The Netherlands is opening a Holocaust museum. The Israeli president’s presence is causing concern

AMSTERDAM — The Netherlands’s National Holocaust Museum is opening on Sunday in a ceremony presided over by the Dutch king as well as Israeli President Isaac Herzog, whose presence is prompting protest because of Israel’s deadly offensive against Palestinians in Gaza. The museum in Amsterdam tells the stories of some of the 102,000 Jews who … Read more

Gab’s Racist AI Chatbots Have Been Instructed to Deny the Holocaust

The prominent far-right social network Gab has launched almost 100 chatbots—ranging from AI versions of Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump to the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski—several of which question the reality of the Holocaust. Gab launched a new platform, called Gab AI, specifically for its chatbots last month, and has quickly expanded the number of “characters” … Read more

Israel says Brazil’s president unwelcome until he apologizes for comparing Gaza war to Holocaust

JERUSALEM — Israel’s foreign minister said Monday that Brazil’s president would not be welcome in Israel until he apologizes for comments he made comparing Israel’s war in Gaza to the Holocaust, accusing him of a “very serious antisemitic attack.” On Sunday, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that “what is happening in the Gaza … Read more

Israel’s Netanyahu slams Brazilian president’s comparison of Gaza war to the Holocaust

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — Israel on Sunday condemned Brazil’s president for comparing the war in Gaza to the Holocaust, accusing him of being antisemitic and trivializing the Nazi genocide of European Jews during World War II. The outcry further strained relations between the countries, which have deteriorated since President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva returned … Read more

Muslims and Jews in Bosnia observe Holocaust Remembrance Day and call for peace and dialogue

SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Jews and Muslims from Bosnia and abroad gathered in Srebrenica on Saturday to jointly observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day and to promote compassion and dialogue amid the Israel-Hamas war. The gathering was organized by the center preserving memory of Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since the Holocaust — the massacre in the closing … Read more

Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day

WARSAW, Poland — A group of survivors of Nazi death camps will mark the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony Saturday in southern Poland. Some 20 survivors from various camps set up by Nazi Germany around Europe were to lay wreaths at the Death … Read more

Italy’s leader denounces antisemitism; pro-Palestinian rally is moved from Holocaust Remembrance Day

ROME — Italy’s president on Friday denounced rising antisemitism and delivered a powerful speech in support of the Jewish people as he commemorated a Holocaust Remembrance Day overshadowed by Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and a rise in anti-Israel acts here. In a ceremony at the Quirinale Palace attended by the premier and leaders of … Read more

245,000 Jewish Holocaust survivors are alive today, report says

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Eight decades since Nazis killed millions of Jews in the Holocaust, only about 245,000 of those who survived are still alive to tell the tale. After the Holocaust, Europe’s heavily diminished Jewish population spread out across the globe. Since most countries do not systematically track survivors, it … Read more

Rapper Skepta Apologizes for Single Artwork Evoking Holocaust Comparisons

Skepta got accused of using antisemitic imagery as the cover art for his latest single — and considering the title of the track … an apology was more than warranted, which he gave. The British rapper announced this new song he’s set to release soon called ‘Gas Me Up’ … and for the promo image, … Read more