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Nazi War Crimes Trial

Nazi hunter seeks extradition of 88-year-old accused of wartime atrocities

Nov 11, 08 3:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Germany's top Nazi hunter is seeking the extradition of a retired Ohio autoworker accused of war crimes, the Times of London reports. The investigator says he finally has conclusive evidence that Ukrainian-born former SS trooper John Demjanjuk, 88, was the man know as Ivan the Terrible, responsible for the deaths... More »

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Holocaust • war crimes • concentration camp • Nazi • extradition • John Demjanjuk

Nazi Hunters Track 'Dr. Death' to Patagonia

Sadistic concentration camp physician is most wanted surviving Nazi

Jul 9, 08 3:19 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Auschwitz Gaffe Trips Obama 

Candidate mixes up his camps when talking about great-uncle

May 28, 08 7:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Anne Frank Postcard Found 

Dutch teacher discovers holiday greeting from young Holocaust victim

Apr 24, 08 4:20 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Formula One Chief Caught
in 'Nazi' Orgy

'Concentration camp' sex video sparks calls for Mosely's resignation

Mar 31, 08 6:11 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

'French Anne Frank' Diaries a Hit

Account of life in Nazi-occupied Paris only now available

Jan 10, 08 2:49 PM CST
(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... More »

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Holocaust • France • concentration camp • Nazi • book • Anne Frank • Helene Berr • typhus

Death Camp Concert Angers Survivors

Belgrade camp has been neglected; buildings illegally sold

Nov 1, 07 7:33 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Holocaust • Belgrade • concentration camp • Sajmiste

German Town Wages Quirky War Against Neo-Nazis

Sausages, samba and saws disrupt rallies

Oct 31, 07 6:39 PM CDT
(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 reports, 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... More »

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

Mystery of Holocaust Book Unfolds

Survivor's daughter turns curiosity about inheritance into international quest

Sep 17, 07 11:04 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Holocaust • Dachau • concentration camp • Shari Klages • Michal Porulski • book

Death Camps May Charge Admission

Dachau, other German sites say they're running out of cash to support programs

May 31, 07 5:53 AM CDT
(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 »

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

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