The Polish prime minister wrote a letter to Netflix arguing that a map of Nazi-run concentration camps falsely suggested that Poland was in charge of them.
Tag: Holocaust and the Nazi Era
Holocaust Survivor Is Swept Up in Italy’s Storm of Vitriol
Liliana Segre, an 89-year-old honored as a senator for life, wanted a parliamentary commission to investigate racism and hate speech. She got a police escort.
Germany Has Been Unified for 30 Years. Its Identity Still Is Not.
East Germans, bio-Germans, passport Germans: In an increasingly diverse country, the legacy of a divided history has left many feeling like strangers in their own land.
Teenage Rescuer, Now 92, Meets Family She Saved From Nazis
Melpomeni Dina was reunited with the two surviving members and 40 descendants of the Jewish family she and her sisters helped escape occupied Greece during World War II.
Classical Music and Fetishes Unite in Historical Center of Gay Culture
Folsom Europe, a five-day festival of concerts and street parties, celebrates gay life, the leather scene and hard-won freedoms in Berlin.
‘Hitler or Höcke?’ Germany’s Far-Right Party Radicalizes
In elections on Sunday, the AfD is set to make another strong showing in eastern Germany. Its local leader, Björn Höcke, is considered an extremist by the intelligence service.
Ex-Nazi Bunker Will Soon House Hotel Guests
An air raid shelter in Hamburg, built by forced laborers during World War II, will become a “design and lifestyle” hotel.
For Poland, Nobel Prize in Literature Is Cause for Conflict as Much as Congratulation
When Olga Tokarczuk of Poland won the prize, the reaction was as divided as is the country itself. To some, she is an eloquent writer who captures Poland’s tragic history. To others, she is a traitor.
Revisiting Hitler, in a New Authoritarian Age
With nationalism and anti-Semitism on the rise around the world, two big new biographies look at the Nazi leader’s march to power.
Dutch Railroad Reckons With Holocaust Shame, 70 Years Later
Even as the national railroad company in the Netherlands begins paying compensation to the relatives of those it transported to death camps, new details of its collaboration are emerging.