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Heirs of Jewish art collector sue New York Met over ‘illegally acquired’ Pissaro painting
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (347+ words) The descendants claim that Haystacks was sold under duress in Nazi-occupied France The heirs of a Jewish art collector are suing New York City's Met gallery claiming that one of its paintings was illegally acquired in Nazi-occupied France. Haystacks, Morning,…...
The secret to living to 105? ‘Be positive!’ says Doris
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (685+ words) The centenarian celebrated her very big birthday with friends from Jewish Care's Southend & Westcliff Jewish Community Centre when Doris Rose blew out her (many) candles on her birthday cake last month, she became part of a very exclusive club. At…...
Far-right Polish lawmaker says ‘Poland is for Poles, not Jews’ in speech outside Auschwitz
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (449+ words) Grzegorz Braun has a history of hostility to Jews, from extinguishing Chanukah candles in the Polish parliament to claiming the gas chambers were "fake" Far-right Polish politician Grzegorz Braun, the head of the Confederation of the Polish Crown party, has…...
Hitler had one testicle and possibly a micropenis, according to new DNA analysis
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (309+ words) The rumour that the Nazi leader had Jewish ancestry has also been debunked Adolf Hitler'likely had a sexual disorder, only one testicle and possibly a micropenis, according to new DNA analysis,'which also debunked the claim'that he'had Jewish ancestry. The…...
Nuremberg review: ‘It all feels too sexy, glamorous even’ ★★★
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (480+ words) This crowd-pleaser about the first post-war international war crimes tribunal hits some wrong notes "There is a problem with this starry drama about the first post-war international war crimes tribunal and it is one of tone. Which is not to…...
For sale: the hidden collection of Dutch Masters owned by property mogul who fled Hitler
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (602+ words) He fled Hitler's Berlin for America with his Jewish family when he was just 11 and then shrugged off this childhood trauma to become a celebrated New York property mogul with a well-known passion for life. Yet when the distinguished Jewish…...
The Right of Passage review: a harrowing tale of a couple trapped in Nazi Europe
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (255+ words) This moving and tense Holocaust memoir is a fitting tribute to a remarkable and courageous husband and wife whose lives ended in the most appalling circumstances, and who might otherwise be forgotten Another week, another Holocaust memoir. And that's a…...
Fall, Bomb, Fall review: ‘haunting on the Dutch experience of war’
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (262+ words) Originally published in 1950, and now translated into English by the Pushkin Press, the teenager at the centre of this novel is so bored he wishes for all-out war... The last year or so has been a remarkable time for Dutch…...
Lauder’s art treasures go on sale
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (265+ words) A Gustav Klimt portrait of a Jewish woman who made the extraordinary claim she was the daughter of the celebrated Viennese artist to save herself from the Nazis is to go under the hammer in New York next month. The'portrait…...
Holocaust museum to open its doors to refugees and asylum seekers
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (294+ words) The Holocaust Centre North will run a series of monthly workshop to help combat isolation A Holocaust museum,which was established by Holocaust survivors and refugees,is opening its doors to run workshops, particularly aimed at more recently arrived refugees…...