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troubled Waters strikes again. Controversial rock frontman Roger Waters is back in hot water after seemingly cosplaying as a Nazi SS officer — and comparing deceased Al Jazeera journalist Abu Akleh to Anne Frank at a recent concert in Germany.The inflammatory performance, which went down last week at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, opened up with an announcement on a screen that read: “On a matter of public interest: a court in Frankfurt has ruled that I am not an antisemite.““Just to be clear, I condemn antisemitism unreservedly,” the message continued, the Jerusalem Post reported.

Tommy Kail knew all about the book “We Were the Lucky Ones” by Georgia Hunter years before it became a best-selling novel.“I met Georgia in 1999 before I graduated college,” he told the NY Post in an exclusive interview, “and she married one of my best friends.”The New York Times bestselling book is inspired by the unbelievable true story of Hunter’s Jewish family who were living in Radom, Poland at the onset of World War II.Somehow, despite being flung all over the globe and facing unbelievable hardships and danger, they managed to survive.The sweeping epic is now a Hulu mini-series, starring Joey King, Logan Lerman, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star Marin Hinkle and several Israeli actors including Ido Samuel, Michael Aloni and Amit Rahav.Kail directed two of the episodes and is also an executive producer.He shared that he “supported” Hunter as “she was going through the process of researching it and then deciding to turn it into a book proposal, and when it was finally published even conducted a Barnes & Noble interview on the Upper West Side.“I obviously read the book and it just stayed with me,” he shared.

450 Jewish creatives and professionals in Hollywood are denouncing “Zone of Interest” director Jonathan Glazer’s speech from the 2024 Oscars.In his speech, Glazer, 58, drew parallels between Nazi Germany and the ongoing conflict in Gaza.“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination,” the open letter, which was obtained by The Post, read. “Every civilian death in Gaza is tragic.

“The Zone of Interest,” revealed Friday that he does not support the acceptance speech made by director Jonathan Glazer at the 2024 Oscars. In the speech, Glazer, 58 drew parallels between Nazi Germany and the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

Best Picture at the 2024 Oscars, will have its Polish premiere on Thursday at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum.According to Variety, director Jonathan Glazer will introduce the harrowing film at the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where parts of the movie were shot. “Zone” is about Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel), the Nazi officer and commandant of Auschwitz during World War II, and juxtaposes his home life with wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller) and their five children to the horrors of the Holocaust happening right next door.“To acknowledge the couple as human beings was a big part of the awfulness of this entire journey of the film, but I kept thinking that, if we could do so, we would maybe see ourselves in them,” Glazer, 58, told the Guardian.

nobody died in the Holocaust.”On a recent episode of the podcast “This Past Weekend With Theo Von,” Barr, 70, commented on what “truth” means in America and how platforms can limit discussions of certain topics.“Like for the real truth that, you know, and I’m glad that they did set up all these guidelines so that we only are allowed to speak the truth,” Barr said.She later continued: “And that is the truth. And nobody died in the Holocaust, either.

with alleged sarcasm — during the podcast. “And the truth is that Biden got 81 million votes by winning 36 counties. And that is just incredible.

statement after receiving the honor. “I saw firsthand how this hatred spun out of control and I share these painful memories with the world in the hopes of preventing future tragedies and educating soldiers about personal responsibility.

Margot Heuman, the first lesbian Jewish holocaust survivor to testify about her experience in the concentration camps, died on May 11 at age 94. Born in 1928 Germany, Heuman grew up in Bielefeld and was the eldest of two daughters. In 1943, her family were arrested and deported to Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia.

premiering April 27 on HBO — is based on the true story of Harry Haft, a Polish-born Jew who was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp as a teen. There he managed to survive by being a boxer and was forced to pummel fellow prisoners for the amusement of the German officers.After World War II, Haft eventually moved to the United States, where he continued his boxing career for an unusual reason: Haft was convinced his first love was still alive and believed that if he became famous enough through boxing, she would see his name in newspapers and they would be reunited.

suspension.Goldberg, 66, was unable to co-host the morning talk show after she made controversial remarks about the Holocaust on-air last month.“The Holocaust isn’t about race. No, it’s not about race,” the Oscar winner said on the Jan. 31 episode.

Mel Mermelstein was a Holocaust survivor who successfully sued a group of Holocaust deniers and prompted a judge to declare that the many deaths were fact.Mermelstein and his family were living in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia when World War II broke out. They were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where his parents and sisters were killed in gas chambers and his brother was killed in an apparent escape attempt.

recent ban of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Holocaust retelling “Maus,” Goldberg argued that the genocide was broader than a race-based injustice.“The Holocaust isn’t about race. No, it’s not about race,” Goldberg, 66, said repeatedly. “It’s about man’s inhumanity to man.” Other “The View” co-hosts were quick to disagree.

Netflix Feb. 1), based on the 1997 book “Memories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood Friend,“ by Alison Leslie Gold.While Frank did not survive World War II, Pick-Goslar did, and the now 93-year-old, who lives in Jerusalem, still cherishes the memory of her childhood playmate. In an interview with Scholastic in the late 1990s, Pick-Goslar shared that her friend was always an avid writer — constantly scribbling in her journal — who could also command a room.

“And Just Like That…”The ninth episode of the HBO Max show made a controversial joke regarding anti-Semitism Thursday — and on Holocaust Remembrance Day, no less. One scene had the character Anthony Marantino (Mario Cantone) bring his date, Justin, to a dinner party hosted by Charlotte York (Kristen Davis) and her husband, Harry Goldenblatt (Evan Handler).Once Anthony and Justin arrived at the NYC home, the latter commented, “Is this a Jewish dinner? You know the Holocaust is a hoax, right?” Anthony then angrily told his date to leave as Harry — who along with Charlotte follows the Jewish faith — looked on, shocked.Fans were furious at the distasteful line and expressed their disgust over social media. “The Holocaust moment.

incited backlash for sporting what looked like a Parteiadler — a Nazi insignia depicting an eagle with outstretched wings above a swastika — on a pseudo-military-chic look, complete with the text “U.S.

the Daily Mail reported.Jaku spent his childhood studying mechanical engineering before graduating in 1938 and returning home to visit his parents. His first night back, Nazis came into the house and beat him in his childhood bed, killed his pet dachshund Lulu and burned down the house, he told the Sydney Morning Herald last year.

Roman Kent was a Polish Holocaust survivor who led a movement seeking reparations from the German government.Kent was just a teen when he was imprisoned in the Auschwitz concentration camp and later moved to other labor camps. As he and his brother were being transferred to Dachau on a death march, they were liberated by U.S.

Survivre Avec les Loups” and attracted the attention of Disney and Oprah Winfrey. Defonseca had tears in her eyes on talk shows and gave inspiring speeches to stunned students across Europe.

Ruth Kluger was a Holocaust survivor known for her memoir, “Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered.”A Jewish native of Vienna, Kluger was six years old when Nazi Germany annexed Austria. She and her family lived for several years amid increasing hostility toward Jews.

Kiss star Gene Simmons has opened up about his mother’s release from a Nazi concentration camp after her official papers were unearthed in Germany.

A memorial to one of the most infamous Nazi death camps slammed an Amazon TV series this week for depicting a made-up “human chess” game during the Holocaust.