spectators for patronizing institutions that display what critics say are stolen works?
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Solomon Perel, Jew Who Posed as a Hitler Youth to Survive, Dies at 97
His masquerade — a tale recounted in a memoir and in the film “Europa Europa” — saved his life. But “to this day,” he said, “I have a tangle of two souls in one body.”
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‘Filmmakers for the Prosecution’ Review: Exposing Third Reich Atrocities
Jean-Christophe Klotz’s documentary retraces the steps of two men tasked with gathering evidence for the Nuremberg trials.
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Ruth Adler Schnee, Exuberant Designer of Modernist Textiles, Dies at 99
A refugee from Nazi Germany, she was among a group of designers who elevated fabric from decoration into a medium for midcentury modern design.
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The History Behind the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert
A global event today, the orchestra’s annual New Year’s Concert took shape during dark days in Austrian history.
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Vienna Philharmonic to Honor Players Lost in World War II
In the new year, the Vienna Philharmonic will pay tribute to more than a dozen of its members who were ousted, exiled and killed during World War II.
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KFC Apologizes for Kristallnacht-linked Promotion
An automated push notification sent in error by KFC Germany conflated the infamous 1938 pogrom and “tender cheese with crispy chicken.”