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On Holocaust Memorial Day, Hitler and Nazi Metaphors as Prevalent as Ever
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsToday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this date in 1945 Soviet troops liberated survivors at the Auschwitz concentration camp, and in 2005 the United Nations designated Jan. 27 as a day to commemorate victims of the Nazi era. To mark the anniversary, the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., plans to hold a candle-lighting ceremony in its Hall of Remembrance. Holocaust memorial events were scheduled for the U.N. building in New York but have been postponed because of the snowstorm. Although many people take this somber occasion to honor the memory of lost ancestors ...
West Va. Capital Counterpunches Anti-Gay Church
By David Knowles - AOL News(April 7) -- Turnabout is fair play. Shaken by this week's tragedy in Montcoal, W.Va., residents of nearby Charleston are bracing for the arrival of picketers affiliated with the controversial Westboro Baptist Church. Over the years, the Topeka, Kan., church has followed news cameras around the world, capitalizing on events like this week's coal mine disaster to espouse their hatred of homosexuals, Jews and other groups. Courtesy West Virginia Chamber of Commerce The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce designed and printed hundreds of copies of this sign in expectation of the arrival of ...
Accused Holocaust Museum Gunman Dies in Prison
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyJames von Brunn, the 89-year-old man charged with killing a guard in a shooting at Washington's Holocaust museum, has died in a prison hospital. A spokesperson with North Carolina's Butner federal prison said von Brunn died Wednesday afternoon. Von Brunn suffered from a variety of health problems, including congestive heart failure, according to the Associated Press. Von Brunn had been awaiting trial in the killing of security guard Stephen T. Johns at the museum in June. The suspect was wounded by return fire.Von Brunn was a white supremacist who had written racist and anti-Semitic screeds ...
Accused Holocaust Museum Shooter Dies in Prison
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Jan. 7) -- The death of a white supremacist accused of opening fire at the Holocaust museum has left some conflicted - not sorry he's gone, but frustrated that he won't stand trial. The 89-year-old James von Brunn, who faced charges that could have earned him the death penalty, died Wednesday at a North Carolina federal prison while awaiting trial. AP James von Brunn, 89, suffered from health problems including sepsis and congestive heart failure, a federal prison official said. Authorities say von Brunn walked up to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 10 carrying a ...
Hate Crimes Down, Yet Extremist Groups Gaining Strength
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyLike many people, I was horrified by the shootings at the Holocaust Museum. It's not only that the violence occurred just a few miles from my home, it's also the strange contradiction that, even as the number of hate crimes in the United States has declined, the number of hate groups has been quietly on the rise. ...
Congress Stops to Honor Slain Holocaust Museum Officer
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyOne day after Officer Stephen Johns was shot to death at his post at the Holocaust Museum, members of Congress stopped business on the floor of the House of Representatives to honor him.In a somber procession, members spoke one after another to pay tribute to the "soft-spoken, gentle giant" who died in the line of duty. Reports said that Johns opened the museum's door for an elderly man, identified as James W. von Brunn, an 88-year-old white supremacist. Von Brunn had apparently gone to the museum to carry out an attack and shot Johns with a rifle shortly after walking through the door, law ...
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