Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: Hitler youth

Hitler youth stories: 4 news summaries

Pope Recalls Holocaust Horrors, Forgets Jews

Benedict XVI has testy relationship with Jewish community

Sep 6, 09 5:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI recognized the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II today by paying tribute to Poles and the “tragedy of the Holocaust,” but did not mention its Jewish victims, the New York Times reports. The omission may further strain relations between Jewish leaders and... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Pope Benedict XVI • Poland • Holocaust • Hitler youth • Jews • World War II

 Aide Admits 
 Pope's Hitler 
 Youth Past—  
 With Explanation 

Played 'no role in his life,' says spokesman

May 13, 09 1:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict's chief spokesman baffled many yesterday by insisting that the pontiff had never been in the Hitler Youth group, despite the Pope's own biography saying he was a member, the Los Angeles Times reports. "The Pope was never in the Hitler Youth, never, never, never,'' Father Federico... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Israel • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Holocaust • Hitler youth • Vatican • Nazi

 Pundit's Pontificating Draws Fire 

Maher sorry for Nazi jibe, but Catholics want scalp over cult remarks

Apr 21, 08 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Not for the first time, people are calling for Bill Maher's head—in this case for taking pot shots at Pope Benedict XVI on his HBO show. "If you have a few hundred followers and you let some of them molest children, they call you a cult leader,"... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Pope Benedict XVI • Hitler youth • sexual abuse • Catholicism • Bill Maher • Pope Benedict's US visit • Bill Maher Grid

Hitler Youth HQ to Become Posh Club

British investor will remodel and
reopen long-fallow building

Apr 24, 07 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - An idling behemoth in Berlin that has housed both the Hitler Youth and the East German Communist Party will soon become a swanky media club, complete with a 42-seat theater, a swimming pool and upscale bars. A secretive British investor recently bought the Bauhaus landmark, and hopes to open a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Berlin • Hitler youth • East German Communist Party • Jews • investors • club • Nazi • Britain

4 Stories


from our news partners

Associated PressAssociated Press