Nazis

Polish PM: Hitler's Germany responsible for Holocaust, not Nazis

Polish Prime Minister says "all the evil" of the Holocaust came from Germany.

EU to member states: Work to recover Nazi-looted art

European Parliament passes resolution calling on EU states to identify, recover 110,000 Nazi-looted works still missing.

Germany returns Nazi-looted work to French Jew's heirs

German government returns 19th century painting taken by Nazis from French Jewish politician and resistance leader Georges Mandel.

UMass student asked to remove sign cursing Nazis

Student asked to remove sign from her dorm window cursing Nazis over 'issues of inclusion.' University later backtracks on request.

German court will not charge SS guard with 36,000 murders

Court says not enough evidence to prove 95-year-old admitted Nazi SS guard was at Mauthausen concentration camp.

Former Majdanek guard 'too sick' to face trial

German court says it won't put on trial 97-year-old former guard at Majdanek death camp due to his health.

FDR gets credit for his response to Kristallnacht. He shouldn't

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.

French soccer club to ban fan who used Nazi salute

Lyon supporter who made Nazi salute during game against Manchester to be banned from attending further games.

Argentina’s Parliament honors citizens who fought Nazis

17 remaining survivors of original 5,000 receive tribute and certificate during last week’s ceremony in Argentine Chamber of Deputies.

Painting looted by Nazis returned to rightful owner

Renoir painting stolen by the Nazis from Paris bank vault returned after more than 70 years.

Nazi-hunter: How could PM praise Lithuania?-

Zuroff: 'Only in Eastern Europe collaboration with Nazis included active participation in systematic mass murder.'

US rabbis: UCLA Disrupters follow pattern of Nazi brownshirts

Coalition for Jewish Values criticizes group which barged into, attempted to shout down Jewish, Kurdish, and Armenian event.

‘War hero’ taught his soldiers how to kill Jews efficiently

Lithuanian national hero was ‘enthusiastic’ Jew killer, local Jews say.

Einstein letter on rise of Nazis sold at auction

Letter written by Albert Einstein on the day he renounced his German citizenship sold at auction house in Los Angeles.

German party leader apologizes for belittling Nazi crimes

Co-head of the nationalist Alternative for Germany party called Nazi era 'speck of bird refuse.'

Thousands participate in 'Day of Liberation and Rescue' rallies

Thousands around the world join rallies of prayer and thanksgiving to mark 73 years since liberation of European Jewry from the Nazis.

German composer's anti-Semitic letter sold for $42,000

Anti-Semitic letter written by German composer Richard Wagner sold at auction house in Israel.

Daughter of Nazis awarded for saving lives in Israel

EMS volunteer Tina Berkovitz converted to Judaism, works in an Israeli ER - and is the daughter of Nazis.

Nazi-looted drawings to be returned to heirs of Holocaust victim

New York court rules that two Nazi-looted drawings by Austrian painter must be returned to the heirs of an Austrian Holocaust victim.

Report lashes France's failure to return looted Jewish art

'40 years of inaction,' 'lack of ambition' over thousands of artworks confiscated from Jews during Nazi occupation.

Students at Quaker school defend teacher who said ‘Heil Hitler!’

Students and alumni at Manhattan school rally behind math teacher fired for jokingly making Nazi salute in class.

Grandson of Dutch-German Jews recovers Nazi-looted painting

16th century Renaissance painting looted by Nazis from Jewish couple returned to their grandson.

Jewish groups: Canada must deport Nazi

CIJA calls on Canada to deport Nazi Helmut Oberlander who obtained his Canadian citizenship fraudulently.

Hundreds march with Nazi SS veterans in Latvia

Latvians march in remembrance of soldiers who fell in the service of the Nazi SS, claiming Latvian soldiers took no part in atrocities.

Meretz MK rebuked for comparing Likud MKs to Nazis

The Knesset Ethics Committee reprimands Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg for shouting at Likud MKs that they were 'friends with Nazis.'

Poland's opposition proposes amendment to Holocaust law

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

Watch: CNN anchor confronts Neo-Nazi congressional candidate

CNN's Alisyn Camerota challenges Illinois Congressional GOP Candidate Arthur Jones in heated interview.

