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Nazis stories: 38 news summaries

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 Hilter Used 
 Jews' Gold 
 Fillings in 
 His Mouth 

Dentist had 11 pounds of gold for senior Nazi officials

Oct 9, 09 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Adolf Hitler's dentist placed  ten fillings in the führer's mouth in 1944, most likely made from gold fillings removed from Jews at concentration camps, according to a new book. Hitler's dentist had 11 pounds of gold from concentration camp fillings at his disposal to treat senior Nazi officials, according... More »

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Jews • Adolf Hitler • dentistry • Nazis • concentration camps

 Hannity Guest: 
 I'm No Nazi—Obama Is 

Gov't practicing Nazism 'almost line for line'

Aug 25, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a congressman compared health care protesters to “brown shirts,” a disabled Marine vet appeared on Sean Hannity’s show to refute the claim, saying the “Nazi” label was better placed on the Democrats, Gawker reports. “I don’t think it’s acceptable language that he’... More »

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Fox News • Sean Hannity • health care reform • Marine • Nazis • Obama administration

book excerpt

 Hitler Sent Troops 
 to Russia's Frozen Hell 

Unprepared troops suffered 'horrific' consequences

Jul 26, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Adolf Hitler sent his troops to invade Russia, he gave little thought to their warmth—leaving them in “desperate need” of millions of hats, gloves, and coats, writes historian Andrew Roberts in a Daily Telegraph book excerpt. “One can't put any trust in the meteorological forecasts,”... More »

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Russia • Adolf Hitler • history • invasion • Nazis

Senator: US Is Where Germany Was Before WWII

Oh, and we're like Iran and Venezuela, too, says DeMint

Jul 9, 09 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint apparently thinks Barack Obama is a lot like Hitler. “Where we are, we’re about where Germany was before World War II where they became a social democracy,” he said at a National Press Club event last night to promote his new book,... More »

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Barack Obama • Republican • Nazis • Jim DeMint

(Newser) - Al Gore today likened the challenge of global warming to the threat from Nazi Germany and the Axis powers, the Times of London reports. Gore reminded a British audience that “Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilization in World War II,” saying the situation... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • global warming • England • World War II • Nazis • Axis • Winston Churchill

Demjanjuk Fit
to Stand Trial, Germany Rules

Accused Nazi death-camp guard, 89, is officially stateless

Jul 3, 09 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Demjanjuk is physically able to stand trial for his alleged role as an accessory to murder in a Nazi death camp, German officials ruled today. The family of the retired Ohio autoworker, 89, had said ill health made him unfit, but the only condition doctors imposed was a limit... More »

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genocide • Germany • Holocaust • murder • Ohio • concentration camp • John Demjanjuk • Nazis • Sobibor • death camp

 Nazis Ran a Staggering 
 20K Concentration Camps 

Decade-long study could change scholars' 'mental universe'

Jun 4, 09 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A year's work on a new Holocaust encyclopedia pointed researchers to some 15,000 concentration camps they hadn’t known about, a finding that could shift the public's perception of the Holocaust, the Washington Post reports. “Instead of thinking of main death camps, people are going to understand that... More »

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Holocaust • research • Holocaust Museum • concentration camp • history • encyclopedia • Nazis

 Priest: Holocaust's Toll
 Likely Higher Than Thought

Catholic makes it his life's work to investigate killing sites in eastern Europe

May 23, 09 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Catholic priest probing the slaughter of Jews in Eastern Europe believes the Holocaust's true death toll may be far higher than the 5 to 6 million historians have settled on, the Times of London reports. Father Patrick Desbois has spent the last five years methodically investigating mass graves in... More »

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Russia • Holocaust • Ukraine • Belarus • Nazis • Catholic priest • Patrick Desbois

(Newser) - Festival fave Quentin Tarantino opened his comic-fantasy take on World War II, Inglourious Basterds, at Cannes today. The film traces Jewish-American soldiers, led by Brad Pitt, as they annihilate as many Nazis in France as three grisly hours can fit. Some early sentiment:
  • "It's western meets war movie,
... More »

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Brad Pitt • film • France • Quentin Tarantino • Cannes Film Festival • World War II • Nazis • Inglourious Basterds

(Newser) - Crimes by the radical right jumped 16% last year in Germany, where officials are warning about a surge in activity by "anarchist neo-Nazis" who incite violence at demonstrations, reports Der Spiegel. The "neo-Nazi part of the spectrum" is also "gaining greater influence" within the far-right NDP party,... More »

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Germany • Nazism • Nazis • right-wing attacks • right-wing extremism • NDP

