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Namibia

'Adolf Hitler' has won a local council election in Namibia

The new councillor, whose full name is Adolf Hitler Uunona, won 85% of the vote in a recent election

Germany

Hitler's handwritten speech notes sold at auction 'above asking price'

One speech delivered by the Nazi leader in 1939 is sold despite objections from a European Jewish group

United Kingdom

Meet the only place in Europe that marks VE Day on May 16

Alderney's entire population was evacuated in 1940 as Adolf Hitler's forces closed in. What happened next is still largely a mystery.

Italy

University condemns professor's 'shameful' pro-Nazi tweets

The university rector had said the tweets were expressed in a "personal capacity" before releasing a revised statement denouncing the tweets.

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USA

Facebook would have let Hitler run political adverts, claims comedian

British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen took aim at social media companies accusing them of pushing "absurdities to billions of people".

Austria

Adolf Hitler's childhood home will be converted into a police station

Austrian authorities are concerned that the building could turn into a shrine for neo-Nazis.

Czech Republic

Czech police investigate claims Hitler mask was on sale in Prague shop

The German ambassador to the Czech Republic posted a picture of the shop stock to Twitter, asking why "such trash" was being sold in central Prague.

Germany

What was the Weimar Republic?

Formed out of the bloodshed of World War One, Germany's first democratic experiment was overcome by Adolf Hitler's Nazis.

Germany

Merkel pays tribute to army general who almost assassinated Hitler

Angela Merkel paid tribute to Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg who was executed for his part in the plot to assassinate the Nazi leader and end the war in 1944

Belgium

Germany 'still pays UK and Belgian pensioners who served in SS'

Those who pledged loyalty to Hitler are still being rewarded more than 70 years on.

Germany

Auction-bound 'Adolf Hitler paintings' seized on suspicion of forgery

Twenty-three paintings allegedly made by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler scheduled to be auctioned this weekend have been seized by German police on suspicion of forgery.

Austria

Court orders Austrian state to pay €1.5 million for Hitler's house

Austria ordered to pay €1.5 million compensation to former owner of Hitler's house

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.

Germany

Hitler salute wolves erected in Chemnitz after far-right protests

Organisers said they wanted to “use the action to protest against increasing hatred and violence”.

Cult

Children who escaped Hitler's death camps

A new exhibition the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust tells the story of Jewish children who managed to escape Hitler's death camp but at a very high price

Germany

German theatre offers free seats to spectators wearing swastikas

German prosecutors said Wednesday that they would not investigate a theatre offering free tickets to people who accept to wear a swastika during a play named after Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf, because of artistic freedom laws.