Event: Kristallnacht

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Irish composer sounding a note of hope with Kindertransport movement piece

Having a Jewish husband and a son with Down syndrome ensured Irish composer Deirdre Gribbin’s piece on the Kindertransport movement is particularly personal. It will be premiered in West Cork, writes Cathy Desmond.

general

Grin and bear it - Ruby Wax has no time for bitterness

Ben Gurion said Jewish state was primary goal

world

Berlin: ‘Fall showed dreams can come true’

world

Ultra-traditionalist Catholics disrupt Pope's Holocaust memorial ceremony

world

Germany remembers Kristallnacht

Book Reviews

Falling Sideways

Sat, 07 Jan, 2012

Berlin celebrates the domino effect

THE dominoes fell, one by one, all 1,000 of them, covering 1.5km along the path of the 43km fence that kept Berliners imprisoned for 28 years.

Tue, 10 Nov, 2009

Germany marks 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht

GERMANY marked the 70th anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom, a prelude to the Holocaust, with solemn ceremonies throughout the country and celebrations of the rebirth of Jewish life in the country yesterday.

Mon, 10 Nov, 2008

Why Christians join the forces of good — and evil

LIKE most Irishmen and women, I left home at a very early age.

Mon, 21 Jan, 2008

Germans protest against neo-nazis

Thousands of people gathered near Germany’s biggest World War II soldiers cemetery today to protest against far-right extremism.

Sat, 18 Nov, 2006

Neo-Nazis disrupt Kristallnacht memorial

Police arrested 16 people after neo-Nazis disrupted commemorations of Kristallnacht in an east German town, officials said today.

Fri, 10 Nov, 2006

Boxing legend Schmeling, Louis’ friend and foe, dies

MAX SCHMELING, the heavyweight champion whose two fights with Joe Louis set off a propaganda war between the Nazi regime and the US on the eve of WWII, has died aged 99.

Sat, 05 Feb, 2005

Holocaust wreaths vandalised

Vandals defaced wreaths laid at a Berlin Holocaust memorial to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Nazis’ Night of Broken Glass, when synagogues were burned and thousands of Jews were deported to concentration camps.

Wed, 19 Nov, 2003