Dutch Jewish group decries honoring of soldier who fought for Hitler
Federative Jewish Netherlands says inclusion of man in monument bearing victims’ names ‘shocking and cowardly’
View ArticleCouple has sex at memorial for soldiers
Police arrest male suspect, who was caught on video engaging in relations at a monument in Carmiel
View ArticleMonument lovemaker professes innocence
Man says he did not realize that having sex on a war memorial would offend, was only looking for privacy
View ArticleGuggenheim hosts Polish-Jewish artist’s visual ode to handwriting
Growing up in communist Poland, Agnieszka Kurant only learned as a teen that her maternal grandparents were Jewish, and Holocaust survivors
View ArticleListen to the past, from the Golan to the Negev
Monuments to heroes, a lone oak with resonant history, the thriving Dead Sea Works and more — a selection of visits amplified by free audio guides
View ArticleCuba bans monuments named after Fidel Castro
President says his brother 'rejected any manifestation of cult of personality,' did not want his name or likeness used for tributes
View ArticleA statue is never just a statue
From Rome to Virginia, efforts to shift the scenery have tried to transform how society relates to its places of memory
View ArticleAmid outcry over Confederate markers, new ones are going up
Supporters of new monuments reject criticism they are racist, say they are meant to preserve their history
View ArticleA monumental problem
How to redirect the evil inclination for idol worship that still dances among us
View ArticleA slap in America’s face
There's a new statue honoring Saddam Hussein in the Palestinian Authority city of Qalqilya
View ArticleLandowner asks Polish town to remove monument to Jews killed by Nazis
Chrzanow town council discusses alternatives in case memorial removed, including installing plaque at site
View ArticleMount Herzl memorial to fallen, an architectural gem, up for top design prize
Built of 'stone, concrete and light,' site meant to give space for grief and educating public, reflecting a shift in commemoration from the collective to the personal
View ArticleNYC monument honoring Nazi collaborator to remain in place
Plaque dedicated to Henri Philippe Petain, who handed 10,000 Jews over to Hitler, will continue to be a part of lower Broadway's 'Canyon of Heroes'
View ArticleUnderground remains of Warsaw ghetto in line for protected status
Protection would require archaeological supervision during all earthworks in area, recording of finds
View ArticleHistorical figures face reckoning around the globe after Floyd death
Protests and vandalism have taken place in cities from Boston and New York to Paris, Oxford and Brussels, in an intense reexamination of centuries of racial injustice
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