During World War II, about 200 Swedes joined Hitler’s troops and fought for Nazi Germany. Those alive still receive war pensions from the German state. In total, there are 15 recipients of the so-called “Hitler pension” in Sweden, the newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported. The recipients are aged between 82 and 101 years. Six of those are Swedish citizens and three of them …
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German authorities are investigating suspected new Neo-nazi groups after more than 100 bomb and death threats were sent to lawyers, politicians and institutions in recent weeks, local media reported on March 13. Daily Suddeutsche Zeitung said prosecutors concluded that there was a connection between various threatening emails recently sent to prominent public figures and institutions …
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Political grudges and racial animosity have divided students at U.S. high schools and President Donald Trump has exacerbated the problem with his rhetoric, a study released showed. Researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) surveyed 505 high school principals for the study. More than 60 percent of them reported some of their …
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A black passenger filmed a white man doing a monkey impression aimed at him on the London Underground’s Northern Line last week. The man swung from seat to seat and approached the passenger, Mohammed Dirir, while other commuters looked on. Dirir posted the video on Instagram with a comment that read: “Racism is still alive, …
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is “not a state of all its citizens”, in a reference to the country’s Palestinian Arab population, adding that all citizens, including Arabs, had equal rights. However, in his comments on Instagram, Netanyahu referred to a deeply controversial law passed last year declaring Israel the nation-state of the Jewish people. “Israel …
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A memorial stone marking the site of a former synagogue destroyed by the Nazis has been vandalised in Strasbourg. Officials said the heavy memorial stone was discovered moved from its base in the French city on Saturday morning. Strasbourg mayor Roland Ries denounced the incident as “a new antisemitic act”. French officials in the region said …
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A major translation website was criticized on March 1 for offering up anti-Semitic, racist and sexist explanations of words. Users who typed “nicer” into Reverso looking for a French equivalent were offered the example: “Hitler was a lot nicer to the Jews than they deserved.” A search of “much nicer” produced the result “Dachau was much …
Muslim extremists are three times more likely to be labelled as terrorists by the media than far-right extremists, according to a recent study. The research undertaken by Signal AI analyzed media coverage, including radio broadcasts and TV transcripts, on a number of terrorist attacks that had taken place in the last two years and came …
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Blamed by his own teammate for the racist abuse aimed at him during an Italian football match, Juventus forward Moise Kean received plenty of support from rival players on Wednesday. Kean, a 19-year-old Italian whose parents are from Ivory Coast, plays for Italy’s national team and Juventus, the most popular football club in the country. He …
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A Palestinian man was killed during a clash with Israeli forces in a refugee camp near Jerusalem yesterday night amid the arrest of three brothers. Mohammed Adwan, 23, was killed by Israeli gunfire whilst two others were wounded. Soldiers fired at close range at a Palestinian vehicle driving at al-Matar Street, killing Adwan in his …
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