The German Newspaper “Die WELT” holds an article on American Muslims having visited Auschwitz Birkenau memorial in August 2010:
Schmid, Thomas: “Wie amerikanische Muslime Auschwitz erleben.” In: DIE WELT 14.8.2010
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New Dispute over Holocaust Commemoration (Ukraine/Canada)
There is a new dispute over Commemorating the Holocaust going on in Canada, involving Ukraine. It is especially about comparing vs. equalizing the Holocaust and Ukrainian Nationalist involvement and the Ukrainian Famime of 1932-1933.
Ukrainian Institutions in Canada protest against plans for a permanent exhibition on the Holocaust. In turn, a group of historians protest against the implications and the way of this protest.
Here is a link to the historians’ protest on German “H-SOZ-U_KULT”-Forum:
The Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, and the Canadian Museum of Human Rights