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Now playing Next 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. 12/03/2018
Now playing Next 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 07/03/2018
Now playing Next 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. 07/03/2018
Now playing Next 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. 28/02/2018
Now playing Next 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. 21/02/2018
Now playing Next 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. 14/02/2018
Now playing Next 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. 06/02/2018
Now playing Next 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. 06/02/2018
Now playing Next Russia Russia remembers Stalingrad Russians commemorate the 75th anniversary of the bloody battle. 02/02/2018
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Now playing Next 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. 02/01/2018
Now playing Next 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. 27/12/2017
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