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  • Opera about Nazi atrocity shown in Austria

    Thousands of children were murdered by the Nazis because they fell short of the Aryan ideal. On Friday, a hushed audience gathered in Austria's Parliament to watch the world premiere of an opera depicting how the Nazis methodically killed mentally or physically deficient children at a Vienna hospital during World War II.


  • Elie Wiesel survives Madoff wipeout, heart bypass

    When Elie Wiesel emerged from quintuple heart bypass surgery, still wired to monitors, he immediately started writing a book about the ordeal _ "in my head." In French.


  • Heart-bypass surgery was an ordeal but it gave Elie Wiesel a book topic. "Open Heart" was written in French and is now being published in English. Mr. Wiesel, 84, survived the Holocaust and won the Nobel Peace Prize. (Associated Press)

    For writer Wiesel, heart surgery is a book topic

    When Elie Wiesel emerged from quintuple heart-bypass surgery, still wired to monitors, he immediately started writing a book about the ordeal — "in my head." In French.


  • Tuning in to TV

    An epic French documentary about the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime has appeared on Turkish television to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day - the first time the film has been aired on public television in a majority-Muslim country.


  • Von Trier regrets Hitler remarks, likes new title

    Lars von Trier remains contrite and respectful of the Cannes Film Festival over its decision to toss him out for saying he sympathizes with Adolf Hitler.


  • Protesters decry Holocaust aid

    JERUSALEM — The government of Israel — a nation founded as a refuge for Holocaust survivors — is facing rising complaints that it neglects tens of thousands of those survivors as they grow poor and sick in old age.


  • Holocaust hero gets belated honors

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