European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 02-05 February 2020
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NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES
GERMANY 
ANTISEMITIC SCULPTURE TO REMAIN ON GERMAN CHURCH A 13th-Century antisemitic carving may remain on the wall of a church in Wittenberg, Germany, a court has ruled.
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Read morePICTURE OF HITLER AS CAIN DISPLAYED IN BERLIN MUSEUM A 1944 painting by German artist George Grosz that depicts Nazi leader Adolf Hitler as the Bible’s fratricidal Cain went on display at the German Historical Museum in Berlin as part of a new permanent exhibition.
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Read moreJEWISH MEMORIAL STONES IN GERMAN TOWN DUG UP AND TAKEN TO CONSTRUCTION DUMP The German town of Plettenberg admitted that five Jewish memorial stones had vanished after contractors dug up the pavement.
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Read moreFRANCE ART HISTORIAN IDENTIFIES TEN NAZI-LOOTED PAINTINGS IN THE LOUVRE’S COLLECTION Art historian Emmanuelle Polack has identified ten pieces from Dorville’s cache in the Louvre’s collections, paving the way for the looted artworks’ return to his great-niece and heir.
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Read morePORTUGAL PORTUGUESE POLITICIAN APOLOGISES FOR SLAMMING SOUSA MENDES WHO SAVED JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST A Portuguese politician apologised for calling a Holocaust-era rescuer of Jews their “loan shark.”
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Read moreTHE NETHERLANDS JEWISH GRAVES DAUBED IN DORDRECHT Two graves were seriously daubed with antisemitic slogans in the Jewish cemetery in Dordrecht.
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Read moreBELGIUM NAZI-LOOTED ARTWORK FOUND IN BELGIUM’S ROYAL NATIONAL LIBRARY One of the works from the Dorville collection looted by the Nazis in 1942 has been found in Belgium’s Royal National Library (KBR).
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Read moreSWEDEN BAG WITH STAR OF DAVID AND SOAP LEFT OUTSIDE SWEDISH HOLOCAUST EXHIBITION A bag emblazoned with a Star of David containing soap and antisemitic literature was left outside an exhibition in Sweden about the Holocaust.
Monday, February 3, 2020
Read moreUNITED KINGDOM BRITISH SCHOOL TO CHANGE 95-YEAR-OLD LOGO OVER ANTISEMITIC MYTH A British school has said that it will change its 95-year-old logo after it was pointed out to them that it symbolises an antisemitic myth about a Lincoln boy being murdered by Jewish people.
Monday, February 3, 2020
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AFTER NETANYAHU MEETING, SUDAN AND ISRAEL MOVE CLOSER TO NORMALIZATION Dramatically improving ties with a former bitter foe, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with the transitional leader of Sudan, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, during a whirlwind visit to Uganda.
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
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