World War II
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Germany
New claims that WW2 Pope Pius XII knew about Nazi crimes
A letter has been published in Italian media suggesting that the late Pope Pius XII may have had detailed information…
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Europe
Paris mayor strips Palestinian President Abbas of honour over Holocaust remarks
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has stripped Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas of the French capital’s highest honour after he made remarks…
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Europe
French dig fails to find bodies of executed WWII German troops
A dig for the bodies of dozens of German occupation troops said to have been executed in central France by…
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Europe
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Workers in France’s Meymac dig for remains of executed WWII German soldiers
Issued on: 17/08/2023 – 10:23Modified: 17/08/2023 – 12:11 01:57 Workers in the French municipality of Meymac are digging to find…
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United Kingdom
Who was Sir Nicholas Winton?
An upcoming film, ‘One Life’, will tell the life of Sir Nicholas Winton. Who was the Holocaust hero? Sir Nicholas…
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United Kingdom
The EU should join Britain’s push to illuminate its Holocaust past
By uniting memory and cooperation, we can build a better world — a world where diversity is celebrated, where prejudice…
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Germany
Culture Re-View: On this day in 1925, ‘Mein Kampf’ is published
On this day in 1925, Adolf Hitler published his autobiographical manifesto ‘Mein Kampf’ in Germany. On 18 July 1925, the…
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Europe
France fast-tracks Jewish claims on artwork stolen during WWII
France on Thursday passed a law making it easier to return the works of art seized by Nazi Germany which…
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Germany
Why Hamburg’s plan to ‘decolonise’ Bismarck statue failed
Hamburg held a competition to re-imagine its monument to Otto Von Bismarck. Its failure reveals the struggle facing decolonial movements…
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Europe
France’s last surviving D-day veteran Léon Gautier dies at 100
The last surviving Frenchman to participate in the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944 died Monday aged 100, local authorities…
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