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Holocaust

The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, refers to the deliberate murder of Jewish people during the Nazi reign of Germany from 1933-1945. International Holocaust Remembrance Day is marked on January 27.

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Brazil: Illegal salvage from Nazi ships poses oil threat

Brazil: Illegal salvage from Nazi ships poses oil threat

Brazilian researchers have warned that the hunt for raw materials in old wartime shipwrecks could cause oil spills.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 28, 2024
Jürgen Treutler (left) and Björn Höcke entering state parliament on September 26

Germany: Far-right AfD sparks chaos in state parliament

Germany: Far-right AfD sparks chaos in state parliament

The AfD is staging a political scandal that seems well prepared. The consequences are likely to be far-reaching.
PoliticsSeptember 27, 2024
Jewish life in Thessaloniki, Greece

Greece: How the Jewish cemetery in Thessaloniki disappeared

Greece: How the Jewish cemetery in Thessaloniki disappeared

The Jewish cemetery in Thessaloniki was once one of the largest in the world. Remnants are now dotted around the city.
SocietySeptember 27, 202403:41 min
Six Der Spiegel magazine covers featuring Hitler

'After Hitler': Changing German views of Nazism

'After Hitler': Changing German views of Nazism

From secret adoration to loud dismay, Germans have reconciled the Nazi past in very different ways across 80 years.
CultureSeptember 26, 2024
Bojanczyk family, Warsaw

Young Polish Jews rediscover their Jewish identity

Young Polish Jews rediscover their Jewish identity

Young Polish Jews are keen to explore their Jewish roots and live their Jewish identity.
SocietySeptember 16, 202403:20 min
Deutschland München | Polizeieinsatz nahe Israelischem Generalkonsulat

Video shows Munich gunman

Video shows Munich gunman

Footage from social media appears to show the man aiming at the nearby Nazi documentation museum.
CrimeSeptember 5, 202402:19 min
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black and white photo of a man casting his ballot in the polling station at Frankfurt train station

Germany remembers its first post-WWII national election

In 1949, four years after the end of dictatorship and war, Germans could once again elect a democratic parliament.
HistoryAugust 13, 2024
Heads of people carrying red flags and a VVN federation flag with a red triangle and blue stripes in Buchenwald

Red triangle symbol: Germany debating a ban

Once worn by political prisoners in Nazi camps, the symbol has recently been associated with Hamas.
SocietyAugust 4, 2024
Christian Pfeil

European Holocaust Remembrance Day for Sinti and Roma

Christian Pfeil survived the Nazi genocide, and later experienced racist attacks. He has a warning for society.
HistoryAugust 1, 2024
Part of a memorial in Berlin, the words Lublin and Majdanek are written on stone and there is grass

80 years on: Marking the liberation of Majdanek Nazi camp

Majdanek in Poland was the first Nazi concentration camp to be liberated, almost a year before the end of World War II.
HistoryJuly 24, 2024
Black and white photo of a couple with a child, carrying shovels, with a cow in the background.

Why did Germans immigrate to Brazil 200 years ago?

Amid widespread poverty in Germany, an offer from the Brazilian emperor proved irresistible to thousands.
MigrationJuly 23, 2024
black and white photo of Stauffenberg, Hitler, General Fromm from July 15, 1944

Operation Valkyrie: 80th anniversary of plot to kill Hitler

One act of resistance against the Nazi dictator had more of a long-term impact than all the others.
HistoryJuly 20, 2024
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