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Belgium

Brussels celebrates 75th anniversary of its WWII liberation

British troops reached the Belgian capital on September 3, 1944.

World News

How a Nazi-Soviet pact is still dividing Europe 80 years on

How a little-known WWII pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union is still dividing Europe today.

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.

Poland

Meet the 96-year-old veteran of the Warsaw Uprising

It's 75 years since the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi regime during WWII. Bohdan Dembinski was one of those who took part in the bloody 63-day battle. He told Euronews about the day it all started.

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USA

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.

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.