Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said Monday he revoked “a teachable moment” offer to one of the men allegedly involved in the antisemitic sign at one of the company’s bars. The sports media personality explained in a video the new twist that took place. A video of the sign, which read “f— the Jews,” surfaced across social media over … Read more
“The start to a new life.” Just six words made an impact on Lily Ebert in 1945, a year after she and her family were forced out of Hungary and sent to the notorious death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, where her mother, younger sister, brother and over 100 members of her extended family were killed in the … Read more
An eerie new discovery has been made underneath the floorboards of one of Nazi Germany’s most notorious concentration camps. More than 30 handmade chess pieces were uncovered at Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland inside a former prisoner block during recent renovation work. The 35 pieces had been hidden under floorboards on the first floor of … Read more
“The Zone of Interest,” the acclaimed Holocaust drama that’s up for Best Picture at the 2024 Oscars, will have its Polish premiere on Thursday at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. According to Variety, director Jonathan Glazer will introduce the harrowing film at the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where parts of the movie were … Read more
It was a forbidden romance like so many others: A meaningful glance. Hearts aflutter. Secret meetings and messages. Bu David Wisnia and Helen “Zippi” Tichauer’s love story took place in the shadow of smoking crematoria, their trysts hidden from guards by prisoners in black and white uniforms. “It was wintertime in Birkenau, the largest and … Read more
French actor and Holocaust survivor Robert Clary has died at age 96. The “Hogan’s Heroes” star, who played Corporal LeBeau on the World War II-era sitcom, passed away on Tuesday, his granddaughter Kim Wright told the Hollywood Reporter. His cause of death was not given. Clary was the last surviving member of the show’s original principal cast. Born … Read more