Tag: Auschwitz
Kanye West: Auschwitz Committee criticizes Adidas boss after Ye statement – economy
Almost a year ago, the Franconian global sporting goods company Adidas ended its collaboration with US rapper Kanye West because of his anti-Semitic comments – now the company is being…
Kanye West: Auschwitz Committee criticizes Adidas boss – economy
Almost a year ago, the Franconian global sporting goods company Adidas ended its collaboration with US rapper Kanye West because of his anti-Semitic comments – now the company is being…
International Auschwitz Committee: Eva Fahidi-Pusztai is dead
As of: September 11, 2023 5:14 p.m The Hungarian Auschwitz survivor Fahidi-Pusztai is dead. She worked well into her old age against forgetting the Holocaust. As a contemporary witness, she…
German post-war literature: Grass, Walser, Lenz: The reminders
The literature of the young Federal Republic was characterized by the awareness that anyone can be seduced into murder. What will be lost if this generation of authors disappears now?…
Auschwitz-Birkenau: Gedenken an ermordete Sinti und Roma
Stand: 02.08.2023 20:10 Uhr Rund 500.000 Sinti und Roma wurden in Europa von den Nationalsozialisten ermordet – an die Opfer erinnerte eine Gedenkfeier in der Gedenkstätte Auschwitz-Birkenau. Vertreter der Minderheit…
Auschwitz: Virtual Tour for School Classes – Politics
The Auschwitz Birkenau Foundation is working on live guided tours via app. This would allow people all over the world to visit the memorials virtually. Visiting a school class testing…
Poland: Auschwitz video from the ruling party causes a scandal
ruling party Poland: PiS party denigrates opposition with Auschwitz video – and causes outrage View of the gate to the former Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp (archive image) © Jan Woitas /…
Erlangen: The former sanatorium and nursing home is demolished – Bavaria
The protests of doctors, preservationists, medical ethicists and the Auschwitz Committee could not prevent the almost complete demolition of the historic sanatorium and nursing home in Erlangen. Now there is…
Ruling party: Poland: PiS causes criticism with Auschwitz video
ruling party Poland: PiS causes criticism with Auschwitz video View of the gate to the former Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. photo © Jan Woitas/dpa/Archive In order to create atmosphere against a…
Ruling party denigrates opposition with Auschwitz video – Politics
Poland’s national-conservative ruling party PiS has used footage from the former German concentration camp at Auschwitz to discredit a planned opposition demonstration. The Auschwitz Memorial condemned the published video, criticism…