An heiress of Emilie Schindler, the wife of Oskar Schindler, is trying to prevent a copy of the famous list that saved the lives of 1,200 Jews from the auction block.
The topic of the day was attacks on Israel\’s \”legitimacy,\” and whatever suggestions Beck might have on getting Israel\’s message out to a world that seems less and less inclined to listen.
When he come to the 13th European Maccabi Games in Vienna, John Benfield didn\’t return to his native Austria for any medals.\n
Syrian President Bashar Assad is \”not indispensable\” and the West has \”nothing invested\” in keeping him in power, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said.
Here are some recent stories out of Israel that you may have missed.
The symbolism was unmistakable. Four thousand Jews stood just a few hundred yards away from the spot where a quarter-million Austrians cheered Adolf Hitler in March 1938 as he announced Nazi Germany\’s annexation of Austria.\n
A German court upheld the Holocaust denial conviction of a Catholic bishop from a breakaway sect, but lowered his fine.
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