A group representing thousands of children of Holocaust survivors filed a class-action lawsuit against the German government Monday, demanding that Germany pay for their psychiatric care. picked by DoggySpew 2 years ago

"We ask you to respect us and our Judaism just as we respect your religion," Michel said in a statement released ahead of the news conference. "We ask you to leave our six million Jews, all victims of the Holocaust, alone, they suffered enough." picked by muppet 1 year ago

Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, filmmaker Alain Resnais documented the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz. Night and Fog is one of the first cinematic reflections on the horrors of the Holocaust, and also one of the most important. It is still available from the Criterion Collection Night and Fog contains disturbing images of the Holocaust. Posted in remembrance of... read full post picked by buddha 2 years ago

Flight Simulator geeks are flying around the world in the 2007 Round-The-World Flight Simulator Race. The race pits teams from AVSim, FlightSim and Sim-Outhouse against each other in a race around the world with special rules, conditions and bonuses. All teams were given the rules 24 hours in advance of the start of the race (10a EST on Friday). The rules include route requirements (such as two a... read full post picked by dfelteau 3 years ago

Despite Facebook's decision to eliminate two Holocaust Denial groups, numerous others remain on Facebook. Facebook is allowing these groups to remain, because, in Facebook's view, these groups are engaging in legitimate discourse over a controversial issue and not crossing the line into hate speech. picked by muppet 7 months ago

Survivors and victims' families offered cash for Nazi looting and war losses. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

Shortly after authorities identified their suspect in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting Wednesday, the world began searching for traces of James W. von Brunn online. Those who Googled immediately were able to find him: a personal Web site claiming Jewish "conspiracies" on message boards. But those who started their hunt just a few hours later found only empty holes, information... read full post picked by bingo 6 months ago

A Belgian writer has admitted that she made up her best-selling "memoir" depicting how, as a Jewish child, she lived with a pack of wolves in the woods during the Holocaust, her lawyers said Friday. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Almost nothing Misha Defonseca wrote about herself or her horrific childhood during the Holocaust was true.

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Italian scientist predicted a major earthquake around L'Aquila weeks before disaster struck the city on Monday, killing dozens of people, but was reported to authorities for spreading panic among the population. picked by tgkprog 8 months ago

Rescuers were today battling stormy weather to reach survivors of the Chinese earthquake as the death toll of 12,000 was predicted to soar and nearly 19,000 people were feared buried in one area alone. IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING FOR SOME. Update on this post. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago