World War II

Trial of former Nazi guard collapses over his health

Judges end proceedings in trial of former SS guard at Stutthof due to questions about his health.

Former Nazi death camp guard charged with accessory to murder

German prosecutors charge 95-year-old with more than 36,000 counts of accessory to murder at the Mauthausen camp.

Poland: Prosecutor demoted for not probing articles on Holocaust

Polish demotes prosecutor who nixed probes against US researcher for claiming Poles killed more Jews than Germans during World War II.

Canada apologizes for turning away Jews who fled Nazis

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologizes for Canada's refusal in 1939 to admit Jewish asylum seekers fleeing Nazi Germany.

Dutch Nazi art probe rejects Kandinsky claim

Heirs of Jewish art collector lose bid to reclaim a Kandinsky painting sold to Amsterdam's famous Stedelijk Museum during WW II.

Father of Holocaust denial movement dead at 89

French academic Robert Faurisson, who helped build Holocaust-denial movement, dies at age 89.

German President apologizes for the Holocaust

Frank-Walter Steinmeier apologizes for the Nazis' crimes during a visit to a concentration camp in Greece.

Danish PM:

'An attack on Jews is an attack on all of Denmark'

President Rivlin participates in ceremony marking 75th anniversary of the rescue of Danish Jews at the Great Synagogue in Copenhagen.

Ex-Nazi soldier loses final appeal to keep Canadian citizenship

Court: 'Reasonable' to strip citizenship from former Nazi who lied in order to enter Canada.

Nazis’ aerial photography helps map, preserve Jewish cemeteries

German government funding effort to use Nazi photographs to find, preserve Jewish cemeteries in Eastern Europe.

Former SS guard to stand trial over deaths at Stutthof

94-year-old to go on trial on charges of complicity in mass murders of several hundred prisoners at Stutthof concentration camp.

New book reveals depth of French collaboration with Nazis

'The State Against the Jews' reveals French authorities were willing collaborators in hunting down, deporting Jews to concentration camps.

UK ignored rise of anti-Semitism in WWII, documents show

Newly-released documents show British authorities ignored massive increase in anti-Semitism in UK during World War II.

Unopened letter sent to Anne Frank’s father in 1942 to be sold

Unopened letter discovered among deceased stamp collector's belongings to be auctioned off.

Poland obtains WWII archive showing efforts to save Jews

Poland obtains archive that documents efforts by Polish diplomats to get Jews out of Europe.

Jewish US soldier buried 74 years after going missing in WWII

Hometown hero David Rosenkrantz buried by family in California, after having been listed as missing since World War II.

The July 1938 Conference that sealed the fate of European Jewry

The Evian Conference on Jewish refugees from Nazism gave Hitler the green light to implement the Final Solution.

Anne Frank’s family was never denied US visas, study states

New study shows Frank family's documents, visa applications, were lost, not rejected.

Soldier who played cantor during WWII 'tried his best'

Max Fuchs, US soldier who led historic Jewish service in Germany during WWII, dies at 96.

Pushing Poland to acknowledge destroyed Jewish cemetery

Haredim flock to Polish schoolyard where they say a cemetery used to stand.

This Jewish man survived World War II -- in Axis-era Japan

Son of Russian-Jewish immigrants says his best friend was a member of Hitler Youth, but he 'didn't feel he was living among the enemy.'

Einstein letters on the auction block

Letters written by Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa, including one written during and about the Holocaust, are up for auction.

Holocaust survivor who comforted Anne Frank passes away

Gena Turgel, who comforted Anne Frank at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp before her death, dies at 95.

101-year-old Jewish British World War II vet honored by Queen

Mordaunt Cohen receives Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to education about World War II.

Mass evacuation expected in Berlin due to old bomb

Central railway station, government offices and hospital to be evacuated on Friday, in order to neutralize huge explosive from World War II.

Poland approves holiday honoring Poles who saved Jews

Polish lawmakers approve national holiday honoring the Poles who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.

Polish Holocaust rescuers urge dialogue with Israel

Poles who saved Jews during the Holocaust call for dialogue between Poland and Israel amid row over Holocaust law.

Poland's opposition proposes amendment to Holocaust law

Poland's main opposition party tables amendment to government's controversial Holocaust bill.

Polish official: The prime minister said the truth

Poland's Bronisław Wildstein says Polish PM didn't blame Jews for the Holocaust but did "speak the truth" and doesn't have to apologize.

