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Disabled people were Holocaust victims, too: they were excluded from German society and murdered by Nazi programs

When Dominic Perrottet admitted to wearing a Nazi uniform to his 21st birthday party, he apologised to Jews and veterans – but not to the other groups who were persecuted by the Nazis, including disabled people.

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Sajid Javid describes ‘anger’ at Andrew Bridgen’s Holocaust tweet

Mr Bridgen lost the Conservative whip earlier this month for tweeting an article questioning the safety of the Covid vaccines.

The Independent UK

Lanarkshire MP shares importance of marking Holocaust memorial day

The annual commemoration day takes place on January 27

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Andrew Bridgen threatens to sue Matt Hancock over Covid vaccine comments row

North West Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen was stripped of the Tory whip after he appeared to compare the effects of coronavirus jabs to the Holocaust

Daily Mirror

Race against the clock for Germany's top Nazi hunter

Germany's top Nazi hunter, Thomas Will, is hopeful of securing further convictions over the Holocaust even as the remaining suspects, many now in their late 90s, die.

Reuters

US woman accused of defrauding Holocaust survivor, 87, of $2.8m savings

Peaches Stergo, 36, allegedly met victim on dating site and deceived him into paying 62 checks over four years

The Guardian - US

Teaching the Holocaust through literature: four books to help young people gain deeper understanding

A survey commissioned in 2019 revealed the shocking result that over half of Britons did not know that at least six millions Jews had been murdered during the Holocaust.

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Urgent need to build UK Holocaust memorial now before survivors die, says Pickles

Co-chair of memorial foundation ‘desperate’ to start work on scheme next to parliament, first proposed in 2014

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Bridgen to sue Matt Hancock for defamation after Covid vaccine row

The North West Leicestershire MP was stripped of the Tory whip after appearing to compare Covid-19 vaccines with the Holocaust.

The Independent UK

The Holocaust: remembering the powerful acts of 'ordinary people'

“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there,” the British author LP Hartley once wrote, hinting at the mystique of history – the idea that people in the past were somehow different to us in the 21st century.

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Holocaust survivor finds refuge from Ukraine war in Poland

Iya Rudzitskaya, a 92-year-old Ukrainian Jew, has fled Kyiv twice. First, in 1941, when she was just 10 years old and German bombs started falling on the then Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The second time came last year, when Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.

Reuters

Israel’s Herzog urges EU to fight resurgent antisemitism

Israeli President Isaac Herzog says antisemitism is on the rise in the Western world and he is urging the European Union to ensure that Jews can live safely on the continent where the Holocaust took place

The Independent UK

Holocaust survivors use AI imagery to keep stories alive

Ehudith Bracha Serchook narrowly escaped death when her family fled Nazi-allied forces storming the Crimean city of Odesa in 1941, saved only by a lost sandal which made her miss her place on a passenger ship shortly before it was bombed.

Reuters

Is Rishi Sunak’s Holocaust memorial promise another false dawn?

The project has been planned and blocked for years

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'The State of Dark': A Holocaust survivor's moving commemoration of lost family

As a child of Holocaust survivors, singer and writer Judith Mok grew up without grandparents, aunts, or other extended family. But that painful past was always present through her parents' silences and whispers, and when her elder half-sister revealed that she witnessed their grandparents' arrest, Mok decided to finally bring…

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Survey: Half Of Americans Don’t Know How Many Jews Died In The Holocaust

Only 53% of Americans over the age of 18 answered correctly that approximately six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust.

The Independent UK

Michael Gove defends Suella Braverman at Holocaust memorial event

Levelling Up Secretary spoke at a Holocaust Memorial Day event in central London on Wednesday evening

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Emhoff heads to Holocaust sites to fight rising antisemitism

Over a century after his great-grandparents fled Europe to escape religious persecution, second gentleman Doug Emhoff is returning to the sites of some of the Holocaust’s greatest atrocities.

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The Independent UK

Gove defends Braverman at Holocaust memorial event over ‘invasion’ rhetoric

Levelling Up Secretary spoke at a Holocaust Memorial Day event in central London on Wednesday evening.

The Independent UK

Holocaust events ‘more important than ever’ in face of mass killings 78 years on

Holocaust survivors, Cabinet ministers, MPs and faith leaders attended a Holocaust Memorial Day event in Westminster on Wednesday evening.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak promises legislation to build new Holocaust memorial centre in London

The PM said the centre next to Parliament would ensure the testimonies of Holocaust survivors were ‘heard at the heart of our democracy’

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak promises legislation to build new Holocaust memorial centre

The PM said the centre next to Parliament would ensure the testimonies of Holocaust survivors were ‘heard at the heart of our democracy’.

The National (Scotland)

What are the pink and purple badges MPs are wearing at PMQs?

MPs were seen wearing small badges today at PMQs...

Reuters

Pope condemns Holocaust denial as Australia mulls Kanye West visa

Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned Holocaust denial, as Australia came under pressure to refuse a visa to American rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, because of his history of anti-Semitic remarks.

Reuters

Almost a quarter of young Dutch deny Holocaust or think it's exaggerated-survey

Nearly a quarter of Dutch people born after 1980 believe the Holocaust was a myth or that the number of its victims was greatly exaggerated, a survey published on Wednesday showed.

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