Tag: nazi

Australian State Poised to Ban Nazi Swastika

Victoria is poised to become the first Australian state or territory to ban the public display of the Nazi swastika in what has been termed a “thunderous blow” to white supremacists. The Victorian government introduced legislation into the state parliament on Wednesday banning intentional public displays of the symbol across the state. The Summary Offences…


Music Tuned to 432 Hertz Vibrates on a Divine Level?

A decades-long debate among musicians about tuning is bound up with Nazi conspiracy theories, New Age healing methods, practical consideration of what’s easiest on a singer’s vocal chords, a revived connection to ancient math and aesthetics, and more abstract connections to a higher order. Should instruments be tuned to 440 hertz or 432 hertz? In…


The Profound Near-Death Experience of a Nazi Concentration Camp Survivor

Tienke Klein’s health remained poor after she was released from a Nazi concentration camp. After a long recovery from the trauma she’d endured, she finally reached the point of not needing to visit her doctor regularly. Then she was hit by a car while bicycling. The experience would release her from the prison camp she’d…


In Canada, We’ve Succumbed to Make-Believe

Commentary Supporters of the COVID convoys are given to overheated claims that Canada has become despotic, even fascist. But the actual course of the protest suggests a very different danger, namely anarchy. Despite their excessive ambitions and meddlings, governments in Canada are not strong. They can barely lift anything. What is striking about the so-called…


Brazil Police Find Millions Worth Of Nazi Memorabilia at Home of Suspected Pedophile

RIO DE JANEIRO—Police in Rio de Janeiro said on Wednesday they had found a haul of Nazi memorabilia and weapons worth an estimated 3 million euros (approximately $3.4 million) at the home of a Brazilian man suspected of raping a minor. Rio’s civil police said they found more than 1,000 items at the home of…


Former Nazi Camp Secretary, 96, Caught After Skipping Trial

ITZEHOE, Germany—A former secretary for the SS commander of the Stutthof concentration camp skipped the start Thursday of her trial in Germany on more than 11,000 counts of accessory to murder. She was picked up several hours later and ordered held in custody. The 96-year-old woman left her home near Hamburg in a taxi on…


Germany Passes Law to Give Descendants of Nazi-Era Refugees Citizenship

BERLIN—Germany’s parliament approved changes on Friday that will make it easier for descendants of people who fled Nazi persecution to obtain citizenship, a move Jewish groups described as an important signal in the country responsible for the Holocaust. The amendments approved by the Bundestag lower house of parliament enshrine in law decrees from 2019 already…


Banning Possession of Nazi, ISIS Flags ‘Overkill’: Australian Law Council

The Law Council of Australia is warning against criminalising the possession of extremist memorabilia, calling it overkill and saying it would have “unintended consequences.” Richard Wilson SC, the co-chair of the Council’s National Criminal Law Committee, was responding to comments yesterday by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) calling for new laws to address gaps in…


Victorian Inquiry Recommends Ban on Nazi Symbols

Displaying symbols of Nazi ideology could be banned in the Australian state of Victoria following a parliamentary inquiry into the state’s anti-vilification laws. The potential ban would include the Nazi swastika, but it was not clear from the report whether this would encompass its use by Eastern faith groups which for thousands of years have…


US Removes Man Who Served as Concentration Camp Guard in Nazi Germany

The United States on Friday kicked out a man who served as a concentration camp guard in Germany in 1945. Tennessee resident Friedrich Karl Berger, 95, was removed to Germany, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. A police spokesman told Reuters that the man, who authorities say lived in the United States since 1959,…