Gina Carano, the conservative actress who was fired from the hit series The Mandalorian for comparing the political climate to the Nazi era, claims her former bosses at Lucasfilm and Disney were ‘watching her like a hawk’ before her ouster. ‘I’ve been through so much, and I’ve seen so much now, clearly, of the bullying … Read more
Famous landmarks across the country lit up in purple tonight to remember the millions of people who died during the Holocaust. The London Eye, the Natural History Museum, the Palace of Westminster and the Millennium Bridge in Newcastle were among the buildings immersed in light on Holocaust Memorial Day. It came as the Prince of Wales spoke of the ‘deeply … Read more
The Prince of Wales has urged people to remember Holocaust Memorial Day today as he led the royal family in tributes to victims and survivors. In a video shared on the Clarence House Twitter page, Charles, 71, asked people to ensure survivors’ stories are remembered forever amid the dwindling number of people able to bear first-hand … Read more
The Pope warns warped ideologies could spark another genocide as he marks the Holocaust Francis called for remembrance in a speech marking Holocaust Memorial Day The Holocaust opened ‘a path of death, extermination and brutality’, he warned He said another genocide could happen at the hands of ‘warped ideologies’ By Associated Press and Emilia Jiang … Read more
The world is marking Holocaust Memorial Day in the midst of the pandemic today as memorial events take place online and vulnerable survivors shield from the coronavirus on the 76th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation. The Auschwitz museum is holding a virtual event emphasising the fate of the 200,000 children who were murdered at the Nazi … Read more
Drunk airline passenger, 28, who gave Nazi salute and launched racist tirade in front of Holocaust victims’ ‘disgusted’ family on Wizz Air flight from Poland to Liverpool avoids jail ‘Clearly drunk’ Louis Mann, 28, gave a Nazi salute amid a tirade of racist abuse A passenger, who lost family to the Holocaust, said he was … Read more
A German court has fined an academic for claiming that a Jewish concentration camp prisoner had a lesbian relationship with an SS guard. Dr Anna Hájková, an historian at the University of Warwick, has been fined €4,000 (£3,700) for breaching an injunction that prevents her from naming the prisoner. The injunction was granted to the … Read more
A German court has fined an academic for claiming that a Jewish concentration camp prisoner had a lesbian relationship with an SS guard. Dr Anna Hájková, an historian at the University of Warwick, has been fined €4,000 (£3,700) for breaching an injunction that prevents her from naming the prisoner. The injunction was granted to the … Read more
The daughter of a Holocaust survivor saved from the Nazis by Prince Philip’s mother Princess Alice has thanked the late royal for her bravery. Speaking in a new documentary, Evy Cohen, reveals how her father Alfred Haimaki Cohen, head of a prominent family with ties to Greek royalty, sought out the royal as their only hope of … Read more
The daughter of a Holocaust survivor saved from the Nazis by Prince Philip’s mother Princess Alice has thanked the late royal for her bravery. Speaking in a new documentary, Evy Cohen, reveals how her father Alfred Haimaki Cohen, head of a prominent family with ties to Greek royalty, sought out the royal as their only hope of … Read more