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Holocaust survivor who escaped to UK awarded Germany’s highest civilian honour

George Shefi, now 93, was shuttled out of Germany on the Kindertransport just before the outbreak of the Second World War when he was seven years old.

By JC Reporter

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Holocaust survivor George Shefi has been awarded Germany's highest civilian honour (Picture: International March for the Living)
Jewish employees of News UK have been "deeply upset" by the platforming of "dangerous" antisemitism on Piers Morgan's show (Picture: Getty)
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News UK Jewish employees ‘deeply upset’ by ‘extreme antisemitism’ on Piers Morgan Uncensored

By Jacob Jaffa

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The Umschlagplatz Memorial to Warsaw Ghetto Jews has been defaced (Picture: Getty)
Israel

Anti-Israel message scrawled on Polish memorial to Warsaw Ghetto Jews

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Austrian author Eva Menasse who crafts her story like an oil painting (Photo: Carsten Koall / POOL / AFP)
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Palestinian journalist Muna Hawwa, who previously downplayed the Holocaust, hosted an Al Jazeera documentary that appeared to glorify Hamas and aired on the first anniversary of October 7.
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Gifted violinist and survivor of the Budapest Ghettto, György Pauk
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Gifted violinist and survivor of the Budapest Ghettto, György Pauk

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New art prize to commemorate artist who explored the intergenerational trauma of her mother’s escape from Nazi Germany

By Elisa Bray

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