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Former Woman Who Worked at Auschwitz Accused of Prisoner Crueltly

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A woman now known as Gisela S. was a prison guard at the notorious internment camp in Auschwitz where she was responsible for the mistreatment…

Capturing The Butcher of Auschwitz

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Auschwitz Kommandant Rudolf Höss, known as the Butcher of Auschwitz, is more or less synonymous with the word “Holocaust,” having played a hand in the…

Auschwitz Survivor Baffled By Bottle Message

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The message was found this week at Auschwitz, by a group of workers, who were demolishing a wall. The wall used to be part of…

Looking at the sins of the past as debate among Nazi sons rages on

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Last week, two elderly Germans were on stage at London’s Southbank Centre in a debate about their fathers. Onlookers might think that the scene was…

Can Auschwitz Be Saved?

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Every person who has ever been to Auschwitz remembers the two tons of black and brown, blond, red, grey and white hair of those unfortunate…

Loaned Holocaust Barracks will Return to Poland

The Guardian reports that for over two decades and long negotiations, the half of a barrack in Auschwitz that was on loan to the United…

Holocaust Survivor Recalls The Bitterest Months Of Nazi Persecution

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He was arrested together with his parents and eight siblings and he lied about his age, hopping he would be sent to a labour camp…

WWII and Holocaust are no joke: Committee protests against Kimmel’s anti-Polish ethnic putdowns

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The Anti-Bigotry Committee of the Polish American Congress released an official letter in protest to the series of anti-Polish ethnic jokes which was used recently…

Turkish Students Accused of Promoting the Nazi Salute at Auschwitz

The Global Jewish News Source (JTA) reports that two tourists, students, were detained by guards on duty at the Auschwitz museum. Why? Allegedly the students…

The world gets first glimpse of real-life Private Ryan’s dramatic feat in WWII diaries

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The World War II diary: Real-life Private Ryan recorded his daily experiences during the World War II. He received three medals he won for bravery. The…

Holocaust survivor tells story of the horrors of Auschwitz

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A Holocaust survivor shares the horrors that she has witnessed in Auschwitz almost 70 years after the outbreak of the Second World War. She said…

Awareness campaign leads to probes of suspected Nazi war criminals

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BERLIN — A Nazi hunter notes that their ad campaign has produced 300 tips that point to 110 alleged Nazi criminals. Of the 110 names,…