Tag: Nazi Germany

‘Resist, Wake Up, Stop Obeying:’ Holocaust Survivor Draws Parallels in Current Society to Nazi Germany

Vera Sharav was only 3 years old when her world collapsed. She and her family were chased out of Romania and herded into a concentration camp in Ukraine during World War II, where they were left to wait, and starve. “The cloud of death was always there,” Sharav told The Epoch Times. Weekly, a list…


Yes, They Were Socialists: How the Nazis Waged War on Private Property

Commentary  When the average person thinks of the Nazis, what often comes to mind is World War II, the Holocaust, and rousing speeches of hate. However, the National Socialists also had economic and political policies, policies many just assume were either free market or New Deal-style public works projects like the Autobahn. But Nazi policy…


Book Review: ‘Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties’

More than 75 years removed from the greatest military conflict in human history, there is so much to remember. Unfortunately, there is so much forgotten. David de Jong has written a book, “Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties,” in hopes that the world may not forget the families who enriched the Nazi…


Theater Review: ‘Harmony’

NEW YORK—Real friendship can serve as a source of strength and possibility, even as the world seems to be falling apart. So it is with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s deeply stirring production of “Harmony,” which tells the story of one of the most popular singing groups in the first part of the 20th century. In…


Unanimous SCOTUS Overturns 9th Circuit, Rules Against Spanish Museum in Nazi-Looted Painting Case

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a descendant of a German Jewish family whose valuable French Impressionist painting was confiscated by the Nazis during the Holocaust and is now on display at a government-owned art museum in Madrid, Spain. The gist of the unanimous decision made public April 21 is that in property cases,…


Can Avoiding War Come at Too High a Price?

Commentary On Sept. 3, 1939, the Australian Prime Minister, Robert Menzies, broadcasted the following message: “Fellow Australians, it is my melancholy duty to inform you officially that in consequence of a persistence by Germany in her invasion of Poland, Great Britain has declared war upon her and that, as a result, Australia is also at…


A Diplomatic Boycott of the Winter Olympic Games?

Commentary The Biden Administration has announced that the United States will not officially participate in the Winter Olympics, scheduled to be held in Beijing from Feb. 4 to 20, 2022. Although the diplomatic boycott means that there will be no official American representation in Beijing during the Games, Team USA will still be able to…


Victims of Communism and Nazism Remembered by Canadian Leaders on Black Ribbon Day

Federal and Provincial officials paid tribute to victims of Communist Soviet Union and Nazi Germany on Black Ribbon Day, the National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Communism and Nazism in Europe. Established through a unanimous resolution of the House of Commons in 2009, Black Ribbon Day is commemorated annually on Aug. 23, the…


Social Darwinism and ‘Playing the Race Card’

Commentary A lot of the racist policies and sentiment in the West in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, including racism against aboriginals in Canada, had its roots in social Darwinism, an offshoot of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Unfortunately this doctrine is now being revived, this time in the name of critical race…


Nikki Haley Calls on Biden to Boycott China’s 2022 Winter Olympics, Compares China to Nazi Germany

Former United Nations Ambassador and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has joined a growing number of people calling for the United States to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in China. In a Fox News op-ed on Feb. 25, the Republican drew references to China and Nazi Germany, stating that China is “more obviously dangerous today than Nazi Germany was in…