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6300 Files and Documents On The Holocaust Found Behind Wall Of Budapest Apartment

A new, huge collection of World War Two Nazi census documents has been discovered in a flat in Hungary.  A couple living in the flat…

Grandson of SS War Criminal Priebke Granted Name Change

The grandson of a World War Two Nazi war criminal has been granted the opportunity to change his name and remove his grandfather’s surname from…

German Grandmother On Trial for Inciting Right-wing Hatred and Denying Existence of Auschwitz

An elderly German woman has declared that the Auschwitz concentration camp was never historically proven to have existed. Ursula Haverbeck, who is now 87 years…

Furor over Nazi Banner Used in Documentary

Outrage and chaos consumed the streets of Nice, France over the weekend as an enormous Nazi banner was unveiled on the side of a government…

Guest blogger Alex Kershaw: Liberation of Dachau Part II

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau on April 29th, Alex Kershaw has sent us an extract from his book The Liberator  You…

Guest blogger Alex Kershaw: Liberation of Dachau Part I

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau on April 29th, Alex Kershaw has sent us an extract from his book The Liberator …

The owner of Winston Churchill’s London house speaks in favour of her accused Nazi relative

Ian Harvey
Winston Churchill

The townhouse in London where Sir Winston Churchill, the former British Prime Minister, took his last breath is now under the possession of a multi-millionaire,…

The Ultimate Reunion of a Father and His Son

Ian Harvey
Father

It was the year of 1975 when from Florence, Italy Rudiger started his journey for Egypt. The purpose with which Rudger Heim came to Egypt…

Former Nazi Guards Prosecuted with New Evidence

Ian Harvey

Most former Nazi guards are advanced in their age, and those who had not yet been put on trial for judgment of potential war crimes…

Can Auschwitz Be Saved?

Ian Harvey
Auschwitz

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…

Vienna Philharmonic revokes awards made during Nazi-era

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The Vienna Philharmonic orchestra has recently revoked the awards it has given to six leading Nazis during Hitler’s rule. This move was in response to…