Tag: holocaust

ON THIS DAY: The flawed hero, Oskar Schindler is born (1908)

On 28 April 1908, Oskar Schindler was born in Zwittau, Moravia, then part of Austria-Hungary and today Svitavy in the Czech Republic. History would...

ON THIS DAY: The death of Anne Frank (1945)

On 12 March 1945, in the final months of the Second World War, the young German-Jewish girl Anne Frank died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration...

ON THIS DAY: Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau by the Red Army (1945)

International Holocaust Remembrance Day, also known as the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, is observed annually on 27 January...

ON THIS DAY: Wannsee Conference on Nazi ‘Final Solution’ (1942)

A meeting that formalised mass murder On January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials gathered at a villa in Berlin for what became known as the...

Israeli rights groups break taboo with accusations of genocide

When two human rights groups became the first major voices in Israel to accuse the state of committing genocide in Gaza, breaking a taboo in a...

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Turkish torpedo boat harasses Greek vessel off Kos

Incident reported near Astypalaia and Kos A Turkish naval vessel...

Cabinet approves livestock aid up to 200% above EU levels

Cyprus has approved significant financial support for livestock farmers,...

Paralimni lake water removal defended

Municipality responds to criticism The Municipality of Paralimni has issued...

Trump says end of Ukraine war is very close

Optimism over possible agreement US President Donald Trump has said...
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