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Euroviews. Nine countries mark 80 years since Nazi attack on Soviet Union | View

Nine countries including Russia mark the 80th anniversary of the 22 June 1941 Nazi attack on the Soviet Union.

Germany

Nazi swastika daubed on Torah ark inside Frankfurt airport synagogue

Germany recorded over 2,400 antisemitic attacks last year.

Sport

German Football Association President resigns over Nazi comments

During an April meeting, Fritz Keller had compared a DFB vice-president to a Nazi-era judge, prompting widespread criticism.

Sweden

Sweden's ex-PM angers Norway and Denmark with Nazi resistance tweet

"The defence forces of Sweden in 1940 weren’t stellar, but still stronger than Norway and in particular than Denmark," Carl Bildt said. "Had [Adolf] Hitler decided to invade Sweden it would have been a fight."

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USA

US deports former Nazi concentration camp guard, 95, to Germany

Friedrich Karl Berger, 95, who moved to Tennessee in 1959, admitted to being a former concentration camp guard. He denies being an alleged "accomplice" in the deaths of camp prisoners.

Germany

Nazi concentration camp secretary charged with complicity to murder

It is believed to be the first time for several years that a woman has been charged in relation to wartime Nazi atrocities.

World News

What Nazi family albums and propaganda images tell us today

A selection of archive photographs shows the suffering of Jewish victims at the hands of their Nazi persecutors during the Holocaust in WWII.

Ukraine

Plans unveiled for Holocaust memorial complex at Ukraine's Babyn Yar

The ravine near Kyiv was the site of one of the worst Nazi massacres of Jews and ethnic Poles during the Second World War

Germany

It's 50 years since Willy Brandt knelt to apologise for Nazi crimes

The gesture forms the foundation of modern relations between Germany and Poland.

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

Nuremberg opts to preserve Nazi rally grounds after decades of debate

The city of Nuremberg has opted to conserve the infamous Nazi party rally grounds after decades of debate over whether to preserve the site.

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

Norway

Nazi warship found 80 years after being sunk off Norwegian coast

The shipwreck was detected by an energy company using sonars to inspect undersea power cables.

Poland

Did Poland's WWII grievances delay German ambassador's approval?

Poland finally accepts the appointment of the German ambassador after an unusually long delay.

France

WWII memorial defaced in massacred French village

On June 10, 1944, troops from the SS "Das Reich" division brutally killed 642 villagers. They were herded into barns and a church before the town was set on fire.

France

It is 80 years since France's fight back against the Nazis began

By June 1940, France had given up the fight against Adolf Hitler. Charles de Gaulle wasn't having any of it.

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.

Germany

Why isn't VE Day a public holiday in Germany?

A movement is growing to make May 8 a holiday to mark the end of World War Two.

Germany

Volunteers search for missing soldiers 75 years after Second World War

Volunteers work to dig up bodies in Klessin, Germany to bring closure to families whose loved ones have only ever been a statistic.

World News

Amazon under fire for selling Nazi propaganda books

The e-commerce giant Amazon has been called out by several organisations for selling Nazi propaganda including children books by Julius Streicher who was charged and executed during the Nuremberg trials.