New film shows how Turkey saved Jews from Nazis
A new documentary,”Turkish Passport,” explores a little-known chapter of WWII in which a group of Turkish diplomats saved lives of hundreds of Jews by giving them Turkish passports and allowing […]
Israeli siege of Gaza comparable to Nazi siege of Leningrad: Putin
BY AGENCIES ISTANBUL OCT 13, 2023 – DAILY SABAH This pool photograph distributed by Russian state-owned agency Sputnik shows Russia’s President Vladimir Putin answering Russian journalists’ questions after a meeting of […]
The Constants of Scapegoating
SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE CONSTANTS OF SCAPEGOATING Nadeem F. Paracha Published September 19, 2021 The word ‘scapegoat’ is derived from the Book of Leviticus which is the third book of the Torah and of the Old Testament. In […]
What do Trump, Farage and Hitler have in common? A reliance on fiery, antagonistic rhetoric
Victor Klemperer’s moving diaries about the Second World War are of huge historic importance. But the volume he valued most is a short and devastating treatise on the […]
Far-right ‘terror’ group in dock in Germany over attack plot
By AFP – Sep 30,2019 – JORDAN TIMES BERLIN/DRESDEN, Germany — The trial of a neo-Nazi “terrorist” cell accused of plotting a violent political uprising in Germany opened on Monday […]
Germany slow to hear alarm bells in killing of Walter Lübcke
Calls for action to protect public servants and defend democracy as far right responds with aggression Philip Oltermann in Berlin @philipoltermann Tue 2 Jul 2019 If two employees of […]
More arrests as Germany widens probe of pro-migrant official’s murder
Assassination exposed existence of well-organised far-right terror network By AFP – Jun 27,2019 – JORDAN TIMES Luebcke was shot in the head at close range on the terrace of his […]
German hacker spread right-wing, anti-Muslim views on Internet
This content was published on January 11, 2019 BERLIN (Reuters) – A 20-year-old student who disclosed the private data of nearly 1,000 politicians and others in one of Germany’s biggest […]
The day a Twitter mob came to life to hunt an MP
The political temperature is rising in the UK and Europe and don’t think Canada is immune. Opinion 05:38 AM by Heather Mallick Toronto Star Monday looked pleasant enough outside the […]
Merkel marks Nazi “Kristallnacht” against Jews with synagogue speech
Reuters International Nov 9, 2018 BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany has a moral duty to fight rising anti-Semitism, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday in an emotional speech at a […]
The tip-off from a Nazi that saved my grandparents
The Holocaust When Alexander Bodin Saphir’s Jewish grandfather was measuring a high-ranking Nazi for a suit in Copenhagen 75 years ago he got an important tip-off – the Jews were […]
German ‘Nazi grandma’ apprehended, sent to prison
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL AP Photo A notorious Holocaust denier dubbed the “Nazi grandma” who failed last week to turn up for the beginning of her prison sentence […]
Germany’s far-right AfD helping make anti-Semitism ‘presentable’ – official
Reuters International This content was published on May 3, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Alexander Gauland attends the anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD) congress in Hanover, Germany, December 2, 2017. […]
The ghost of Herut: Einstein on Israel, 70 years ago
Ramzy Baroud Apr 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Albert Einstein, along with other Jewish luminaries, including Hannah Arendt, published a letter in The New York Times on December 4, 1948. […]
Arab refugees march in German city hit by far-right protests
Reuters International This content was published on February 3, 2018 People hold German flags as they attend a demonstration against migrants in Cottbus, Germany February 3, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke (reuters_tickers) By Joseph Nasr COTTBUS, Germany (Reuters) – Arab refugees and Germans carrying pro-immigrant and anti-fascism placards marched in Cottbus on […]
The Sun can’t pretend saying we have a ‘Muslim Problem’ isn’t reminiscent of Nazi propaganda
Just as the Nazis did with the Jews, there is suggestion that Muslim men are preying on white children and that migrants are carrying and spreading diseases and swindling their way through life Sean O’Grady @_seanogrady Does Britain have a “Muslim Problem”? Trevor Kavanagh, who is a Sun journalist, plainly thinks so. […]
JK Rowling just took down Trump over the Charlottesville far-right rally in the most epic way
White supremacist protesters clutching Nazi flags and screaming the Nazi-linked chant ‘blood and soil’ have stormed the city of Charlottesville, Virginia today. Violence broke out at the ‘Unite the Right’ […]
AfD caught in Nazi scandal as members’ activities revealed
Source: The Local AfD candidate Kay Nerstheimer was elected on Sunday to Berlin’s state parliament, but quickly came under pressure over controversial posts he made on Facebook as well as his background as a former member of the far-right German Defence League. After labelling Syrian refugees “disgusting worms” last year, […]
Neo-Nazi arrested after asylum-seeker threats
Photo: BMI, Gregor Wenda Neo-Nazi arrested after asylum-seeker threats The Local/AFP · 29 May 2016, 20:46 Published: 29 May 2016 20:46 GMT+02:00 Austrian police commandos have arrested a suspected neo-Nazi who allegedly threatened to massacre asylum-seekers, recovering several weapons and ammunition at his home, police said Sunday. The 20-year-old “repeatedly […]
Wrong Majorities: What Extremist Success Means for Democracy
A Commentary by Dirk Kurbjuweit www.spiegel.de REUTERS Germany’s “Basic Law” serves as its constitution. Democracy reflects the will of the people. But what if the will of the people threatens democracy? With the right wing on the rise, there is only one appropriate approach. There’s more to a democracy […]