The debate around the world about what to do with growing waves of desperate migrants will be spurred by a Cannes Film Festival triumph for a movie that looks at the plight of a refugee hero.
“Dheepan”, a French movie … Read the rest
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Marine says Le Pen should no longer speak for party
France’s National Front chief Marine Le Pen said Sunday her father should “no longer be able to speak in the name of” the party, as a bitter public feud between the two continues.
Jean-Marie Le Pen infuriated some last month … Read the rest
‘Mein Kampf’ returning to German bookshops
“This book is too dangerous for the general public,” library historian Florian Sepp warned as he carefully laid a first edition of “Mein Kampf” — Adolf Hitler’s autobiographical manifesto of hate — on a table in a restricted reading room … Read the rest
Shell sails off with vessel named after Nazi
Royal Dutch Shell’s decision to plough ahead with plans to host a ship named after a Nazi in UK waters has provoked outrage among Jewish communities and Holocaust memorial groups.
The vessel is named after Pieter Schelte Heerema, a Nazi … Read the rest
French author wins Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the French author Patrick Modiano, the award committee announced Thursday.
The author of “Missing Person” received the prize “for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human … Read the rest
Dutch man who saved a Jew during Holocaust gives medal back
A Dutch man who risked his life to save a Jew during the Holocaust gave back a medal he received for his actions in order to protest Israel’s actions in Gaza.
Henk Zanoli, 91, returned his medal to the Israeli … Read the rest
A Dutch man who risked his life to save a Jew during the Holocaust gave back a medal he received for his actions in order to protest Israel’s actions in Gaza.
Henk Zanoli, 91, returned his medal to the Israeli … Read the rest
Queen Georgina and the Holocaust card
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I must admit that I did not expect Georgina Guedes to do it. But then, maybe I underestimated the impact my column had on her. For her subsequent reaction speaks volumes about … Read the rest
Mayor of Paris, minister call for ban on French comedian Dieudonne
The mayor of Paris is also calling for comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala, known for his anti-Jewish humour, to be banned from performing in public.
France’s interior minister, Manuel Valls, voiced his displeasure first in wanting Dieudonne, as he is known, … Read the rest
Holocaust denial: German court to punish British bishop
A German court is making a fresh attempt to punish a British ultraconservative Catholic bishop for denying the Holocaust in a television interview.
The regional court in the southern city of Regensburg has issued an order of punishment against Richard … Read the rest
Apartheid revisionism needed
About two weeks ago, Hermann Giliomee, the well-known liberal Afrikaner historian, wrote a scandalous piece in the Afrikaans Sunday newspaper, Rapport. The title was, “Apartheid: was it only evil?” (Afrikaans link)
I have since responded with two articles … Read the rest
Sunday Times editor attacks Pieter Mulder over land remark
The managing editor of the Sunday Times, Mondli Makhanya, has attacked Freedom Front leader Pieter Mulder over his remarks on South African land ownership. Makhanya entitled his weekly column, Apartheid denialism drives a knife into belly of black SA and … Read the rest