Topic: Charlotte Knobloch

Germany's Central Council of Jews says its board has elected 60-year-old businessman Dieter Graumann to be its new leader - making him the first president of the organization who is not a Holocaust survivor.. The board, meeting Sunday in Frankfurt, elected Graumann ...
The German president has given one of the nation's highest civilian honors to the outgoing head of Germany's Central Council of Jews, praising her role in fighting extremism and anti-Semitism.. In awarding Charlotte Knobloch the Large Federal Cross of Merit ...
Germany marked Sunday the 70th anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom, a prelude to the Holocaust, with solemn ceremonies throughout the country and celebrations of the rebirth of Jewish life here.Chancellor Angela Merkel and Jewish leaders gathered at Germany's biggest synagogue ...