Tag: Jews

• Monday, May 27th 2019 - 03:49 UTC

  Germany's anti-Semitism boss advises Jews against wearing kippah

  

  Germany's Federal Anti-Semitism Commissioner Felix Klein said in a newspaper interview published Saturday he would recommend the country's Jews not to wear their traditional skullcap known as kippah “anytime anywhere.”

• Friday, October 14th 2016 - 15:29 UTC

  Unesco draft on Jerusalem holy sites triggers strong criticism from Israel

  

  Unesco, the United Nations’ cultural agency on Thursday passed a draft resolution that played down Jewish ties to religious sites in Jerusalem, in a decision Israel called “absurd.” The resolution from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or Unesco, heavily criticized Israel’s actions toward holy sites in Jerusalem’s Old City.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2011 - 09:49 UTC

  Nazi criminal Eichmann tapes: the mistake was “we didn't do our job properly”

  

  Tapes revealed by Germany’s Der Spiegel shed light on the life of a fugitive Nazi criminal in Argentina after the Second World War (1939/1945). Contrary to his claim during his trial in Israel that he was only following orders, Adolf Eichmann boasted to his friends that he was part of decision making process.

• Tuesday, January 11th 2011 - 22:00 UTC

  Germany knew in 1952 Nazi Adolf Eichmann was hiding in Argentina

  

  The notorious Nazi Adolf Eichmann could have been caught sooner if Germany's intelligence agency had assisted, new information has revealed. The German Information Agency knew as early as 1952 that Eichmann, a chief organizer of the Nazi genocide against the Jews, was hiding in Argentina under a false name, the German tabloid Bild reported.