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Nazi-era art to go on show in Bern

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.

Argentina

Nazi relics hidden behind sliding bookcase in Argentina

Germany

1945 liberation of Dachau Nazi camp remembered

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

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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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

USA

Trump disavows alt-right conference after online video of Nazi salutes in his honour

Under pressure to strongly condemn the actions of a so-called ‘alt right’ group who celebrated Donald Trump’s election with Nazi salutes, the president-elect told the New York Times he ‘disavows’ the

Ukraine

Ukraine urges the world to remember the Babi Yar massacre

Ukraine has hosted memorial services to remember those massacred 75 years ago at the Babi Yar ravine.

USA

Houston gunman wore military-style clothing during fatal attack - police

Police in the US state of Texas said a gunman who shot and injured at least nine people on Monday was wearing military-style clothing at the time of the attack.

Cinema

Cillian Murphy stars in Nazi-era thriller

Irish heartthrobs Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan ('Fifty Shades of Grey') star in WWII thriller 'Anthropoid', based on the real story of a 1942 plan to assassinate a leading Nazi officer.