Auschwitz Death Camp Memorial Needs Funds

"The memorial on the grounds of the old Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp could fall into disrepair due to a lack of funds, and organizers are looking to the international community for help. The spokeman for...

Auschwitz Death Camp, Poland

These photos are of inside the camp at various, perimeter grounds.

Genocide course draws protests

An understandably touchy topic is raised by a new genocide course being offered in some Toronto high schools: how do we determine which atrocities are 'significant' enough to include in a curriculum? Is that even a fair question?"A high-school course on genocide that has...

Obama's uncle was Soviet?!

Obama's uncle was Soviet?!It seems that Obama -- using Hillary's word -- misspoke.Obama claimed that he had an uncle who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz to liberate the concentration camps....

Was Obama's Uncle in the Russian Army?

 Was Obama's Uncle in the Russian Army?By Albert N. MillironU.S. presidential candidate, Barrack Obama, while on a campaign stop in New Mexico was discussing the tribulations of  soldiers who experience the...

Obama's Great Uncle Liberated Jews - Grandma is Another Story

Obama's Great Uncle liberated Jews during WWII. But I guess his grandmother still hated Jews, and blacks, and probably Hispanics and gays. "Barack Obama's campaign says the candidate made a mistake when he said a great uncle helped liberate the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz...

The good life of the Auschwitz guards

"At first glance, the photographs seem innocuous enough. Men and women in uniform lie back in deckchairs, listen to accordion music, decorate a Christmas tree. Karl Hoecker and his dog, Favorit (courtesy United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) It seems like a carefree...

New Auschwitz Photos-Rare Dr. Mengele Pics

In what seems like a new found treasure, thousands of people have already viewed the new photos on display at the National Holocaust Museum.  The New York Times is presenting these pictures at the URL:...

Signs That America Has Stopped Thinking

The fact that Americans tolerate this is is a testament to how dull the sensibilities here have become, and how lazy and misguided supposed “liberal” activism is. Don Imus inspires rage, people celebrating work camps for Negroes while dressing up in their masters’...

Gaza: The Auschwitz of our Time

Don't shoot the messenger:  "Similarly, Israel is now incarcerating nearly a million and a half helpless Palestinians in the Gaza Strip into a hell similar in nature to the Warsaw Ghetto. The Gaza...

Fotos aéreas de Auschwitz

Aerial photographs of Auschwitz taken by the Allied Air Forces during World War II were first exposed in 1978 by Dino Brugioni and Robert Poirer, two aerial photo- analysts...

Belzec or Auschwitz - Communist China Had Them Too

"A hysteria of sorts has been generated by reports that some of China's products lack quality control. Some cat food has been tainted. A few cell phone batteries have blown up. Cough syrup contained stuff that makes you sick. And so on. In response, the Chinese government...

UN approves request to change name of Auschwitz

In a long anticipated move, the Polish government has announced that UNESCO approved a reuqest to change the official name of the Auschwitz death camp to clarify that it was established by Germans not Poles. The new...

Israeli settler abuse compared to pre-Holocaust Europe

"Israeli settler abuse compared to pre-Holocaust Europe Posted by Evan Derkacz at 8:04 AM on January 23, 2007. You won't believe who said it...The head of Israel's largest Holocaust memorial, Holocaust-survivor Yosef...

Germans Refute Iranian Holocaust Denial

"Germany, too, is holding a counter conference on Monday. While Thomas Kruger, head of Germany's Federal Agency for Civic Education -- which is sponsoring the event -- is wary of giving the Tehran gathering too much credence, he says: "The denial or questioning of the...

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