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Three Artworks Allegedly Looted By Nazis Seized From US Museums
US authorities seized three artworks allegedly looted by the Nazis and which are being sought by the heirs of a Jewish art collector who died in the Holocaust, officials said Thursday.
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World War II Era Rolex Worn During "Great Escape" Sold For $189,000
A Rolex watch worn by a British prisoner during the real-life "Great Escape" from the Nazi Stalag Luft III prisoner-of-war camp sold for $189,000 on Thursday in New York.
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Facebook Removes Trump Campaign Ads With Symbol Once Used By Nazis
Facebook on Thursday deactivated dozens of ads placed by US President Donald Trump's reelection campaign that included a symbol once used by the Nazis to designate political prisoners in concentration camps.
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30 US Prison Guard Trainees To Be Fired For "Nazi Salute" In Photo
Thirty apprentice prison officers in the eastern United States will be fired for making a Nazi salute in a group photo, the state governor said on Monday.
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Germany's Highest Court Rejects Appeal By 95-Year-Old "Bookkeeper Of Auschwitz"
Germany's highest court has rejected an appeal filed by a man known as the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz", who was sentenced last year to four years in prison for his role in the murder of 300,000 people at the Nazi death camp.
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Suspected Former Nazi Camp Guard Dies In Croatia At 91
Jakob Denzinger, a suspected former Nazi prison guard at Auschwitz and other camps, has died in his native Croatia. He was 91.
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Records Show Adolf Hitler Enjoyed Special Treatment In Prison
Historical documents show Adolf Hitler enjoyed special treatment, including plentiful supplies of beer, during his time in Landsberg prison.
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German Court Finds 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' Guilty
A 94-year-old German man who worked as a bookkeeper at the Auschwitz death camp was convicted today of being an accessory to the murder of 300,000 people and sentenced to four years in prison, in what could be one of the last big Holocaust trials.
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Auschwitz Commander's Barber, Jozef Paczynski Dies at 95
Former Auschwitz prisoner Jozef Paczynski, who was barber to the Nazi German death camp's infamous commander Rudolf Hoess, has died at the age of 95, local media said Monday.
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Nazi Prisoners' Imaginary Feasts Explored in Berlin Documentary
A documentary screening at the Berlin film festival looks at how Nazi concentration camp prisoners, POWs in Japan and people trapped in the Soviet gulag system used their imagination to overcome hunger.
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Syria rejects report of systematic torture and killing in prisons
Syria on Wednesday rejected a report purporting to show the systematic torture and killing of about 11,000 detainees, calling it an attempt to undermine peace efforts as diplomats gathered in Switzerland for talks.
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Report details 'industrial' killing of 11,000 in Syrian jails
A Syrian military police photographer has supplied "clear evidence" showing the systematic torture and killing of about 11,000 detainees in circumstances that evoked Nazi death camps, former war crimes prosecutors said.
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Three Artworks Allegedly Looted By Nazis Seized From US Museums
US authorities seized three artworks allegedly looted by the Nazis and which are being sought by the heirs of a Jewish art collector who died in the Holocaust, officials said Thursday.
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World War II Era Rolex Worn During "Great Escape" Sold For $189,000
A Rolex watch worn by a British prisoner during the real-life "Great Escape" from the Nazi Stalag Luft III prisoner-of-war camp sold for $189,000 on Thursday in New York.
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Facebook Removes Trump Campaign Ads With Symbol Once Used By Nazis
Facebook on Thursday deactivated dozens of ads placed by US President Donald Trump's reelection campaign that included a symbol once used by the Nazis to designate political prisoners in concentration camps.
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30 US Prison Guard Trainees To Be Fired For "Nazi Salute" In Photo
Thirty apprentice prison officers in the eastern United States will be fired for making a Nazi salute in a group photo, the state governor said on Monday.
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Germany's Highest Court Rejects Appeal By 95-Year-Old "Bookkeeper Of Auschwitz"
Germany's highest court has rejected an appeal filed by a man known as the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz", who was sentenced last year to four years in prison for his role in the murder of 300,000 people at the Nazi death camp.
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Suspected Former Nazi Camp Guard Dies In Croatia At 91
Jakob Denzinger, a suspected former Nazi prison guard at Auschwitz and other camps, has died in his native Croatia. He was 91.
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Records Show Adolf Hitler Enjoyed Special Treatment In Prison
Historical documents show Adolf Hitler enjoyed special treatment, including plentiful supplies of beer, during his time in Landsberg prison.
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German Court Finds 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' Guilty
A 94-year-old German man who worked as a bookkeeper at the Auschwitz death camp was convicted today of being an accessory to the murder of 300,000 people and sentenced to four years in prison, in what could be one of the last big Holocaust trials.
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Auschwitz Commander's Barber, Jozef Paczynski Dies at 95
Former Auschwitz prisoner Jozef Paczynski, who was barber to the Nazi German death camp's infamous commander Rudolf Hoess, has died at the age of 95, local media said Monday.
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Nazi Prisoners' Imaginary Feasts Explored in Berlin Documentary
A documentary screening at the Berlin film festival looks at how Nazi concentration camp prisoners, POWs in Japan and people trapped in the Soviet gulag system used their imagination to overcome hunger.
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Syria rejects report of systematic torture and killing in prisons
Syria on Wednesday rejected a report purporting to show the systematic torture and killing of about 11,000 detainees, calling it an attempt to undermine peace efforts as diplomats gathered in Switzerland for talks.
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Report details 'industrial' killing of 11,000 in Syrian jails
A Syrian military police photographer has supplied "clear evidence" showing the systematic torture and killing of about 11,000 detainees in circumstances that evoked Nazi death camps, former war crimes prosecutors said.
