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Md. Praised For Bill Seeking Companies’ WWII Roles
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Members of Congress are praising Maryland lawmakers for approving a bill requiring the French rail company SNCF to disclose its role in transporting victims of the Holocaust, if...
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O’Malley Signs Bill On Company’s WWII Role
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley on Thursday signed into law a first-of-its-kind measure that will require the French rail company SNCF to disclose its role in transporting Holocaust...
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Survivor Speaks On New Md. Holocaust Disclosure Law
BALTIMORE (WJZ)—Remembering the Holocaust. That’s what a new state law is designed to do. As Gigi Barnett explains, it’s the first of its kind, and one Holocaust survivor hopes Maryland can be a...
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UMBC Professor To Head Holocaust Archive
BERLIN (AP) — A U.S. university professor has been appointed director of the International Tracing Service’s Holocaust-era archive in the German town of Bad Arolsen. The ITS said Wednesday its...
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National Archives Shows History Of U.S. Immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Documents and photographs attached to U.S. immigration forms have been culled from the National Archives for a new exhibit about immigrants who came to this country. The exhibit,...
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Rep. Roscoe Bartlett Apologizes For Holocaust Remark
BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON D.C. (WJZ/AP)– A Maryland congressman’s controversial comments are making national headlines and could affect one of the state’s tightest and most contentious races. Mike Hellgren...
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German-American Day Opens Foray To Carroll County
RACHEL ROUBEIN The Carol County Times WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) — At 9 a.m., the wooden pews of McDaniel College’s Big Baker Chapel were quickly filling, as middle school and high school students streamed...
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Holocaust Survivors, Veterans Gather At D.C. Museum
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elderly survivors of the Holocaust and the veterans who helped liberate them gathered for what could be their last big reunion Monday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. One...
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Bulgarian Honor Bid In DC Stirs Holocaust Debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — A request by the Bulgarian Embassy to name a Washington intersection after a favorite native son — a man credited with helping save the country’s Jewish population from deportation —...
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Holocaust Museum Most Powerful Artifact Returns Back To Poland
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington is returning one of its most powerful artifacts to Poland: a wooden barracks that housed prisoners at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. The...
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Holocaust Museum Marks Kristallnacht Anniversary
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is marking the anniversary of a seminal event in the history of the Holocaust. On Thursday, four Washington-area Holocaust survivors organized a...
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Nuremberg Transcript Donated To Holocaust Museum
WASHINGTON (AP) — A one-time U.S. Army reporter during World War II donated a never-before-published transcript of radio coverage of the Nuremberg war crimes trials of Nazi leaders to the U.S....
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Holocaust Survivor Dies Before Maryland Reparations Hearing
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — A Holocaust survivor has died, days before giving testimony on a reparations bill. The bill says the state should enter into contracts with companies associated with the...
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State Dept.: Md. Bill Threatens U.S. Talks With France On Holocaust Compensation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Wednesday warned several state legislatures against initiatives that would punish the state-owned French railway company SNCF for carrying out...
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Holocaust Museum Opens UN Archive On WWII Crimes
WASHINGTON (AP) — From Adolf Hitler down to the petty bureaucrats who staffed the Nazi death camps, thousands of perpetrators of World War II war crimes were eventually written up in vast reams of...
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Holocaust Museum Finds Site For Archive Facility
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has identified a site in suburban Maryland for a new, $40 million facility that will house its archives. The museum announced last year that it...
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Holocaust Survivors To Receive Aid Through New Funding
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Holocaust survivors in Maryland are getting much needed care and attention with the help of new funding. Pat Warren reports the need for care for these elderly victims continues to...
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91-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Dies In Car Crash
COLCHESTER, Conn. (AP) — The victim of a Connecticut car crash has been identified as a Holocaust survivor who often shared her story at local schools, community centers and churches. State police say...
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Sean Spicer’s Comments On Use Of Chemical Weapons During WWII Raises Eyebrows
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is currently dealing with fallout after his remarks Tuesday comparing Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad to Adolf Hitler, after he tried to draw...
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‘This Was Real’: Artifacts Save Holocaust Stories For Future
BOWIE, Md. (AP) — The small wicker doll chair was a modest toy, but it meant the world to Louise Lawrence-Israels. A gift for her second birthday, it was the only toy she possessed during the...
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U.S. Holocaust Museum Collections Center Opens In Maryland
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A storehouse of memories is open in Maryland, with the goal of making sure the world never forgets the nightmare of the Holocaust. The industrial murder of 6 million Jews by Nazi...
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Germany Agrees To Compensate Holocaust Survivors From Algeria
(CNN) — Germany has agreed to pay compensation to Jews who suffered persecution in Algeria during World War Two. This is the first time that Jews who lived in Algeria between July 1940 and November...
View ArticleHolocaust Survivors Share Stories With Harford County Students
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — More than a dozen Holocaust survivors shared their stories with students in Harford County Monday. Other speakers from what is the former Yugoslavia also talked to students about...
View ArticleHolocaust Play ‘Book of Joseph’ Coming To Baltimore
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Recent surveys show knowledge of the Holocaust is fading, particularly among millennials. But, a play about to open at Everyman Theatre shows how the horror of that chapter in history...
View ArticleFamily Of A Holocaust Survivor Who Lived In Baltimore Donates $1K To Veterans
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The family of a Holocaust survivor is honoring the military forces who liberated her nearly 75 years ago, with a donation- and a thank you. Packed inside the Edward A. Myerberg Center...
View ArticleBaltimore Jewish Community Center Holds 75th Holocaust Liberation Celebration...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Jewish Community Center held an online celebration on Sunday for the 75th anniversary of the liberation from the Holocaust. The holiday, named Yom Hashoah, is a chance...
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