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Putin embraces the dark corners of Russia’s history – opinion

The topic of Ukraine’s western borders is of particular interest to Russia’s president, but his so-called Marxism-Leninism argument reveals his flawed logic

Russia's President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony to present Gold Star medals to service members, who were involved in the country's military campaign in Ukraine and awarded the title of Hero of Russia, in Moscow, Russia, December 17, 2025.
Judy Blume at a book signing in 2009.

'A Life': Mark Oppenheimer captures the iconic life and legacy of Judy Blume - review

Israeli soldiers stand guard during a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, April 14, 2026

Israel to assume one-year chairmanship of Arlosen Archives, comprehensive WWII archive in 2027

The Quest, captained by Sir Ernest Shackleton; illustrative.

'Once-in-a-generation' expedition sets sail to survey famed polar expedition ships


Debating how to fight antisemitism, then and now

Seventy-five years ago this spring, president Franklin D. Roosevelt was confronted by a similar dilemma.

FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT

How Karl Lagerfeld cleared Chanel of its antisemitic, Nazi roots

Not only was Chanel in bed with the Nazi cause, but there is strong evidence to suggest that she actively worked for the Nazis as a secret agent.

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Govt. approves NIS17m. for memorial to Jewish fighters in WWII

The project, which first was approved by a government decision in 2002, is expected to be completed by 2022.

WWII veterans

Dining for the devil

Rosella Postroni’s novel about Hitler’s food-tasters is a flimsy whitewashing of German complicity.

ADOLF HITLER dines with Russian foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov in 1940.

Familial rivalry

Lynda Cohen Loigman’s sophomore novel dives into the lives of two warring sisters during World War II.

‘THERE ARE lies – told by both sisters – that threaten to destroy their fragile family ties.’

Moldova, new to Holocaust remembrance, institutes a plan

Moldova's Jewish residents largely fled or were deported to their deaths during the Shoah, and its government has only marked Holocaust Remembrance Day since 2016.

Moldova's national flag is seen in central Chisinau, Moldova

Supporting the enemy

Throughout the 1930s and ‘40s, support in the US for Germany and Nazi ideology was more extensive than generally known.

CHARLES LINDBERGH speaks at an ‘America First’ rally in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1941.

Wiesenthal Center calls on Croatian authorities to ban Holocaust deniers

The Croatian Revolutionary Movement Ustasha was a Roman Catholic, fascist, racist, ultranationalist and terrorist organization that promoted genocide against Serbs.

A flower-shaped stone monument in Jasenovac, 100 km east of Zagreb in Croatia.

The possibility of a new Holocaust with the reincarnation of antisemitism

The era of “never again” is ending in Western Europe, fading in North America and never penetrated the Middle East.

Parts of the Holocaust memorial project "Stolpersteine" (stumbling blocks) are pictured in Berlin, Germany, August 18, 2017.

Prince William unveils statue of man who saved Jews

MI6 spy Frank Foley is often referred to as the ‘British Oskar Schindler'.

Britain's Prince William lays a wreath during a ceremony commemorating the six million Jews killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust, in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem