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Man interned for homosexuality by Nazis dies at 98

logointern3 — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:00:48 +0000

(Berlin) – Rudolf Brazda, believed to be the last surviving person who was sent to a Nazi concentration camp because of his homosexuality, has died, a German gay rights group said Thursday. He(...)

Holocaust scholars irate over plans to switch gay kiss film to lesbian one

logointern1 — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:00:59 +0000

Holocaust scholars are irate over an attempt to include a video of lesbians kissing in a monument dedicated to the gay victims of the Nazi regime.

The Berlin, Germany, memorial, erected in 2008,(...)

Withers: Playing politics with the Holocaust museum murder

James Withers — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:48:01 +0000

For some reason I can’t get the murder at the Holocaust Museum out of my system. Killing in a place of learning is so out of bounds that it makes me reconsider my death penalty stance (even(...)

Withers: Murder at the Holocaust Museum

James Withers — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:54:18 +0000

It would be easy (and wrong) to make some political hay out of yesterday’s shooting at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Some 88-year-year old Nazi takes a rifle intent on mayhem, killed(...)

Holocaust Memorial Day observed

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:24:08 +0000

(London) Holocaust Memorial Day was observed Tuesday in memory of some 6 million people put to death by the Nazis. Most of the victims were Jewish, but an unknown number of gays, Roma or(...)

Berlin memorial to gay holocaust victims vandalized again

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:37:05 +0000

(Berlin) Berlin’s memorial to gay victims of the Nazis has been vandalized for the second time in four months.

Berlin police say a window on the outside of the memorial has been broken, probably(...)

Ruby-Sachs: Jewish voters and McCain

ERubySachs — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:48:40 +0000

As a kid, I was always taught that being Jewish meant going to school for as long as possible, never worrying about asking too many questions and fighting against discrimination and subjugation(...)