Arutz Sheva host receives France's highest honor

Veteran journalist and Arutz Sheva host Walter Bingham awarded the Legion d’Honneur for his role in the invasion of Normandy.

Merkel won't comment on Polish law

German Chancellor declines to comment on Polish law imposing jail terms for suggesting the country was complicit in the Holocaust.

Tillerson 'disappointed' after Polish bill signed

Secretary of State expresses concern that controversial Polish law "affects freedom of speech and academic inquiry".

Polish Senate approves controversial Holocaust bill

Polish senators approve bill making it illegal to suggest Poland was responsible for Nazi atrocities. President must now sign it into law.

State Department urges Poland to re-evaluate Holocaust law

State Department spokeswoman says U.S. concerned about repercussions of proposed Polish law on Holocaust.

Polish President says country didn't take part in Holocaust

Poland's President: Individual Poles took actions against Jews but there was no institutionalized participation by Poland in the Holocaust.

Poland seeks to tamp down German war reparations row

Polish minister says country is 'looking for solutions,' says issue of reparations should not harm relationship with Germany.

Japanese PM pays tribute to 'Japanese Schindler'

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits memorial to Chiune Sugihara, who saved 6,000 European Jews from the Holocaust.

'Nazi toys' on sale at Amazon

German citizen petitions Amazon.com to 'take action' against manufacturers of toy Nazi soldiers.

US aircraft carrier gets a Torah scroll

Son and grandson of World War II army veteran donate Torah scroll to Navy aircraft carrier in his honor.

French Holocaust survivor donates $1 million to aid US veterans

Survivor donates $1 million for US veterans to thank American troops for saving his life during World War II. 'Not too late to give back.'

Former guard at Majdanek charged in Germany

German prosecutors charge 96-year-old former SS guard at Majdanek with complicity in the murder of detainees.

Russia: Western Europe is guilty for the rise of Hitler

Russian Foreign Ministry releases statement blaming Britain and France for signing the Munich Agreement - thus starting World War II.

Poland tasks lawmakers with estimating German war reparations

Poland creates committee to investigate World War II reparations owed by Germany to Poland, does not set for results.

German TV airs interviews with SS death squad soldiers

Israeli Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff works with German TV to bring SS soldiers' to justice.

Germany rejects Polish call for more WWII reparations

Agreement made in 1953 remains binding, German official says.

World-famous monkey was nearly eliminated by the Nazis

How Curious George’s creators saved the beloved monkey from the Nazis.

Unexploded WWII bomb found at nuclear power plant

Bomb squad called in after bomb dropped by US on Japan during WWII found on premises of Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Documents on Nazi war criminals released to US museum

Argentina delivers thousands of WWII-era documents to US Holocaust museum.

Netanyahu to mark 75th anniversary of roundup of French Jews

Netanyahu to visit Paris for the 75th anniversary of the Vel d'Hiv roundup.

AP refutes claims it helped Nazis

Associated Press publishes review concluding its staff did not help the Nazis or their cause during World War II.

Why is New York City honoring a Nazi collaborator?

Jewish groups up in arms over street marker on Broadway honoring French collaborator convicted of treason.

Le Pen denies France rounded up Jews

Marine Le Pen denies French state was responsible for wartime round-up of Jews who were then sent to Nazi death camps.

Hitler's Jewish landlord

Prior to his rise to power, Hitler rented from a Jewish landlord, treating him 'courteously'.

Soldier killed in World War II gets Star of David headstone

WWII airman gets Star of David on his headstone 75 years after being shot down.

UK ends child refugee resettlement program

UK ends child refugee program proposed by Kindertransport passenger.

Auschwitz museum appeals for personal SS documents

Director of Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum appeals to Germans and Austrians to donate documents related to the SS staff of the camp.

Club supporting German right-wing creates ad with WWII fighter

A club supporting Germany's Alternative for Deutschland party uses World War II resistance heroine to pump up support.

Dutch rescuer of Jews during Holocaust dies at 96

Marion Pritchard, a Dutch social work student who rescued Jews during World War II, has died.

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to return Nazi-looted painting

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra will return a Nazi-looted painting to the heirs of its original Jewish owner, completing a two-year process.

House passes bill to help recover Nazi-looted art

Bill to facilitate the return of Nazi-looted artworks to their original owners passes U.S. House of Representatives.