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07.05.2010
Ex-Soviet veterans of World War II to parade in BerlinHundreds of World War II veterans who have immigrated to Germany from various parts of the former Soviet Union will parade through central Berlin on May 9 to the strains of a brass band to mark the 65th anniversary of the end of the war.
08.04.2010
Ukraine nationalists attack Polish-Jewish memorial photo exhibit
The exhibit, called Volynska Reznya (The Volyn Slaughter) displayed photographs and personal memorabilia of ethnic Poles and Jews living in the territory of modern Ukraine's Volyn province during 1944, many of whom were killed in inter-ethnic violence.
The exhibit, called Volynska Reznya (The Volyn Slaughter) displayed photographs and personal memorabilia of ethnic Poles and Jews living in the territory of modern Ukraine's Volyn province during 1944, many of whom were killed in inter-ethnic violence.
17.03.2010
Anti-fascists unite to resist neo-NazismThe International Anti-Fascist Front will focus on educating the youth and teaching them the historic truth. Among its other tasks is identifying authorities who promote the ideology of reviving Nazism and searching for their sponsors. Information on all cases spotted will be made public and sent to international courts. It is planned that a founding congress of the independent movement will be held in April in Minsk, Belarus.
16.03.2010
Researchers, Jewish activists gather for conference
Throughout Eastern Europe, from Ukraine to Lithuania, a “new historiography” has sprouted that attempts to equate the Nazi genocide of Jews with the crimes committed in their countries by the Soviet Union, according to conference attendees.
Throughout Eastern Europe, from Ukraine to Lithuania, a “new historiography” has sprouted that attempts to equate the Nazi genocide of Jews with the crimes committed in their countries by the Soviet Union, according to conference attendees.
16.03.2010
Nazi-hunter calls for ban on Latvian SS commemoration
Describing attempts by Central and Eastern European countries to equate the Holocaust and crimes committed by post-war Communist regimes as 'total hogwash,' Zuroff said the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in particular were guilty of an attempt to 'rewrite history.'
Describing attempts by Central and Eastern European countries to equate the Holocaust and crimes committed by post-war Communist regimes as 'total hogwash,' Zuroff said the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in particular were guilty of an attempt to 'rewrite history.'
More than 50 historians, documentary film directors and writers from Russia, the Baltic states, Israel, the United States, Germany, Austria, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova will take part in the conference under the leadership of the World Congress of Russian Jewry and the Baltic Forum.
02.03.2010
World War II and the Holocaust:: Victims, Righteous, Liberators and Executioners
On 14-15 March 2010, the Conference “World War II and the Holocaust: Victims, Righteous Persons , Liberators and Executioners” will be arranged in Riga, Latvia. The event is organized by the World Congress of Russian Jewry in cooperation with The Baltic Forum, Israeli and Russian NGOs. The conference and the Round Table in Riga will be the follow-up event of the international conference "Legacy of the World War II and the Holocaust" (Berlin, December 2009).
On 14-15 March 2010, the Conference “World War II and the Holocaust: Victims, Righteous Persons , Liberators and Executioners” will be arranged in Riga, Latvia. The event is organized by the World Congress of Russian Jewry in cooperation with The Baltic Forum, Israeli and Russian NGOs. The conference and the Round Table in Riga will be the follow-up event of the international conference "Legacy of the World War II and the Holocaust" (Berlin, December 2009).
17.02.2010
Netanyahu: Israel will erect a memorial commemorating the Red ArmyNetanyahu said he hoped the memorial would be erected before Putin’s next visit to Israel, expected within the year, and that at the same time the Russian prime minister could also take party in the ceremony in which Russia would formally take over control of the Sergei courtyard in central Jerusalem.
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