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The accused Josef S. covers his face as he sits at the court room in Brandenburg, Germany, Tuesday, June 28, 2022.

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A German court sentences 101-year-old to 5 years for role as Nazi guard

5:39am June 28, 2022

by The Associated Press

The regional court in Germany convicted the man of 3,518 counts of being an accessory to murder for serving at the Nazis' Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.

Reflecting On The Greensboro Massacre 40 Years Later

5:16pm October 31, 2019

by David Ford

This weekend during the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Greensboro Massacre, people will gather over a three-day conference to celebrate the lives of those lost through music, theatre, and dance. They'll also explore the root causes and community responses to right-wing violence — then and now.

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A Woman Of No Importance, by Sonia Purnell

Virginia Hall, The Subject Of 'A Woman Of No Importance,' Was Anything But

6:01am April 11, 2019

by Genevieve Valentine

A very smooth read about a rocky life, Sonia Purnell's biography of the masterful WWII spy is a reminder of what can be done with a few brave people — and a little resistance.

Defendant Johann Rehbogen, a 94-year-old former SS guard, appears at the regional court in Münster, Germany, on Tuesday.

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94-Year-Old Ex-Nazi Guard Goes On Trial Over Mass Killings At Concentration Camps

4:34pm November 06, 2018

by Ruben Kimmelman

In court in Germany, Johann Rehbogen is charged with being an accessory in the murders of several hundred Jewish and Polish prisoners at the Stutthof concentration camp in the early 1940s.

Jakiw Palij immigrated to the U.S. in 1949. According to U.S. authorities, he concealed his Nazi service.

Alleged Nazi Labor Camp Guard Deported To Germany

4:27pm August 21, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The White House says that Jakiw Palij was a guard at a Nazi labor camp in occupied Poland and that he lied about his past when he immigrated to the U.S. For years, no country would accept him.

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Researchers from the Sea War Museum Jutland announced they found a Nazi U-boat that disappeared a day after Germans surrendered to Danish forces in 1945.

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Missing Nazi Submarine Found Near Denmark; Spoiler: Hitler Is Probably Not Onboard

8:33pm April 19, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

Researchers said they located a German U-boat that went "on the run" from British forces as the war ended. The discovery ends speculation that Adolf Hitler used it to escape to South America.

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1979 Klan-Nazi Attack Survivor Hopes For A 'Justice River'

3:12pm August 21, 2017

by Associated Press, Martha Waggoner

The Rev.

A woman cleans a Stolperstein, or "stumbling stone," placed in the sidewalk in front of houses where victims of the Holocaust lived before they were deported and killed by the Nazis.

How Charlottesville Looks From Berlin

2:50pm August 16, 2017

by Maggie Penman

An American in Germany writes about the very different way that nation preserves and remembers the shameful parts of its history.

A member of the federal police holds an hourglass with Nazi markings on Friday at the Interpol headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

PHOTOS: Trove Of Nazi Artifacts Uncovered In Argentina

6:09pm June 20, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The artifacts will be donated to the Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires following an investigation. It's not clear how the objects ended up in Argentina, though many prominent Nazis fled there.

Supporters of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan walk to the Dutch consulate in Istanbul on Saturday. Turkey and the Netherlands escalated their spat on Saturday as the Dutch withdrew landing permission for the Turkish foreign minister's plane.

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Dutch Ban Turkish Official From Entry, Erdogan Hits Back With 'Nazi' Comment

11:40pm March 11, 2017

by Miles Parks

For the second time this month, the Turkish president compared a European Union ally's government to that of Nazi Germany.