‘Holocaust Bishop’ Ordered to Recant

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2009 With a media-dubbed moniker that doesn't look good for either party, the "Holocaust Bishop" -- a British bishop recently un-excommunicated by the pope -- is being told by the Vatican to recant his views after news broke that he "believe[s] there were no gas chambers [during World War II]." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jewish Council Splits With Vatican Over Holocaust Denials

Staff / Truthdig Jan 30, 2009 The Central Council of Jews in Germany has come to an impasse with the Roman Catholic Church after Pope Benedict XVI reintegrated four bishops into the Vatican's fold, including British cleric Richard Williamson, who has taken a revisionist stance on the Holocaust in recent public statements. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Leave World War II Out of Gaza

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Jan 17, 2009 I have long raged against any comparisons with the Second World War -- whether of the Arafat-is-Hitler variety once deployed by Menachem Begin or of the anti-war- demonstrators-are- 1930s-appeasers, most recently used by George Bush and Lord Blair of Kut al-Amara. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Time to Stop the Mideast Comparisons

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Jan 11, 2009 It all depends where you live. That was the geography of Israel's propaganda, designed to demonstrate that we softies -- we little baby-coddling liberals living in our secure Western homes -- don't realize the horror of 12 (now 20) Israeli deaths in 10 years and thousands of rockets and the unimaginable trauma and stress of living near Gaza. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Yet Another Faux Memoir Exposed

Staff / Truthdig Dec 30, 2008 The fluidity of memory aside, this is getting a little strange: Following in the footsteps of James Frey, Misha Defonseca and Margaret Seltzer, yet another "memoirist," Herman Rosenblat, has admitted that his supposedly true story, "Angel at the Fence," is a bit lacking in the truth department. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Blocks U.N. Envoy at Airport

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2008 There was no doubt as to Israel's take on recent comments about Israeli-Palestinian relations made by United Nations official Richard Falk when he arrived Sunday at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, only to be denied entry and sent immediately back to Zurich. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Austrian Rightist’s Postmortem Outing?

Staff / Truthdig Oct 24, 2008 Two weeks after the death of Joerg Haider, former leader of the far-right Austrian Freedom Party, media attention has moved from Haider's fascistic political life to his personal life, with the politician's sexual identity undergoing a bit of a queering, much to the surprise of his ultranationalistic supporters. Haider was a 58-year-old married father of two. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Remembering the Holocaust’s Persecuted Gays

Staff / Truthdig May 28, 2008 Berlin's mayor, Klaus Wowereit, was on hand for the inauguration of a new memorial in the German capital dedicated to the 55,000 gay men who were branded criminals by the Nazi regime before and during World War II -- and of whom about 15,000 were killed in Nazi camps. Above, the artists who created the monument. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Democrats Condemn Bush’s ‘Appeaser’ Comment

Staff / Truthdig May 16, 2008 While addressing the Israeli Knesset, President Bush referred to the willingness of "some" to speak with unsavory leaders such as Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and he went on to compare them to those who sought to appease the Nazis before World War II. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton set aside their differences on diplomacy long enough to take objection to that statement. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Anne Frank: The Musical

Staff / Truthdig Feb 23, 2008 There's an adage that cautions against making jokes about such categorically unfunny topics as the Holocaust but how about making musicals? This just in: The BBC brings word from Spain of the staging of a new musical, "Anne Frank: A Song to Life," which at times features "Kitty," a perhaps unwisely (and too literally) conceived character. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Timothy Snyder on the Forgotten Holocaust

Timothy Snyder / Truthdig Feb 15, 2008 One of the great crimes of the 20th century -- the mass murder of Jews in the Nazi-occupied Soviet territories -- is all but forgotten. "The Unknown Black Book" helps us remember. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Navy to Obscure Giant Swastika

Staff / Truthdig Sep 27, 2007 The Navy plans to spend $600,000 to obscure a San Diego-area building complex that happens to be shaped like a swastika. The buildings have been around since the 1960s and for years no one seemed to mind, but that was before the advent of Google Earth. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )