
New legislation in Poland seeks to limit dialogue on Holocaust
Last week, Poland’s lower house of parliament passed a bill making it illegal to discuss Polish complicity in the Holocaust.
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Last week, Poland’s lower house of parliament passed a bill making it illegal to discuss Polish complicity in the Holocaust.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby described a recent visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau and urges people to resist a “post-truth” culture. He gave a speech during a memorial service in Westminster, London, Thursday in advance of Holocaust Memorial Day.
Every time that Fabien raises his arms in victory, spectators catch a glimpse of his tribute to his grandfather, Max Goldschmidt. Mr Goldschmidt was a Jewish man from Berlin who survived the holocaust at the Auchwitz Nazi concentration camp.
Today marks the tenth International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and the seventieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. In a statement issued by the White House,
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