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".

German Foreign Minister:

'The mass murders were carried out by our country'

German Foreign Minister says Poland can rely on his country to condemn distortions of history regarding the Nazi camps.

Polish PM: We understand Israel's emotions

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki addresses controversial bill, stresses Poland will not limit freedom to debate the Holocaust.

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.

'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' asks for clemency to avoid jail

Former Auschwitz guard Oskar Groening launches bid for clemency in a final bid to avoid serving his sentence as an accessory to murder.

Hitler homework assignment angers parents

Chicago middle school slammed for having students make cartoons about Europe's appeasement of Nazis before WWII.

Proof of Nazi evils by Warsaw Ghetto Jews gets first exhibition

Documentation of Nazi atrocities heroically saved by Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto have gone on display for the first time.

Pro-Nazi posters discovered in university in Western Canada

Racist and pro-Nazi posters discovered at University of British Columbia. Local Jewish groups condemn.

Lithuanian publisher recalls books by Holocaust writer

Books of bestselling author who broke taboos on Lithuanian complicity with Nazis recalled over comments on nationalist who murdered Jews.

Another painting from Gurlitt collection was looted by the Nazis

Restitution to heirs to commence after researchers discover painting belonged to Jewish politician Georges Mandel before Nazis stole it.

Jewish students photographed by man wearing Nazi symbols

Students at Buenos Aires high school photographed by man wearing hat and short with Nazi symbols as they leave school.

Nazi-looted Pissarro painting at center of legal tussle

Descendants of Holocaust survivor push court to annul sale of painting confiscated by Nazis.

Polish historian claims Nazi invasion was not so bad for Jews

The Polish Institute of National Remembrance rebuffs historian who said Nazi invasion 'did not look very bad' for Polish Jews.

Has Germany ceased prosecution of Nazis?

Germany has names of former eight Nazis, but refuses to begin legal proceedings against them.

German party head says state should get over Nazi past

Head of far-right populist party says Germany should 'stop feeling guilty' over Nazi crimes, take pride in German military achievements.

Religious Zionist German youth movement reopens after 8 decades

German branch of World Bnei Akiva youth movement officially reopens 79 years after being shut down by Nazi regime.

German soccer chief seeks to combat hooligan behavior

President of German Football Association calls for tighter ticket distribution after fans chanted Nazi slogans during World Cup qualifier.

Jewish owner of Chicago-area deli apologizes for Nazi cartoon

Deli featured cartoon with Nazi resembling Trump on High Holidays catering menu ad on Facebook.

German national soccer team upset by fans shouting Nazi chants

German soccer fans chant 'Sieg Heil' at World Cup qualifying game.

Warsaw residents join Shabbat dinner to mark anniversary of WW2

Jews, non-Jews join together to mark anniversary of Nazi invasion of Poland.

Lithuanian troops train on top of 5,000 Jews' remains

Lithuanian soldiers hold military drill at former concentration camp - where 5,000 Jews murdered by the Nazis are buried.

Atlanta students expelled for 'Jews vs Nazis' beer pong

'The fact that someone could even conceive of such a game and then play it and think it’s funny is beyond words.'

Fascist fever:

Nazi Trump magazine cover raises speculation about German media

Reports German media co-opted to play docile conduit for government disinformation raises questions as to true origin of magazine's attack.

Billy Joel wears yellow Star of David during concert encore

Legendary Jewish singer wears symbol of Nazi persecution of Jews following deadly neo-Nazi rally.

Charlottesville attacker was Nazi sympathizer, says ex-teacher

Former history teacher of James Alex Fields Jr. says he "thought the Nazis were pretty cool guys".

World-famous monkey was nearly eliminated by the Nazis

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

New research

Brazil denied 16,000 visas to Jews during Nazi regime

Not even Albert Einstein's request for a visa was granted during years of increasing Nazi persecution and the Holocaust.

Ukrainian city to hold festival in honor of Nazi collaborator

Ukrainian Jews condemn festival celebrating Nazi collaborator whose troops killed Jews on anniversary of major pogrom.

Argentina seizes major trove of Nazi artifacts

Authorities in Argentina seize trove including 75 original Nazi objects.

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.