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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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 Group Makes
 Last Hunt for
 Top Nazis 

Death camp doctor who decapitated Jewish teen heads the list

Apr 30, 08 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A doctor at barbaric Mauthausen concentration camp heads the list of the 10 most-wanted Nazis sought by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, AP reports. Aribert Heim, 93, is believed to be living in South America, and has a $485,000 reward on his head. One witness recalled how the physician-butcher decapitated... More »

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Holocaust • Nazi • World War II • SS • Mauthausen concentration camp • Simon Wiesenthal Center • Aribert Heim • John Demjanjuk • Sandor Kepiro • Milivoj Asner • Soeren Kam • Erich Wasicky • Berlin Document Center

Hitler Gets Dolled Up
in Ukraine

Barbie-sized dolls of Nazi boss to go on sale, with accessories

Apr 24, 08 3:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Adolf Hitler dolls—with arms that move to make the infamous "sieg heil" salute—will soon be on sale in the Ukraine, the BBC reports. The Barbie-sized figure, which even comes with a change of outfits, is certain to spark an outcry in the country where the Nazis killed... More »

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Adolf Hitler • Nazi • Ukraine • Neo-Nazi

Formula One Boss Denies Nazi Theme
in Hooker Orgy

Mosley sues Brit newspaper over story

Apr 3, 08 2:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Formula One Racing chief Max Mosley has denied that the videotaped sado-masochistic orgy he participated in with five prostitutes was Nazi-themed. Mosley claims he spoke German during the orgy simply because several of the call-girls were German, not as a part of Nazi role playing, as the News of the ... More »

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sex scandal • Formula One • Nazi • Max Mosley • FIA

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

Germany Torn Over Reviving Iron Cross

Controversy rages over 19th-century medal linked to Nazi regime

Mar 7, 08 3:40 PM CST
(Newser) - German officials are debating whether to bring back the Iron Cross, a military insignia closely associated with the Nazi era, the Independent reports. Some 5,000 Germans signed a petition last year calling for the reintroduction of the decoration for "outstanding bravery," which was eliminated in 1945. Others... More »

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Germany • Adolf Hitler • Nazi • World War II • Iron Cross

Holocaust Memoir Mostly Fiction: Author

Best-seller on Jewish girl saved by wolves a fantasy, Belgian admits

Feb 29, 08 6:15 PM CST
(Newser) - A best-selling Holocaust memoir, which follows a 7-year-old Jewish girl who lived with wolves after losing her parents to the Nazis, is mostly fictional, its author confesses—in particular, the parts about the wolves and her being Jewish, Reuters reports. Misha Defonseca says she "always felt Jewish," but,... More »

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Holocaust • fiction • Nazi • memoir • escape

Will Smith Wins Libel Suit Over Hitler Slur

London news agency apologizes for claiming actor praised dictator

Feb 22, 08 4:25 PM CST
(Newser) - A London news agency must pay undisclosed damages and apologize to Will Smith for publishing a story that erroneously quoted the actor as saying Adolf Hitler was a “good person.” E! Online reports that the World Entertainment News Network picked up and greatly distorted quotes from Smith’s... More »

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libel • Adolf Hitler • tabloids • Nazi • Will Smith • World Entertainment News Network • false accusations

Arts Nazis Stole Goes on Exhibit

French/Israeli exhibit looks for owners of plundered paintings

Feb 20, 08 1:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Authorities in France and Israel are attempting to return paintings seized by Nazis during World War II to families to whom they belong, and have organized an exhibit of 50 “orphaned” works in Israel to solicit rightful claims. The tranquil themes of many of the works in the exhibit,... More »

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Israel • Holocaust • France • art • painting • Nazi • Henri Matisse • Claude Monet • Philippe Mercier • Gustave Courbet • Joachim von Ribbentrop • Isaac Herzog • Christine Albanel • Pieter de Hooch

Germans Find Hidden Nazi Gold

Gold pinpointed in cavern, stolen chamber of the czars could be nearby

Feb 20, 08 7:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Treasure hunters in Germany have announced they've found a secret stash of Nazi gold in an underground cavern and they believe it could be from the looted Amber Room of the Russian czars, Der Speigel reports. Instruments have detected what could be 2 tons of gold in the cavern near... More »

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Russia • Germany • Nazi • treasure • history • World War II • czar • gold • Amber Room • Luftwaffe • discovery

Critics Blast Sarkozy's Holocaust School Plan

Prez wants each 5th grader to study a victim

Feb 16, 08 12:53 PM CST
(Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has sparked a new controversy: The maverick leader is  now defending his plan to have every fifth grader study a French youth killed in the Holocaust. Critics, including Jewish analysts, warn the move could traumatize students. But one historian applauded Sarkozy's "courage" and said what... More »

