How a German high school helped Toronto Holocaust survivor Gershon Willinger learn precious new details about his family

A Holocaust survivor from Toronto who was separated from his parents as an infant recently learned new information about his family—from students in a history club at a German high school. Gershon Willinger was born in Amsterdam in 1942 to German Jewish parents who had fled their home country. A few months later, Willinger’s parents […]
Heirs snub German city’s tribute to looted art dealer Max Stern

Canadian scholars concerned exhibit will not address the difficulty of restituting Nazi-looted works.
Germany gives $4.4 million to Dutch Holocaust museum

Germany has pledged nearly $4.5 million toward renovating the Dutch national Holocaust museum.
Violent anti-Semitic attacks soared 60 per cent in Germany in 2018
Anti-Semitic crimes rose by 10 per cent in Germany in 2018, with a 60 per cent increase in violent crimes, spurring the main Jewish umbrella group there to call for a “stronger commitment” from police and politicians.
Rabbi Schild’s ‘crazy angel’
Alex Rose looks at the captivating life story of Rabbi Erwin Schild, the 98-year-old rabbi emeritus for Adath Israel Congregation in Toronto.
Germany to compensate Kindertransport survivors
Germany will compensate survivors of the Kindertransport with a one-time payment of just over $3,800 each, the Claims Conference announced on Dec. 17.
Roger: Remembering the Jews of Attendorn, Germany
Jenny Roger writes about the Jews of Attendorn, Germany.
Duesseldorf auction house returns Max Stern painting to his heirs
At Duesseldorf’s historic Malkasten artists’ association on Nov. 19, the Nazi-looted painting, Storm at Sea, by the Dutch master Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek, was returned to the heirs of art dealer Max Stern.
Police call assaults on Jewish man and teenage girl in Paris hate crimes
A young man and a teenage girl were both assaulted in two separate incidents on the streets of Paris, in what police said may have been hate crimes.
Updated: Holocaust-denying Canadian siblings convicted for incitement of hatred in Germany
Alfred and Monika Schaefer both received jail terms