Primo Michele Levi (July 31, 1919 – April 11, 1987) was a Jewish Italian chemist, Holocaust survivor and author of memoirs, short stories, poems, and novels. He is best known for his work on the Holocaust, and in particular his account of the year he spent as a prisoner in Auschwitz, the infamous death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. If This Is a Man (published in the United States as Survi... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah has declared to his supporters that "Jews invented the legend of the Holocaust." Hamas's official Web site labels the Nazi effort to exterminate Jews "an alleged and invented story with no basis."

However they are ignoring their own history of the Holocaust, including the Arab heroes who helped save Jewish lives. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years 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

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

This is almost too obscene to post. According to this piece of garbage "The satanic Jews thought up the evil plot[the Holocaust] so that they could get rid of their disabled and handicapped who wouldn't be a burden upon the future state of Israel.

Oh and this aired on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Israel refuses to extradite 86-year old Solomon Morel, who took his own cold-blooded revenge against Germans.

Poland says genocide is genocide whether a Jew or a Nazi committed it, while many Israelis see rough justice in the 1500 German deaths for which Mr Morel is alleged to be responsible. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Almost all these Polish Jews, rich and poor alike, would be dead within a few years, massacred in the Nazi camps or ghettoes or consumed by the war. One woman in the beach pyramid, a caption says, perished in the Soviet Union, searching for her husband as they fled the Nazis picked by 2manyusernames 3 years 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

Some horrific pictures showing the true Evil that man is capable of. picked by 2manyusernames 2 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

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has told Israeli MPs that her countrymen are 'filled with shame' over the Holocaust, in which six million Jews were killed. picked by ConeOfSilence 2 years ago

Rep. Tom Lantos of California, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, has died, his spokeswoman said Monday. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Striking yet horribly sad photos. picked by hypnotode 3 years ago

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

Update to This story with more details. picked by caboose09 2 years ago

One reason is the sad and reprehensible fact that many Muslims are never taught what happened. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

With Passover upon us and the International Holocaust Remembrance Day approaching, here is a review of some Holocaust films worth checking out. picked by cactushair 8 months ago

Following the news of the decision of the UK's Dep of Education to pull out the Holocaust from school manuals in order not to offend the Islamic comunity, and after receiving a chain email concerning this very subject. “General Eisenhower understood that many people would be unable to comprehend the full scope of this horror. He also understood that any human deeds that were so utterly e... read full post picked by palmieres 2 years ago

Family cries and moans, whining that their father should get special treatment and be buried at Arlington Cemetery (even though he doesn't qualify) just because he is a Holocaust Survivor. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A group of 20 elderly Holocaust survivors and their descendants are rushing to aid communities that sheltered them during World War II and were hit by last week's 6.3 earthquake. Their WWII saviors are now living in tent camps and those they rescued now pledge to do anything they can to aid them. picked by equinox 7 months ago