Bulgaria commemorates rescue of Jews during WWII
Ceremonies across the country mark the anniversary of protests that ultimately stopped deportation to Nazi death camps
View ArticleMacedonia remembers tiny Jewish community
Only a few dozen among thousands survived imprisonment at Treblinka
View Article‘Egalitarian’ Sweden horrified by a week of immigrant-led riots
About 15 percent of country’s 9.5 million people were born abroad, with a big recent influx from war-torn countries such as Iraq, Somalia, the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Syria
View ArticleIsraeli judge’s rulings making war-crime convictions harder
Reuters: UN tribunal justice Theodor Meron accused of setting precedent to make trying US and Israeli leaders more difficult, critics say
View Article‘If the world had acted morally, 50,000 Syrians could have been saved’
Asa Kasher, an Israeli authority on ethics and warfare, says the international community has consistently failed to confront genocide since World War II. And Israel, he argues, should be leading the...
View ArticleUN may name alleged perpetrators of war crimes in Syria
Investigators say publishing list of suspected criminals would serve as deterrent, call for international tribunal
View ArticleGroups call on Croatia to end collaborators’ pensions
Croation human rights group joins Simon Wiesenthal Center in asking government to stop giving money to known former Nazi helpers
View ArticleFar-right surges in Croatia as EU disappointment spreads
Rise of pro-Nazi activism in EU’s newest member state has many in Europe, and in Croatia, worried about country’s future
View ArticleAndreja Preger, Jewish anti-Nazi partisan, dies at 104
A noted concert pianist, the communal leader was ‘always torn between Jewish public work and music’
View ArticleEx-Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic found guilty of genocide
UN war crimes judges hand down 40-year jail term for worst atrocities committed in Europe since World War II
View ArticleEven in Vienna’s socialist utopia, Austria’s far-right reigns
District of Simmering, once considered a left-wing haven, became first part of capital to be run by populist Freedom Party
View ArticleCroatia quashes controversial WWII cardinal verdict
Alojzije Stepinac still revered by Croatians, but is considered a war criminal in neighboring Serbia for his ties to the Nazis
View ArticleTrump campaign apologizes to Serbia for US bombing
In an interview with the Serbian weekly magazine Nedeljnik, Trump says Clinton’s policy made a mess in the Balkans
View ArticleSlovenia starts burying hundreds killed as Nazi collaborators
President says it is ‘state duty’ to give ‘civilized’ funeral to some 800 people executed by communist forces after WWII
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....