As a German-Australian, I’ve been learning the importance of grappling with the past — lest we repeat its horrors
With wars raging and the far-right rising, it’s never been more important to confront the past — whether that’s through the ...
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German students face suspension over Nazi salute video recorded in Auschwitz-Birkenau
Incident during a trip of German students to Krakow and the Auschwitz ... The following day, they visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in Oświęcim. According to "Bild", while staying in a ...
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Holocaust survivors share their experiences on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
The concentration camp, located in Oświęcim, Poland ... In total, around 6 million Jews were killed in German-occupied Europe between 1941 and 1945. The opening speech of the ceremony was ...
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Germany court upholds conviction of 99-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary
BERLIN – Germany’s highest court has upheld the guilty verdict of a 99-year-old woman convicted as an accessory to murders in a Nazi concentration camp. German Jewish leaders applauded the ...
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German man who was oldest-ever person tried for Nazi crimes has died at 102
(JTA) — The oldest former Nazi camp guard ever put on trial in Germany has died while waiting for an appeal after being sentenced to five years in prison. He was 102. Josef Schütz was found ...