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What not to do in Berlin: a Nazi salute

Two Chinese tourists have been arrested in Berlin accused of making the Nazi salute outside the German parliament

06/08/2017

Poland

Football fans unfurl provocative World War II banner

03/08/2017

World News

Roma victims of Holocaust remembered in Bucharest

An exhibition has opened in the Romanian capital, attended by Roma survivors and local and foreign officials

02/08/2017

Cult

The Parthenon made from 100,000 banned books

The building made from 100,000 banned books The Parthenon of Books by artist Marta Minujín is intended as symbol of resistance to any banning of writings and the persecution of their…

12/07/2017

Cult

Nazi-era art to go on show in Bern

11/07/2017

Austria

Vienna court to rule on Hitler house dispute

The owner of the house where Adolf Hitler was born is fighting the Austrian government's right to take possession of the property.

22/06/2017

Argentina

Nazi relics hidden behind sliding bookcase in Argentina

20/06/2017

Germany

1945 liberation of Dachau Nazi camp remembered

The anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau Nazi concentration camp in Germany is being marked.

29/04/2017

Germany

German politician loses appeal against jail term for 'Holocaust' tattoo

A far-right German politician has lost a court appeal against an eight-month prison sentence for displaying a Nazi-style tattoo at a public swimming pool.

20/04/2017

USA

Spicer apologises for 'reprehensible' Holocaust comments

White House spokesman Sean Spicer has apologised for what he says are “inexcusable and reprehensible” comments appearing to compare the Syrian regime to that of Adolf…

12/04/2017

Poland

Poland to seek extradition of US suspected WWII criminal

Polish authorities say they will seek the arrest and extradition of a US citizen suspected of committing crimes against humanity during the Second World War.

14/03/2017

Austria

Hitler imitator arrested in dictator's Austrian birthplace

A man known to local police has been arrested in Hitler's birthplace in Austria for imitating the Nazi dictator in public.

14/02/2017

Cinema

New German film addresses Nazi child 'euthanasia'

Director Kai Wessel's film 'Fog In August' ('Nebel im August') addresses a dark period in German history - the Nazis' "euthanasia" programme.

10/02/2017

Germany

Nazi propagandist Goebbels' wartime secretary dies at 106

Brunhilde Pomsel said she knew nothing of Nazi atrocities and lived her life in obscurity until her story was unearthed in 2011.

30/01/2017

Norway

Breivik: no Nazi salute on day two of rights appeal hearing

The 37-year-old mass killer was rebuked for the controversial gesture on the first day of the detention conditions appeal hearing in Norway.

11/01/2017

Norway

Mass killer Breivik makes Nazi salute at court hearing

Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik gave a Nazi salute on Tuesday at the start of a fresh hearing over whether his human rights have been violated.

10/01/2017

Norway

Breivik pulls Nazi salute in court

The Norwegian state is trying to overturn a ruling that it has violated his human rights by keeping him in isolation since he massacred 77 people in 2011.

10/01/2017

Germany

Rising Mein Kampf sales in Germany shock publisher

Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler's semi-autobiographical foundation of Nazi ideological thought, has experienced a surprising resurgence, says its publisher

04/01/2017

Taiwan

Taiwanese school's Nazi Christmas causes storm, director resigns

A school in Taiwan has created international outrage by holding a Nazi-themed Christmas parade.

27/12/2016

Austria

Adolf Hitler house to be bought by Austrian government

Austria’s parliament has decided to compulsory purchase the house in which Adolf Hitler was born after years of vacillating.

15/12/2016