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USA

Oldest US WWII veteran dies aged 112

US President Joe Biden paid tribute to Lawrence Brooks, describing him as "truly the best of America".

Italy

Traces of lost WWII bomber and possible human remains found in Italy

Worldwide, there are more than 81,600 missing US military personnel, including 72,350 from World War II.

USA

Former US Senator and WWII veteran Bob Dole dies aged 98

Dole had disclosed in February that he was being treated for stage-four lung cancer.

Germany

Four injured after WWII bomb explodes near Munich train station

Police said the bomb went off during construction work on a tunnel, adding that there was no further danger.

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Belgium

Watch: Armistice ceremonies return to normal after COVID disruption

Armistice Day events were held around Europe, 103 years since the end of the First World War.

Russia

Russian rapper under investigation for 'insulting' WWII comments

Morgenshtern said in an interview that he "doesn't understand" why Russia still celebrates its victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.

Portugal

'Portuguese Schindler' honoured in ceremony at National Pantheon

Portugal has paid tribute to Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a diplomat who helped save thousands of people from Nazi persecution during World War II.

Germany

Ex-Nazi camp secretary appears in court on war crimes charges

The 96-year-old woman faces more than 11,000 charges of accessory to murder.

France

Decorated French Resistance fighter dies aged 101

Hubert Germain, the last of an elite group of decorated French Resistance fighters who helped liberate France from Nazi control in World War II, has died.

Ecotech

AI will finally remove toxic weapons from the bottom of the sea

Millions of weapons were dumped in the sea after WWII and the 100-year work of removing them is just beginning.

Germany

'Justice has no expiry date': Ex-Nazi camp guard, 100, goes on trial

A 100-year-old former concentration camp guard will become the oldest person yet to go on trial for alleged Nazi-era crimes in Germany.

Germany

Former Nazi death camp secretary, 96, found after going 'on the run’

Irmgard Furchner, who was between 18 and 19 years old at the time of the events and lives in a home for the elderly near Hamburg, is to be tried for "complicity in murder in more than 10,000 cases", according to the prosecution.

Ukraine

Ukraine marks 80 years since Nazi massacre of nearly 34,000 Jews

Nearly 34,000 Jews were killed within two days in 1941 at a ravine near Kyiv when the city was under Nazi occupation.

Netherlands

New Amsterdam memorial names all 102,000 Dutch Holocaust victims

Each brick in the Memorial of Names, which was officially unveiled by King Willem-Alexander on Sunday, bears the name of a Dutch citizen who lost their life in the Holocaust.

Germany

Germany compensates hundreds convicted under homosexuality law

Germany's justice ministry said it had so far paid out nearly €860,000 in 249 cases.

France

Josephine Baker to become first black woman interred at Pantheon

Baker is the sixth woman and first black woman to receive the honour.

Poland

Polish appeals court dismisses complaint against Holocaust book

Judges stated that scholarly research should not be judged by the courts and overturned the ruling against the book's co-authors.

Austria

Austrian town mulls removing soldiers' memorial after Nazi revelation

The western Austrian town of Imst is reportedly planning to remove a memorial to three soldiers who were members of the Waffen SS during World War II.

Japan

Japan marks 76th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga attended a memorial commemorating the 76th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

My Europe Series

Ukraine mulls giving hero status to alleged war criminals

Ukraine is considering giving hero status to controversial figures, including Nazi cooperators Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych, who fought for independence in the 1930s and 1940s.