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Israel

102-year-old Holocaust survivor meets the nephew he never knew he had

Eliahu Pietruszka just had a teary first meeting with his nephew, whose father he thought died in the Holocaust

France

Pissarro returned to French Jewish art collector's family

A painting by French impressionist Camille Pissarro, that was looted by the Nazis during World War Two has been restored to the French Jewish family who once owned it.

Germany

Man mistakes courgette for WW2 bomb

The alert was raised after the man mistook a huge courgette as an unexploded World War Two bomb.

Italy

Anti-war plea from Pope as he prays for WW2 victims

Pope Francis visited a US military cemetery and the site of a Nazi massacre in Rome

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Colombia

CIA told Hitler was alive after World War II

The documents have re-surfaced in the wake of the JFK release

Germany

Anne Frank train and football stickers spark controversy in Germany

A rail operator announced plans to name a high-speed train after Frank and anti-Semitic football stickers featuring the Jewish diarist were circulated online

USA

Halloween retailer pulls Anne Frank costume following backlash

HalloweenCostumes.com apologised for the "mistake in judgement."

Germany

British world war two bomb safely defused in Frankfurt

Some 60,000 people had to be evacuated from the area in the biggest operation of its kind since the war

Germany

Thousands evacuated in Frankfurt ahead of WWII bomb disposal

In Germany's biggest evacuation since the second World War, thousands of residents in Frankfurt were forced to leave their homes this weekend as the authorities prepare to dispose of a World War II-era bomb.

Germany

Frankfurt begins evacuation of city centre as WWII bomb is prepared to be defused

A 1.5 kilometre-wide exclusion zone is being evacuated in central Frankfurt as bomb disposal prepares to defuse a 1.4-ton WWII blockbuster

USA

WW2 warship USS Indianapolis found 72 years after its sinking

Its destruction on July 30, 1945, inflicted the US Navy’s largest-ever loss of life.

Japan

Japan commemorates WWII surrender

Emperor Akihito commemorates 72 years since Japanese surrender during World War II

Japan

Facts about Nagasaki bombing

Japan

Japan marks 72nd anniversary of Hiroshima bombing

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe led the tributes to victims at a sombre ceremony

Malta

Amid dust and rust lie ruins of World War II command centre

Romania

Romania's last Holocaust survivors still await amends from Germany

The diminishing population of Jews who lived through the war in Romania want universal recognition from Berlin.

Cinema

Dunkirk - Harry Styles' movie debut opens worldwide

Dunkirk - Harry Styles' movie debut opens worldwide

Poland

World War II bomb forces Bialystock evacuation

Cult

Nazi bunker made into museum by Ground Zero architect

Denmark's Crown Prince officially opened the Tirpitz Museum on Thursday

Germany

German school evacuated after child brings in bomb

A kindergarten near Frankfurt was evacuated today after a child found a World War Two bomb, and brought it to class