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Germany

Over 20,000 people evacuated for removal of World War II bomb in German town

At least 26,000 people had to be evacuated from their homes in Paderborn, Germany, as authorities work to remove a 1.8 tonne World War II bomb from a garden.

Earth News

Lost WWII letters recovered to tell stories after 70 years

A treasure trove of lost letters has been recovered from a Second World War shipwreck in almost pristine condition.

France

American WWII fighter pilot's body returned from France after 74 years

Lieutenant Frank Fazekas' body is finally being returned from France, where it lay for 74 years after his plane crashed in a field in the run-up to D-Day during World War II.

Germany

'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' dies before starting sentence

Oskar Groening, 96, has died in hospital – two years after being convicted for facilitating mass murder, Germany's Der Spiegel has reported.

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Australia

Lost US warship discovered in deep waters off Australia

Nicknamed 'Lady Lex', the battleship, one of the first aircraft carriers, was sunk in the Coral Sea battle in 1942

World News

Greece searches for unburied WWII fallen

A DNA database to identify the remains of Greek WWII soldiers killed and buried in mass graves in Albania during 1940-1941 has been set-up in Athens.

Poland

Polish #RespectUs campaign deploys trucks in Europe

The campaign comes weeks after Poland passed a law making it illegal to accuse the country of complicity in Nazi crimes during World War II.

Poland

Polish minister backs idea to create 'Polocaust' museum

Poland’s Deputy Culture Minister has proposed the creation of a ‘Polocaust’ museum to recognise Poles as victims of the Nazi regime, rather than co-perpetrators of their crimes.

Germany

Dresden marks World War II bombings

The strikes by Britain's Royal Air Force decimated the city, just months before the end of the Second World War.

Poland

Polish president to sign controversial Holocaust bill

Poland's president says he will sign a controversial Holocaust bill, despite criticism from Israel and the US.

Israel

Dollmaker creates models of family who died in Holocaust

Her entire family was killed in the Holocaust, now she has created lifelike figures to feel closer to them.

Russia

Russia remembers Stalingrad

Russians commemorate the 75th anniversary of the bloody battle.

Cult

Nazi looted art on display in Louve

Hundreds of paintings looted by Nazis in France during the Second World War are on display in the Louvre museum in Paris, in an attempt to find their original owners

World News

Gary Oldman morphs into Churchill to portray his "Darkest Hour"

The actor spent three and a half hours every morning having sophisticated prosthetics applied before walking onto the "Darkest Hour" set during the 54-day shoot.

South Korea

"Comfort women" deal with Japan failed to meet victims' says S.Korea

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha apologised for the controversial deal as a panel appointed by her in July to investigate the negotiations leading up to the 2015 agreement unveiled its results.

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

Colombia

CIA told Hitler was alive after World War II

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