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Israel keeping Holocaust assets?

JERUSALEM, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The organization trying to recover the assets of Jews killed during World War II says that Israel is at least as tough to deal with as any European country.

Holocaust survivor criticizes Mormons

NEW YORK, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A Holocaust survivor living in New York has accused the Mormon church of bad faith in its efforts to avoid proxy baptisms of Jews killed by the Nazis.

Inmate admits Holocaust con

RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A federal prison inmate in Virginia pleaded guilty Thursday to a scheme to obtain Swiss bank funds that belonged to Holocaust victims.

German researchers list Nazi-era Jews

BERLIN, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- German officials and researchers said they have given Holocaust researchers in Jerusalem a list of some 600,000 Jews living in Germany between 1933 and 1945.

Holocaust denier unwelcome in Norway

OSLO, Norway, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- British Holocaust denier David Irving has been disinvited from next year's Norwegian Festival of Literature.

Holocaust denier arrested in Britain

LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- British law enforcement officials, acting at the request of German authorities, arrested a leading Holocaust denier as he landed at London Heathrow Airport.
Swedish teachers lack Holocaust facts

Swedish teachers lack Holocaust facts

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A Swedish government agency says a majority of teachers in the country have an inadequate knowledge of the World War II Holocaust.

'Dr. Death' No. 1 on Holocaust list

BERLIN, May 2 (UPI) -- The World War II Nazi physician called "Dr. Death" tops the list of most wanted Holocaust criminals thought to be still at large and still alive, hunters said.

Hamas TV says Holocaust was Jews' idea

GAZA, May 1 (UPI) -- A TV station run by the Palestinian militant group Hamas aired a program saying Jews organized the Holocaust to get rid of the weak, a media watch group said.

Israelis honor Holocaust victims

JERUSALEM, May 1 (UPI) -- Holocaust Remembrance Day began Thursday in Israel with a moment of silence and a 2-minute siren wail as Israelis honored victims of the World War II atrocity.
Merkel lays wreath at Holocaust museum

Merkel lays wreath at Holocaust museum

JERUSALEM, March 17 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel laid a wreath at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum Monday in Jerusalem, during her visit to Israel.

Sarkozy Holocaust plan sparks anger

PARIS, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy is under attack for his plan to have fifth graders learn more about the 11,000 French children who died in the Holocaust.

Brazil: Carnival group protests float ban

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A Brazilian group whose carnival float was banned because it depicted scenes from the Holocaust entered a float Monday depicting bound and gagged men and women.

Israel youth won't discount new Holocaust

JERUSALEM, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- A new survey shows most Israeli teenagers fear the Holocaust could happen again.

Holocaust champion, Miles Lerman, dies

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Miles Lerman, the founder of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and a survivor of Nazi concentration camps, has died, his daughter said. He was 88.
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