The city was once designated a safe zone...
Israeli officials have declared their goal of extending the borders of 'Greater Israel' to Damascus
Walid Ahmad is the first Palestinian child to die in one of Israel's prisons, according to the PA
The pro-Palestine Youth Demand movement says it has been targeted with over 150 arrests since it began
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... "The #Holocaust was motivated by #racism, #nationalism and #capitalism, as much as it was motivated by religious persecution. Anti-Jewish hate was not the driving force, but the tool wielded by power- wealth- and land-hungry elites. Just as anti-Muslim and anti-Arab hate are tools wielded by power- wealth- and land-hungry elites in Israel and the US today."
It's 2025 and this is where we are...
#Israel forces the cancellation of a speech by Prof. Omri Boehm at the 80th anniversary of the liberation of #Buchenwald, because they say that "Boehm 'dilutes the memory of the Holocaust with his discourse on universal human values.''
Boehm is the grandson of a #Holocaust survivor and speaks of the relationship of the Nakba to the Holocaust.
#Germany
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-04-04/ty-article/.premium/israeli-german-philosophers-part-in-buchenwald-ceremony-cancelled-under-israeli-pressure/00000196-00f1-d101-a7bf-81fbee660000
Israeli-German Philosopher's Participation in Buchenwald Ceremony Cancelled Under Israeli Pressure - #Haaretz
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-04-04/ty-article/.premium/israeli-german-philosophers-part-in-buchenwald-ceremony-cancelled-under-israeli-pressure/00000196-00f1-d101-a7bf-81fbee660000
Archive link: https://archive.is/OUY0y
The article links to 2 opinion articles worth reading:
How Do We Tell the Story of the Holocaust After October 7?
https://archive.is/L1gLj
Palestinian Flight Should Weigh on Israelis Just as the Nakba Weighed on Ben-Gurion
https://archive.is/tePNp
Via @oatmeal
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While Netanyahu whitewashes #Hungary's role in murdering 400,000 Jews to build alliances with #Orbán, #Israel's embassy blocks philosopher Omri Boehm from speaking at #Buchenwald.
The grandson of a Holocaust survivor, Boehm was invited for his reflections on universal human rights and memory—yet labeled as "diluting" Holocaust memory for his views on Palestinian rights.
[…] The Israeli embassy said that "under the guise of science, Boehm is trying to dilute the memory of the Holocaust with his discourse on universal values, thereby depriving it of its historical and moral significance."
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-04-04/ty-article/.premium/israeli-german-philosophers-part-in-buchenwald-ceremony-cancelled-under-israeli-pressure/00000196-00f1-d101-a7bf-81fbee660000 or https://archive.is/OUY0y
#Israël doet hetzelfde met de #Palestijnen, wat #Duitsland met de #joden deed #massmurders #holocaust. Geweld #Gaza escaleert: hevigere luchtaanvallen, oprukkend leger, honderden doden - https://nos.nl/l/2562346
Margot Friedländer – „WDR-Lokalzeit-Münsterland“ (2025)
Zugegeben, ein Beitrag aus der „Lokalzeit“, einem Regionalnachrichtenformat im Sendegebiet des WDR in NRW qualifiziert sich eher selten als „Mediathekperle“. Doch es gibt mehr als einen Grund, warum es heute zum ersten Mal dazu gekommen ist. (WDR)
Intervention #Israels verhindert Rede
»Prof. Dr. #OmriBoehm ist ein international anerkannter deutsch-israelischer Philosoph & Enkel einer #Holocaust -Überlebenden.
[Leider] bahnte sich wegen seiner Einladung ein Konflikt mit Vertretern der israelischen Regierung an […] Schlimmer noch: Die vielfach seelisch verletzten Überlebenden drohten instrumentalisiert & in diesen Konflikt hineingezogen zu werden.«
Stellungnahme #Buchenwald:
https://www.buchenwald.de/newsroom/Statement-
Am 8. Mai wird in Europa dem Endes des Zweiten Weltkriegs gedacht. Doch global gesehen gelten ganz verschiedene Zeitpunkte als "Ende des Kriegs".
In einer Podcast-Serie blicken Forschende der @MaxWeberStiftung mit @janinefunke auf das Kriegsende und die Erinnerung daran. Gemeinsam sprechen sie über Erinnerung, Flucht und bewegte Objekte nach 1945.
Unser #Slider 
#brd #israel #palästina : #geschichtspolitik / #gedenken / #holocaust / #diplomatie / #einflussnahme / #protest
„Auf Druck Israels: Philosoph Omri Boehm bei Buchenwald-Gedenkveranstaltung unerwünscht.“
https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/497374.staatsr%C3%A4son-kritiker-ausgeladen.html
Siehe auch:
„Gedenkstätten-Leiter Wagner ist empört über israelische Regierung“
https://www.evangelisch.de/inhalte/241413/04-04-2025/gedenkstaetten-leiter-wagner-ist-empoert-ueber-israelische-regierung
In UMass #Holocaust course, a student made a presentation about the fate of her grandparents. Although it was a lecture class, they were then visibly moved by video testimony from survivors of the Treblinka Sonderkommando, including the famous barbershop scene from Shoah.
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What was my day like?
Hampshire College seminar students found it hard to find anything to say about 2 memoirs of the #Holocaust. They were moved but just didn't know how to articulate their reaction
Minor amusement: why is Primo Levi talking about beer (Lager) in Auschwitz?
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Italy toughens citizenship laws – how will this impact Jews? https://www.byteseu.com/?p=890694 #citizenship #Europe #EuropeanJews #Holocaust #Italy
Today In Labor History April 3, 1950: Composer Kurt Weill died. Weill’s most famous song was Mack the Knife ("Die Moritat von Mackie Messer"), which became a schlock classic after Bobby Darin’s rendition. However, Weill wrote the song as part of Bertolt Brecht’s “Three Penny Opera,” which was a socialist critique of the capitalist world. Weill was persecuted by the Nazis for his political views and his Jewish heritage. He fled to America, with his wife, singer Lotte Lenya. Some of Weill’s other well-known songs include: Alabama Song (covered by the Doors), Pirate Jenny (covered by Nina Simone), Mack the Knife (also covered by Louis Armstrong), Der Kleine des Lieben Gottes (covered by John Zorn).
