Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

September 6, 2008 11:42:50 AM CDT

Learn about Newser Points »

Stories related to: concentration camp

Stories

9 Stories

  • July 2008

    • Nazi Hunters Track 'Dr. Death' to Patagonia

      BBC  |  Jul 9, 08 3:19 AM CDT

      Nazi Hunters Track 'Dr. Death' to Patagonia

      (Newser) - Investigators hunting Nazi war criminals believe they have discovered where their most-wanted war fugitive has been hiding, reports the BBC. The Simon Wiesenthal Center has sent experts to southern Chile to track down Aribert Heim, dubbed "Dr. Death" for his barbaric experiments on Jews in the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. Heim performed operations and amputations without anesthesia to see how much pain his victims could withstand. More »

      Tags

      Nazi  • World War II  • Holocaust  • war crimes  • Chile  • concentration camp  • Patagonia  • Simon Wiesenthal Center  • Aribert Heim

  • May 2008

    • Auschwitz Gaffe Trips Obama

      Reuters  |  May 28, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      Auschwitz Gaffe Trips Obama

      (Newser) - Barack Obama has admitted he got his concentration camps mixed up when speaking to a Memorial Day audience, Reuters reports. The candidate spoke of how his great-uncle helped liberate Auschwitz when, as Republicans were quick to point out, that couldn't have happened unless his relative was in the Soviet Red Army. Obama's great-uncle was actually among the American troops who liberated the prisoners at Buchenwald. More »

      Tags

      Barack Obama  • World War II  • Holocaust  • concentration camp  • Auschwitz

  • April 2008

    • Anne Frank Postcard Found

      BBC  |  Apr 24, 08 4:20 AM CDT

      Anne Frank Postcard Found

      (Newser) - A postcard sent by Nazi victim Anne Frank to one of her best friends has been found in a Dutch antique shop, the BBC reports. The card, sent by the 8-year-old Anne in 1937, shows a Christmas bell in a snowy field and wishes her friend good luck for the New Year. Amsterdam's Anne Frank museum believes the card is authentic. More »

      Tags

      museum  • Amsterdam  • concentration camp  • Anne Frank  • Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

  • March 2008

    • Formula One Chief Caught in 'Nazi' Orgy

      Times (UK)  |  Mar 31, 08 6:11 AM CDT

      Formula One Chief Caught in 'Nazi' Orgy

      (Newser) - Formula One leader Max Mosely is being pressured to quit his post after a newspaper obtained video of the 67-year-old Brit in a Nazi-themed sex orgy with five prostitutes. The Oxford-educated multi-millionaire, whose father was a friend of Adolf Hitler, spoke German as he beat hookers dressed as concentration camp prisoners and let a uniformed dominatrix interrogate him, reports the Times of London. More »

      Tags

      Nazi  • Adolf Hitler  • prostitute  • concentration camp  • Formula One  • sado-masochism  • Max Mosley  • FIA  • Oswald Mosley  • orgy

  • January 2008

    • 'French Anne Frank' Diaries a Hit

      Der Spiegel  |  Jan 10, 08 2:49 PM CST

      'French Anne Frank' Diaries a Hit

      (Newser) - Often called France’s Anne Frank, Helene Berr was a young Jewish student living in Nazi-occupied Paris who, like Frank, kept a diary detailing the journey from her privileged life to the reality of her fate. Just published for the first time, the diary has become a literary phenomenon, selling 26,000 copies in France in its first three days of release, Der Spiegel reports. More »

      Tags

      France  • book  • Nazi  • Holocaust  • concentration camp  • Anne Frank

  • November 2007

    • Death Camp Concert Angers Survivors

      Associated Press  |  Nov 1, 07 7:33 PM CDT

      Death Camp Concert Angers Survivors

      (Newser) - A small, neglected, concentration camp near downtown Belgrade will host a rock concert this weekend, angering Holocaust survivors and Belgrade's small Jewish population. Called "the forgotten concentration camp," Sajmiste was the site of the murder of 48,000 Serbs—leftists, nationalists, and nearly all 8,000 of Belgrade's Jews. "It's like holding a wedding at a graveyard," says the chairman of the camp's memorial center. More »

      Tags

      Holocaust  • Belgrade  • concentration camp

  • October 2007

    • German Town Wages Quirky War Against Neo-Nazis

      Der Spiegel  |  Oct 31, 07 6:39 PM CDT

      German Town Wages Quirky War Against Neo-Nazis

      (Newser) - Inhabitants of the small German town of Gräfenberg have taken up ideological arms against far-right demonstrators from the National Democratic Party, Der Spiegel r eports, running loud saws, blaring samba music, and projecting images of concentration-camp victims to disrupt their rallies. The conflict started when the town's mayor declared a war memorial private property, preventing a neo-Nazi group from rallying there. More »

      Tags

      Nazi  • Neo-Nazi  • concentration camp  • National Democratic Party

  • September 2007

    • Mystery of Holocaust Book Unfolds

      Associated Press  |  Sep 17, 07 11:04 AM CDT

      Mystery of Holocaust Book Unfolds

      (Newser) - Meticulous pen-and-ink representations of the horrors of Dachau, drawn by a Polish Catholic artist who spent most of the war in concentration camps, form the backbone of a unique album that's drawing praise and curiosity from Holocaust scholars. The AP traces the history of the handmade book and the tortured souls who created and preserved it. More »

      Tags

      book  • Holocaust  • concentration camp  • Dachau

  • May 2007

    • Death Camps May Charge Admission

      Times (UK)  |  May 31, 07 5:53 AM CDT

      Death Camps May Charge Admission

      (Newser) - Nazi concentration camps need to start charging visitors an entrance fee, those who run them say; subsidies from the German government aren't adequate for upkeep and tour guides for millions of pilgrims who visit every year. The proposal has prompted outrage from German Jews, the London Times reports.  More »

      Tags

      Germany  • Nazi  • Holocaust  • Jews  • museum  • ticket  • concentration camp  • Auschwitz  • Ronald Lauder  • Dachau

9 Stories

Today's Most Popular

Premium Articles from HighBeam

Find more articles like this

What is Newser?

2008 Codie Finalist

Newser gives you more news in less time. We search for the best and most important stories all over the web, read them for you, and deliver concise and sharp summaries—along with links to the full text. Newser provides a way to stay on top of an ever-expanding horizon of news and opinion—politics, sports, business, trends, technology, personalities, crimes, and controversies. Newser keeps you not just better informed, but, with our signature graphic interface and smart condensed format, more enjoyably informed.

Learn more »