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'French Anne Frank' Diaries a Hit
'French Anne Frank' Diaries a Hit
Jan 10, 2008 2:49 PM CST

'French Anne Frank' Diaries a Hit

Account of life in Nazi-occupied Paris only now available

(Newser) - Often called France’s Anne Frank, Helene Berr was a young Jewish student living in Nazi-occupied Paris who, like Frank, kept a diary detailing the journey from her privileged life to the reality of her fate. Just published for the first time, the diary has become a literary phenomenon, selling...

Death Camp Concert Angers Survivors

Belgrade camp has been neglected; buildings illegally sold

(Newser) - A small, neglected, concentration camp near downtown Belgrade will host a rock concert this weekend, angering Holocaust survivors and Belgrade's small Jewish population. Called "the forgotten concentration camp," Sajmiste was the site of the murder of 48,000 Serbs—leftists, nationalists, and nearly all 8,000 of Belgrade's...

German Town Wages Quirky War Against Neo-Nazis

Sausages, samba and saws disrupt rallies

(Newser) - Inhabitants of the small German town of Gräfenberg have taken up ideological arms against far-right demonstrators from the National Democratic Party, Der Spiegel reports, running loud saws, blaring samba music, and projecting images of concentration-camp victims to disrupt their rallies. The conflict started when the town's mayor declared a...

Mystery of Holocaust Book Unfolds
Mystery of Holocaust Book Unfolds
Sep 17, 2007 11:04 AM CDT

Mystery of Holocaust Book Unfolds

Survivor's daughter turns curiosity about inheritance into international quest

(Newser) - Meticulous pen-and-ink representations of the horrors of Dachau, drawn by a Polish Catholic artist who spent most of the war in concentration camps, form the backbone of a unique album that's drawing praise and curiosity from Holocaust scholars. The AP traces the history of the handmade book and the tortured...

Death Camps May Charge Admission
Death Camps May Charge Admission
May 31, 2007 5:53 AM CDT

Death Camps May Charge Admission

Dachau, other German sites say they're running out of cash to support programs

(Newser) - Nazi concentration camps need to start charging visitors an entrance fee, those who run them say; subsidies from the German government aren't adequate for upkeep and tour guides for millions of pilgrims who visit every year. The proposal has prompted outrage from German Jews, the London Times reports. 

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