Fashion designer John Galliano will not teach at a New York fashion school following a student protest. Parsons, the New School For Design reversed its decision to hire Galliano to teach a class after being presented a petition against the move with 2,000 signatures, the Forward reported, noting that the protest was led by Jewish students. Galliano was fired as the top designer at Christian Dior two years ago after being arrested for making anti-Semitic statements at a Paris bar. “We do not want money …More

Lithuanian police discovered Nazi slogans drawn on a former concentration camp after Adolf Hitler’s birth date. The slogans "Heil Hitler," “Jews out” in German and a swastika were scrawled on the pavement near the HKP 562 labor camp in Vilnius, Evelina Pagounis of the Vilnius police told AFP. She added that police were looking for the perpetrators. The graffiti was discovered April 22, two days after what would have been Hitler's 124th birthday. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius …More

The last surviving member of plot to kill Hitler died in Munich at the age of 90. [NY Times] American Freedom Defense Institute faces backlash after using a terrorist’s quotes to show the reality of jihad. [CBS] The Israeli government has reportedly formed a coalition with 68 members and four parties. [Times of Israel] President Obama will dine with the recently crowned Miss Israel during his three-day visit to the Jewish State. [Jewish Press] Austria threatens to withdraw peacekeeping troops from the …More

Rafael Medoff, JNS.org “There is at least one official voice in Europe that expresses understanding of the methods and motives of President Roosevelt—the voice of Germany, as represented by Chancellor Adolf Hitler.” That incredible statement was the opening line of a flattering feature story about the Nazi leader that appeared on the front page of the New York Times in 1933, and was typical of some early press coverage of Hitler, who rose to power 80 years ago on Jan. 30. Hitler’s ascent …More

An ad featuring Adolf Hitler placed at a Turkish mall was pulled following complaints by Jewish leaders. The ad at the Sapphire Mall in Istanbul was promoting a wax museum. It featured a large color portrait of the late Nazi leader standing behind a podium. The text read, “If you could meet anyone, who would it be?” Other choices included Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Napolean Bonaparte, Suleiman I, Elvis Presley, Leonardo da Vinci and Michael Jackson. Hitler was the only figure whose picture was …More

Google has several applications available to users looking to be inspired by Adolf Hitler. Available on Google Play, the app store for Android products, one app that goes by the name Infamous Adolf Hitler Quotes opens with this description: “Looking for Adolf Hitler Quotes?? Then this is the App for you!” In the user review section, the free English-language app is described as a “great moral booster,” by one the 1,060 reviewers who downloaded the app. Another user writes in a review dated …More

A Russian politician wants to buy the home where Adolf Hitler was born---in order to destroy it. Frantz Klintsevich, a member of parliament in the Russian government, is making a bid to raise funds and purchase the small building in the Austrian town of Braunau-am-Inn. The plan came after the town’s mayor announced his intention to convert the building into luxury condos. “I would buy this property in the blink of an eye if I had that kind of money myself, but I do not,” Klintsevich told the …More

In an early morning interview yesterday, “Law & Order: SVU” star, Richard Belzer got himself into hot water. Scheduled for a regular TV interview, Fox 5’s "Good Day New York" anchors had no idea what was in store for them. When anchor Rosanna Scotto asked the actor if her cohost, Dave Price, could star on the hit NBC show as Belzer’s brother, the star answered "If he gets molested and banged in the ass, maybe." Belzer tried to cover up the joke by wuickly adding he meant …More

Designer John Galliano reportedly has filed an $18.7 million lawsuit against Christian Dior, the fashion house that fired him for anti-Semitic speech. On Tuesday, the website of the London-based The Daily Telegraph reported that Galliano “is believed” to have lodged an employee/employer dispute claim with the French labor court, with a Paris hearing scheduled for February 4. The Vogue website reported the following day that “a spokesperson” for Galliano “refused to comment on …More

Jewish leaders are reacting harshly to the owner of a clothing shop in India named for the infamous Nazi dictator. “Hitler,” a shop located in Ahmedbad, India—hometown to Mahatma Gandhi--opened just recently, and Rajesh Shah said he had no idea the name carried a negative connotation. He told the Times of India: "Frankly, till the time we applied for the trademark permission, I had only heard that Hitler was a strict man. It was only recently that we read about Hitler on the Internet." Shah …More

A senior banker at one of Australia’s largest investment banks apologized for suggesting that Hitler was a great visionary. Michael Hawker, an independent nonexecutive director of the board of the Macquarie Group, told a meeting of bank executives in Sydney last week that “You have to paint a great picture of your vision of the future if you want people to follow,” the Australian Financial Review quoted him as saying. “Hitler painted a great picture ... Well, maybe not from another point …More

A public prosecutor in Italy has opened an inquiry after a vacationing Jewish-American couple complained about wine with a picture of Adolf Hitler on the label for sale in a shop near Verona. Verona prosecutor Mario Giulia Schinaia has opened an investigation into whether this constitutes “apology for fascism,” according to the Italian news agency ANSA. "The only crime that could be currently attributable to this is that of apologizing for fascism," he told the news agency. "At this point though it …More