Concentration Camps

Germany: Prosecutors call for 97-year old ex-Nazi camp worker to get 2-year sentence

Prosecutors in case of elderly ex-death camp secretary who tried to flee Germany ask for conviction for complicity in thousands of murders.

ID Number 84803

Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik stressed that the Holocaust should be remembered on Tisha B'Av. A letter to Ela Goldberg, ID Number 84803.

Slovakia condemns WWII deportation of Jews to death camps

Slovakia's parliament passes resolution condemning the mass deportation of Slovakian Jews to concentration camps during the Holocaust.

Roblox, popular kids’ computer game, removes virtual Nazi gas chambers

Collaborative computer gaming platform for children as young as 7 removes virtual Nazi concentration camp following outrage.

Terezin ghetto and concentration camp falling 'deeper into ruin'

With Theresienstadt ghetto and concentration camp falling apart, scholars worry that evidence of the Holocaust in danger of disappearing.

Former Nazi camp guard charged in Germany

German prosecutors charge 100-year-old man who allegedly served as guard at Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

Jerusalem yearnings

The yearning was there in Europe's ghettos, Middle East casbahs, the hills of Gondar in Ethiopia, even in the concentration camps.

Yom Hashoah: Don't only be sad - be mad!

US court orders deportation of ex-guard at German concentration camp

US immigration judge orders removal of Nazi guard who is still receiving military pension.

How Auschwitz evolved from a modern city to an extermination camp

Diet Prada removes 'concentration camp' outfit

Spanish fashion house removes $1,840 outfit that looks like a concentration camp uniform.

Serbia to block construction on former concentration camps

Serbian Pres. promises to pass bill blocking construction at sites of former concentration camps, create Holocaust memorial center.

Jewish leader: Nazi camp memorials should offer Arabic tours

Central Council of Jews in Germany head: Memorials to Nazi concentration camps in should offer tours for the many Arabic speaking refugees.

Abusing the term "Concentration Camp"

Yad Vashem offers to educate Ocasio-Cortez about Holocaust

Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem joins chorus of Jewish groups offering to educate AOC on what "concentration camps" really mean.

Rabbis slam AOC for American concentration camps claim

Coalition of Orthodox rabbis castigate congresswoman who compared detention centers for illegal immigrants to Nazi concentration camps

Concentration camp photo misrepresented as Arab victims of Jews

PA TV misrepresents photo of concentration camp victims as Arabs, writes Jews burned Arabs in ovens.

Pope repeats concentration camps comparison

Pope Francis repeats assertion that some migrant holding centers in Europe are like concentration camps.

Pope calls European refugee centers 'concentration camps'

American Jewish Committee criticizes Pope Francis for calling refugee and migrant centers in Europe “concentration camps.”

Poland proposes: Jail users of Polish death camps

Polish government proposes bill that would make the use of terms like "Polish death camps" a crime punishable by jail time.

Book Review: The Long Night, a journey through the Holocaust

Poland seeks punishment for 'Polish death camps'

Poland drawing up new regulations to punish use of the phrase “Polish death camps” in reference to Nazi concentration camps.

WWII concentration camp to become spa-resort

Island of Mamula in Montenegro, a concentration camp under Mussolini, granted tender to become a hotel and spa resort.

Survivor: I Feel Great Pride When I See the IDF

Menachem Sandovsky, a survivor from the Lodz Ghetto, relates his experiences guiding tours of the death camps in Arutz Sheva interview.

Italy's Former PM Angers Germans

Berlin outraged after Silvio Berlusconi says Germans denied the existence of Nazi concentration camps.

'Hitler Would Have Learned Oppression From Israel'

Senior PA official says on PA TV Adolf Hitler 'would have learned about extermination camps' from 'racist and fascist' Israel.

The French Railway and the Jews 1943-44

Merkel's Dachau Visit Sparks Controversy

Holocaust survivors laud Angela Merkel as the first German leader to visit Dachau, but political opponents accuse her of "electioneering."

Merkel: First German Leader to Visit Dachau

Angela Merkel will be the first German official to visit Dachau concentration camp as a "signal of respect for the former detainees."

Nazi War Criminal 'Dr. Death' Declared Dead

Nazi war criminal Aribert Heim, known as "Doctor Death", has officially been pronounced dead.

Australian Radio Host Apologizes for Hitler 'Joke'

Australian public broadcaster Tom Ballard apologized for a word association game in which he linked Hitler and a wind farm.

Wiesel Returns Hungarian Government Award

Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel returns Hungarian government award after top officials in Budapest attend a ceremony for a Nazi sympathizer.