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New trove of father's letters released to mark Anne Frank's 90th birthday

New trove of father's letters released to mark Anne Frank's 90th birthday

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Israel comes to a standstill in memory of the Holocaust

Israelis paused to the sound of a lamenting single-tone siren across the country, marking Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day in commemoration of the six million Jews killed by the Nazis during the Second World War.

Germany

Wealthy German family to donate €10 million after Nazi era discovery

The Reimann family — worth a reported €33 billion — said they were "all ashamed and turned as white as the wall" upon hearing the extent of their ancestors' support to the Nazi regime.

Germany

German archeologists unearth 400 artefacts from Nazi mass murder site

More than 200 forced labourers were killed by Nazi troops in March 1945 in the German region of North Rhine-Westphalia. Only 14 have been identified.

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Germany

Nazi-looted painting returned to heirs of French resistance fighter

French politician and resistance fighter Georges Mandel was killed in 1944.

Italy

Italy's Uffizi Gallery demands Germany return painting stolen by Nazis

The painting, stolen by Nazi troops in 1943, is now in the hands of a German family who demands payment for its return.

Netherlands

Holocaust survivors to be compensated by Dutch wartime train operator

More than 100,000 Dutch Jews were killed during the Second World War.

United Kingdom

Couple who named baby 'Adolf' convicted in Britain

A couple in Britain who named their baby after Nazi leader Adolf Hitler have been convicted in Birmingham for being members of an extreme far-right group.

World News

Kristallnacht: the night the Nazis killed Jews and destroyed synagogues

On the 80th anniversary, Euronews traces the roots of the Jewish progrom which signalled the start of the Holocaust.

Poland

Nazi video game sparks Polish investigation

The trailer of the game has been posted online and features players being able to send prisoners for 'disinfection' to a concentration camp similar to Auschwitz.

World

Tajani on Raw Politics: Farage showed disrespect to Nazi victims

European Parliament president continues 'history' row with Nigel Farage.

World

How long did Tajani stare at Farage?

Row over Europe's past prompts silent fury.

Europe News

Parliament clash: MEP history lessons, apologies and ripostes

The Strasbourg plenary was rocked by a rhetorical battle over history.

Belgium

Watch: Nigel Farage scolded after mocking EU’s role in defeating Nazis

“Laughter is the last refuge of the stupid,” Nigel Farage was told after ridiculing the EU’s role in defeating Nazism.

Norway

Norway apologises for post-WWII mistreatment of 'German Girls'

After the country was liberated in 1945, these 'German Girls' were accused of betraying their country, deprived of their civil rights, arrested, incarcerated without trial and even expelled from the country.

Israel

93-year-old great-grandmother crowned ‘Miss Holocaust Survivor’

"I wouldn't believe that at my age I would be a beauty," said Polish-born Tova Ringer.

Greece

Greece to renew call for Germany to pay €279 billion in WWII damages

Greece's President is expected to raise the issue during a meeting this week with his German counterpart.

World News

Pope warning on anti-Semitism

At a service to commemorate Lithuania's devastated Jewish community under the Nazis the Pope has spoken of the dangers of a rebirth of anti-Semitism

Netherlands

Unopened letter to Anne Frank’s father fetches €9,500 at auction

The letter, which bears a red “return to sender” stamp on its envelope, was sent to Otto Frank by an insurance company in 1942, while the family was in hiding.

Germany

Chemnitz protester jailed over Hitler salute

A German court on Friday handed a five-month jail sentence to a 34-year-old man who performed the illegal Nazi salute during a protest in the eastern city of Chemnitz late last month.