Tag: holocaust
Jan. 19, 2024
Ongoing investigation of antisemitic message left on classroom whiteboard
In a classroom within Drexel University’s College of Computing & Informatics at 3675 Market Street, a message “glorifying Adolf Hitler” was written on a whiteboard…

Nov. 17, 2023
Drexel community comes together in vigil for Palestine
A diverse group of Drexel University students and community members gathered at a candlelight vigil from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9 at…

Jan. 31, 2020
The 75th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation calls for a look into the past
On the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by the On the 75th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation by the Russian Red Army, it is…

Oct. 14, 2016
New drama sheds light on Holocaust denial case
There were no gas chambers or systematic extermination facilities. The Holocaust didn’t really happen. Even if it did, six million Jews weren’t actually killed by…

Aug. 19, 2016
Cillian Murphy shines in WWII thriller ‘Anthropoid’
“It’s important to make a distinction between the terms ‘murder’ and ‘assassinate,’” asserts Cillian Murphy’s Jozef Gabcik midway through director Sean Ellis’s World War II…

Dec. 4, 2015
Holocaust film ‘Son of Saul’ offers great cinematography
I once heard a Holocaust survivor say that movies made about the Nazis’ atrocities during World War II are only ever just movies, as they…

Oct. 23, 2015
Inaccurate and inappropriate
This past week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made this statement in his address at the World Zionist Congress: “Hitler didn’t want to exterminate the…

Apr. 11, 2013
Survivor shares Holocaust story
Jewish and non-Jewish students alike gathered in Mitchell Auditorium April 9 to recognize Social Justice Week and hear the story of Robert Fischl, Holocaust survivor…
Apr. 20, 2012
Survivor shares Holocaust story for Yom HaShoah
Holocaust survivor Charles Middleberg spoke at an April 16 Hillel-run event at Drexel University, recalling being separated from his parents after they were taken to…