 'Funny Fuhrer' 
 Finally Hits Berlin 

'The Producers' inspires uneasy laughs with its German debut

May 19, 09 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Producers has goose-stepped its way onto a German stage 76 years after the springtime when Hitler took power, the New York Times reports. There were plenty of laughs—if sometimes uneasy ones—on opening night Sunday, but the Nazi-mocking musical and its swastika-laden ads prompted a fresh round of... More »

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Germany • Berlin • Adolf Hitler • Mel Brooks • The Producers • Nazis

 Demjanjuk 
 Taken to 
 German Prison 

Nazi war crimes suspect to hear charges at Munich jail

May 12, 09 5:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Accused Nazi guard John Demjanjuk arrived today in Germany and was taken from Munich airport directly to prison, AP reports. German authorities have charged the retired Cleveland auto worker with being an accessory to the murder of some 29,000 civilians in Nazi-occupied Poland. His deportation from the US sets... More »

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Germany • Holocaust • deportation • Nazi • Munich • John Demjanjuk • Nazis

(Newser) - The US has formally deported John Demjanjuk, who left Cleveland for Munich this evening by medical transport plane and should arrive in Germany tomorrow, the Plain Dealer reports. The attorney for the accused Nazi death camp guard said it may be several months before his client is tried on accessory... More »

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Cleveland • deportation • John Demjanjuk • Nazis • Gemany • Sobibor

(Newser) - As France starved under Germany’s thumb, Nazi officers showered the mademoiselles of Paris’ finest brothels with cash, chocolates, and looted art. Such “horizontal collaboration” defined the golden age of French prostitution as described in a new book, the Daily Mail reports. The author argues that, far from engaging... More »

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prostitution • France • World War II • brothel • Nazi collaborators • Nazis

Prof's Nazi-Israeli Comparison Stirs Uproar

Students, faculty defend instructor amid anti-Semitism charges

Apr 30, 09 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A UC Santa Barbara professor's decision to send his students an email comparing graphic photographs of the Holocaust's Jewish victims to similar shots taken of Palestinians during the recent offensive in Gaza has caused an uproar. Many students and faculty members have expressed support for the professor, who is Jewish,... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Holocaust • professor • Arab Israeli conflict • anti-Semitism • Israeli Army • Nazis • UC Santa Barbara • academic freedom • Anti-Defamation League • Gaza war

 Travelers  
 Flock to  
 Nazi Tours  

For many tourists, Germany means beer and Hitler

Apr 23, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world has moved on in many ways, but for many tourists, a visit to Germany often boils down to two things: beer and Hitler. "I'm no Nazi," said an American who's spending most of his four-day visit on Hitler's trail. "I'm just interested in Germany.... More »

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Germany • tourism • World War II • Third Reich • Munich • Nazis • Jeff Cox

(Newser) - This could be awkward. Mel Brooks’ The Producers has been a smash around the world, but will the Hitler-mocking musical play in Germany? The Admiralspalast theater in Berlin—which the real Führer once frequented—is betting Germans are ready to laugh at the blood-soaked past, the Daily Mail reports.... More »

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Germany • Berlin • Adolf Hitler • Mel Brooks • The Producers • Nazis • Mein Kampf

Hearst Castle Will Return Paintings Seized by Nazis

Descendants of Holocaust victim to reclaim Renaissance artworks

Apr 9, 09 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two Renaissance paintings confiscated by the Nazis will be returned to the descendants of their Jewish owners after decades hanging in California's Hearst Castle, the Los Angeles Times  reports. Relatives of the Oppenheimers, art dealers whose possessions were sold at a forced auction, are traveling from all over the world... More »

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Holocaust • art • painting • William Randolph Hearst • looted art • Nazis • Hearst Castle • San Simeon • Jakob Oppenheimer • Rosa Oppenheimer

 Accused Nazi 
 Begs US 
 to Keep Him 

He may be deported to Germany for war crimes trial

Apr 1, 09 4:13 PM CDT
(AP) - An American resident with a reputed Nazi past is asking the US to block his deportation to Germany, citing humanitarian reasons. John Demjanjuk, a Ukrainian immigrant who turns 89 this week, is charged in an arrest warrant in Germany with 29,000 counts of acting as an accessory to murder... More »

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Germany • Holocaust • war crimes • United States • deportation • World War II • John Demjanjuk • Nazis



 Winslet's 
 Oscar Bid 
 Battered by 
 Nazi Furor 


'Nazi porn' asks use to 'empathize with mass murderer'

Feb 15, 09 8:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Mounting criticism of The Reader as an apologia for the Nazis is seriously undermining Kate Winslet's chances for an Oscar, reports the Telegraph. Critics have blasted the film as "Nazi porn," and the author of a book on Hitler charged in a recent article in Slate that it... More »

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Academy Awards • Germany • concentration camp • award show • BAFTA • movies • Nazis • Kate Winslet • The Reader • films • Oscars

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