Putin Blasts 'Neo-Nazis' In Ukraine On Holocaust Remembrance Day

78 years on, Jewish Holocaust rescuers want their story told

Just before Nazi Germany invaded Hungary in March 1944, Jewish youth leaders in the eastern European country jumped into action: They formed an underground network that would save tens of thousands of fellow Jews from the gas chambers. This chapter of the Holocaust heroism is scarcely remembered in Israel. Nor is it part of the official curriculum in schools. But the few remaining members of Hungary’s Jewish underground want their story told and…

78 years on, Jewish Holocaust rescuers want their story told

The few remaining members of Hungary’s Jewish underground want their story told and are dismayed at the prospect of being forgotten.

Holocaust Remembrance Day marked in Tallinn

Holocaust Remembrance Day was commemorated in Tallinn's Rahumäe Jewish Cemetery on Friday.

78 years on, Jewish Holocaust rescuers want their story told

The few remaining members of Hungary’s Jewish underground want their story told and are dismayed at the prospect of being forgotten.

78 years on, Jewish Holocaust rescuers want their story told

The few remaining members of Hungary’s Jewish underground want their story told and are dismayed at the prospect of being forgotten.

Putin blasts 'neo-Nazis' in Ukraine on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday repeated a claim that neo-Nazis were committing crimes in Ukraine — an allegation Moscow has used to justify its military intervention — as the world marked Holocaust Remembrance Day. “Forgetting the lessons of history leads to the repetition of terrible tragedies,” Putin said.  “This is evidenced by the crimes against civilians, ethnic cleansing and punitive actions organised by neo-Nazis in Ukraine. I…