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Art

Erotic mosaic stolen by Nazi captain returns to Pompeii

The mosaic - dating between mid- to last century B.C. and the first century - stolen by a Nazi German captain and is considered a work of “extraordinary cultural interest.”

16/07/2025

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Roman mosaic stolen by Nazi officer during WWII returned to Pompeii

A Roman-era mosaic panel featuring an erotic motif was officially returned today to the Archaeological Park of Pompeii after more than 80 years in Germany.

15/07/2025

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Russia marks 80th anniversary of Nazi defeat with military parade

Russia is marking the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat with a military parade on Red Square, attended by President Vladimir Putin and foreign leaders.

09/05/2025

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Prague marks VE Day with reenactment of 1945 uprising against Nazis

Hundreds gathered in Prague’s Nusle district on Thursday to commemorate VE Day with a large-scale reenactment of the 1945 Prague Uprising, featuring period uniforms, authentic weapons, and WWII military vehicles.

09/05/2025

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Secret note hidden in Dachau-built violin discovered after 80 years

A message written from within Nazi concentration camp Dachau, which remained undiscovered for more than 80 years, has been found. It tells a tale of survival, craftsmanship, and reveals the only known musical instrument built inside the camp.

28/04/2025

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Croatia remembers victims of WWII concentration camp

Official Croatian data show that more than 83,000 people were killed in the Jasenovac camp while Serbs say the numbers were much higher, possibly in the hundreds of thousands.

22/04/2025

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82nd anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 was the largest armed Jewish uprising during the Second World War. Today, the daffodil has become a symbol of commemoration.

19/04/2025

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Ceremony commemorates 80th anniversary of Buchenwald camp liberation

Former German President Christian Wulff attended the commemoration event marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazis’ Buchenwald concentration camp on Sunday.

07/04/2025

Art

Tate Britain to return Nazi-looted artwork to Jewish collector’s heirs

Looted by the Nazis during World War II and lost for decades, a 17th-century masterpiece is finally returning to its rightful heirs.

01/04/2025

Culture news

US Supreme Court revives case around ownership of Nazi-looted painting

The case surrounding the ownership of a painting stolen by the Nazis from a Jewish woman has been ongoing for twenty years.

11/03/2025

France

102-year-old Frenchman seeks reparation for WWII forced labour

The centenarian was sent in 1943 from Marseille to Germany, where he worked unpaid for more than two years in a chemical plant. His lawyer says France would be in breach of international law by refusing to pay the sum.

27/02/2025

Art

Art marked 'degenerate' by Nazis goes on show in Paris

The new show in the French capital uncovers the breadth of art censorship that the Nazi regime undertook under the guise of cultural purity.

18/02/2025

Europe News

Work under way to mark 80 years since liberation of Auschwitz

More than 1.1 million people were murdered at Auschwitz and historians say that most of them, about one million, were Jewish but the victims also included Poles, Roma and Soviet prisoners of war.

25/01/2025

Netherlands

Nazi collaboration files spark painful Dutch reckoning with WWII past

Eight decades after the defeat of the Nazis, a debate in the Netherlands asks how much of the largest Dutch war archive should be made available online.

10/01/2025

Art

Row erupts over new German court for Nazi-looted art

The German government has approved a new system to make it easier to return Nazi-looted art to their rightful owners.

10/01/2025

Europe News

Netherlands publishes list of 250,000 suspected Nazi collaborators

The research group Huygens Institute helped digitise the archive in a project subsidised by the Ministries of Justice, Education and Health.

03/01/2025

Art

Long-lost Monet masterpiece stolen by Nazis restored to rightful heirs

A Monet pastel seized by Nazis in 1938 was returned to the descendants of its original owner after an 80-year search.

10/10/2024

Europe News

German and Italian Presidents attend Marzabotto massacre anniversary

Hundreds of men, women and children were massacred by Nazi troops and local fascists for their support of Italian resistance fighters.

29/09/2024

Culture news

What is a Stolperstein and what's behind the Dutch controversy?

In the Netherlands, a row about who should and shouldn’t get their stumbling stone has started...

23/09/2024

Europe News

Dutch royals mark 80th anniversary of Netherlands' liberation

American troops from the 30th Infantry Division, known as Old Hickory, were among Allied forces that liberated parts of Belgium and the southern Netherlands from German Nazi occupation in September 1944.

13/09/2024