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education • Israel • Holocaust • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Jews • religion • Nazi • Catholicism • separation of church and state • anti-Semitism • French schools

Hungarian Right-Wingers Evoke Nazi-Era Militia

Black-booted Hungarian Guard stirs fears

Feb 13, 08 2:07 PM CST
(Newser) - A far-right group reminiscent of Nazi-era fascist militias is causing alarm in Hungary and echoing nationalist movements across Eastern Europe, the Los Angeles Times reports. Members of the Hungarian Guard march wearing black uniforms that resemble those of the Arrow Cross, a militia that helped Nazis kill thousands of Hungarian... More »

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Holocaust • Nazi • Hungary • nationalism • Tom Lantos • Magyar Garda • Hungarian Guard • Arrow Cross

Congressman Lantos Dead at 80

Californian was the only Holocaust survivor in Congress

Feb 11, 08 11:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, has died at 80. The California Democrat disclosed his cancer last month and announced that he wouldn't seek reelection. His widow said in a statement that his life was "defined by courage, optimism, and unwavering dedication to his principles... More »

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Holocaust • obituary • Nazi • Tom Lantos • Raoul Wallenberg • Iraq war

Turks Find Hitler's 'Lost Fleet'

Three German U-boats located in Black Sea

Feb 4, 08 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Three World War II U-boats, known as "Hitler's lost fleet," have been discovered off the Turkish coast, the Telegraph reports. A Turkish team combined archival research with sailor interviews and sonar technology to find the wreckage, part of the six-boat fleet that dogged Russian ships in the Black... More »

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Germany • Adolf Hitler • Black Sea • sailor • Nazi • history • World War II • submarine • Romania • U-boats • Hitler's lost fleet • sonar • discovery

New Dictionary Helps Germans Steer Clear of 'Nazi Words'

Taboo terms tainted
by Third Reich

Jan 31, 08 5:10 PM CST
(Newser) - German words like "Endlösung" (final solution) have been tainted, likely forever, by their association with the Nazis. A new dictionary looks at how the horrors of Hitler's regime changed the German language, Der Spiegel reports. The "Dictionary of Coming to Terms With the Past" looks at how... More »

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Germany • Nazi • language • dictionary

'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

Smith Too Jiggy With Hitler,
Say Irate Jews

Legend actor said Nazi chief tried to do 'what
he thought was good'

Dec 25, 07 8:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Will Smith finds himself in some hot water with the Jewish Defense League after telling a Scottish newspaper that Hitler didn't mean to do evil, but rather, using "a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was 'good.'"  The JDL denounced Smith's remark... More »

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Adolf Hitler • Nazi • Will Smith • Jewish Defense League • I am Legend • Fresh Prince

Nazi Architect's Son Has His Own Designs

Father's shadow hasn't kept Albert Speer from worldwide impact

Dec 22, 07 6:14 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s hard to make a name for yourself when you share a name with your father, harder when the father was a famous Nazi architect and friend of Hitler. Urban planner Albert Speer constantly battles the association, keeping a low profile, and, though he has made his mark worldwide,... More »

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architecture • Germany • Adolf Hitler • Nazi • Olympic Games • urban revitalization • Albert Speer • Munich

Man's Best Friend Just Following Orders

Hitler-saluting dog is looking for a new home

Dec 19, 07 4:43 PM CST
(Newser) - A healthy, friendly, affectionate and evidently obedient Alsatian is looking for a good home. Taught by his master to affect a Nazi salute on command, Adolf—that's right—is in a Berlin animal shelter. His owner is in jail after showing the trick to police in a country where all... More »

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Germany • Adolf Hitler • Nazi • accident

Competing With Neo-Nazis for the Youth Vote

German officials fight skinhead music with
a CD of their own

Nov 14, 07 6:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The government of one East German state is so concerned about the influence of neo-Nazi extremism on the young that it's handing out free CDs of leftist punk music as an antidote. Der Speigel reports that the tactic is borrowed from the far-right NPD party itself, which has been distributing... More »

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Nazi • German • punk music • Neo-Nazi • Landser

Protesters Thwart Neo-Nazi Rally in Prague

'I don't like these idiots with their shaved heads,' says one

Nov 11, 07 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Neo-Nazis marching on the anniversary of the infamous 1938 Nazi pogrom Kristallnacht ran into a wall of more than 1,000 counter-protesters bearing the Star of David in Prague's old Jewish quarter yesterday, the BBC reports. Czech police had earlier detained some of the skinheads, members of the Young Nationalist... More »

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Holocaust • Czech Republic • Nazi • Prague • Kristallnacht • Neo-Nazi • Young Nationalist Democrats • Star of David

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