Adolf Hitler

COMMENTARY: Lessons for our democracy from the not-so-distant past

By Tom Ehrich — April 15, 2014
(RNS) We seem a long way from the conditions that spawned Hitler and Nazism. But even the sturdiest democracy can lose its footing.

COMMENTARY: Reconciling Jews and Germany

By A. James Rudin — March 19, 2014
(RNS) Reconciliation is easy to say but difficult to achieve. Especially when personal and historic memories of guilt, responsibility, shame, anger, distrust and pain are present. And most especially in the case of Germany and the Jewish people.

Nazi SS captain denied church funeral in Rome

By Eric J. Lyman — October 15, 2013
ROME (RNS) "It would be inappropriate to host a funeral for a man guilty of such atrocities and who never expressed regret even though he had many opportunities to do so," said the Rev. Alessandro Bianchi.

Thai university apologizes for banner featuring Adolf Hitler

By Richard S. Ehrlich — July 16, 2013
(RNS) The apology came three days after the Simon Wiesenthal Center published on its website a photograph of a female student in a university graduation gown posing in front of the larger-than-life banner with her arm outstretched in a Sieg Heil salute.
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