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Family Remembers Auschwitz Survivor's Will to Survive
By Lisa Holewa - AOL NewsMilwaukee, Wis. -- Zygmunt Choroszy was buried Saturday with the number 134 tattooed on his arm. Tucked into his coffin was the faded holy card he would hide in his mouth from Nazi guards while at Auschwitz. Choroszy, a Polish Catholic and political prisoner, was arrested for underground activity in late 1939. He survived five years at Auschwitz and other concentration camps before the liberation. Last week he died of congestive heart failure at age 90. "He had the greatest smile, a glow about him. If you look at him in any picture, he has a glow. Look what he survived. Look at what he came ...
Railroad to Hell: France's SNCF Expresses 'Sorrow,' 'Regret' for Holocaust Role
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailySixty-six years ago yesterday -- a lifetime ago -- Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated. January 27 was International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marked by ceremonies across Europe, speeches from leaders, acknowledgment from government officials; ambassadors in Washington, D.C., sometimes visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on this date. Sixty-six years and yet the wounds can feel terribly fresh. Take the case of the French national railway company, SNCF -- Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français. During the years of Nazi occupation, SNCF shuttled some 76,000 Jews to the Franco-German ...
Germany Donates $80 Million to Preserve Auschwitz Memorial
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Dec. 16) -- Germany has pledged to donate $80 million toward the restoration of the memorial at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious Nazi death camp in Europe. The barracks and gas chambers -- physical evidence of the Holocaust -- are on the verge of collapse. "Germany acknowledges its historic responsibility to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive and to pass it on to future generations," German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said in a statement. Valery Hache, AFP / Getty Images The entrance to Auschwitz, the former Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, ...
Ex-Neo Nazi Pleads Guilty to Theft of Auschwitz Sign
By Theunis Bates - AOL News
(Nov. 26) -- The former leader of a Swedish neo-Nazi group has been sentenced to 32 months in jail after he pleaded guilty to organizing the theft of a sign from the main gate of the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Anders Hoegstroem -- who could have faced up to 10 years in jail if convicted in Poland of masterminding the theft -- admitted his role before the case came to trial, a spokesman for the prosecutor's office in the city of Krakow told Agence France-Presse. Janke Skarzynski, AFP / Getty Images Pictured is the main gate at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland. A ...
Director's Graphic Holocaust Movie Outrages Critics
By Theunis Bates - AOL News
(Nov. 14) -- Ask a theater full of movie critics to name the worst director in the world, and they'll almost certainly plump for one man: Uwe Boll. The German filmmaker has spent his career churning out straight-to-DVD adaptations of video games such as "BloodRayne" and "Far Cry," which make up for their lack of plot with a surfeit of sex and gore. But in a belated attempt to earn some cinematic kudos, Boll has turned his attention to a considerably less playful subject: the Holocaust. Anita Bugge, WireImage Filmmaker Uwe Boll defends the graphic violence in his new movie, "Auschwitz," ...
Opinion: Dancing at Auschwitz: It's a Me Me Me World
By Matt Mendelsohn - AOL News(July 19) -- Since when did the Holocaust get so zany? For the past couple of years, I've been a bit stick-in-the-muddish with some of my good friends who all think they're the first ones to send me a video of a rabid Adolf Hitler comically ranting about one thing or another. The re-dubbed dialogue changes from parody to parody -- Hitler rants about Barack Obama, the iPhone, Paul the Octopus -- but the clip, a scene from a very serious 2004 German film about Hitler's last days called "Downfall," always remains the same. And with each e-mail comes the familiar subject line: "LOL! Hysterical!!! ...
Turkey Bans Israeli Flight Bound for Auschwitz
By Justin Vela - AOL NewsISTANBUL (June 28) -- The Turkish government confirmed today that an Israeli military cargo plane taking soldiers to visit the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz in Poland was banned from entering Turkish airspace. The move comes as Turkey has promised to reduce ties with Israel to a minimum after nine Turkish citizens were killed late last month when Israeli commandos boarded the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish vessel attempting to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. Military flights from Israel will from now on be allowed to enter Turkish airspace only on a case-by-case basis. According ...
Auschwitz Sign Theft Linked to Far-Right Terrorist Plot
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON (Jan. 1) -- In a holiday season already marked by lapsed security, heightened anxiety and political recrimination, things just got a little bit worse. New developments in the investigation into the disappearance of the entrance sign at the Auschwitz death camp in Poland suggest that the theft was part of a larger far-right terrorist plot in Sweden. ...
Auschwitz Sign Theft Linked to Far-Right Terrorist Plot
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyLONDON -- In a holiday season already marked by lapsed security, heightened anxiety and political recrimination, things just got a little bit worse. New developments in the investigation into the disappearance of the entrance sign at the Auschwitz death camp in Poland suggest that the theft was part of a larger far-right terrorist plot in Sweden. ...
Auschwitz Sign Stolen for Foreigner, Police Say
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON (Dec. 22) – Polish police believe a foreign collector or dealer in Third Reich artifacts ordered last week's theft of a sign from the gates of former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. The infamous sign – which reads "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work sets you free") in German – was recovered in northern Poland on Sunday night, and five alleged thieves were arrested. According to local media, the gang was trafficking the sign to a port on the Baltic Sea, where they planned to catch a ferry to Sweden. Polish TV-channel TVN24 reported that the thieves would be paid up ...
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