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A monument commemorating the victims of the concentration camp KL Soldau set up by Nazi Germany in Działdowo during World War II, Aug. 19, 2014. Credit: Poeticbent via Wikimedia Commons.

Mass graves of 8,000 Nazi victims from World War II found in Polish forest

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Two mass graves containing the ashes of at least 8,000 Poles killed by the Nazis during World War II were recently discovered in a forest in Poland by archeologists and anthropologists from the Institute...
Boris Pahor, June 20, 2015. Credit: Claude Truong-Ngoc via Wikimedia Commons.

Oldest concentration-camp survivor dies at age 108

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The oldest known survivor of a Nazi concentration camp, Boris Pahor, died on Monday in the Italian city of Trieste at the age of 108, reported Deutsche Welle. Pahor was born on Aug. 26, 1913, in...
Prisoners in the concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, Germany, in December 1938. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Germany seeks prison time for alleged Nazi guard at former concentration camp

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German prosecutors are seeking a five-year prison term for a man who allegedly served as a Nazi guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II, reported the Associated Press. The 101-year-old defendant, who was...
Young participants in March of the Living at the Auschwitz concentration camp site. Photo by Yossi Zeliger.

Annual Holocaust march faces major challenge as survivors pass away

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The International March of the Living will take place in Poland on April 28 following a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19. Despite the ability to gather in person, organizers say they now face a...
Chancellor of Austria, Karl Nehammer, and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid visited the Mauthausen Concentration Camp in Austria to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. (credit: Twitter)

At Mauthausen, Austrian chancellor assures Lapid of fight against Jew-hatred

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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer visited the site of the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria on Thursday to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Lapid spoke in the presence of Austrian...
From left: Holocaust survivors at Bergen-Belsen. Harry (Chaim) Olmer, Mala Tribich, Eve Kugler and Alfred Garwood. Photo by Sam Churchill.

March of the Living UK focuses on nuance as it brings delegation to Germany...

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GERMANY—The two provocateurs who approached the group at the Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany at the end of October knew what they were doing. What they probably didn’t realize was that they helped cement...
The entrance to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Credit: Gubin Yury/Shutterstock.

Concentration-camp guard to stand trial for 3,518 murders between 1942 and 1945

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A former guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp who will stand trial in Germany this month is accused of being complicit in 3,518 murders, reported The Times. The 100-year-old man, whose name has not been released...
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands speaks with Holocaust survivors at the country's new Holocaust memorial in Amsterdam, Sept. 19, 2021. Source: Koninklijk Huis/Twitter.

Memorial honoring 102,000 Dutch victims of Holocaust opens in Amsterdam

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A new memorial in Amsterdam’s Jewish Cultural Quarter pays tribute to the more than 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust, the Associated Press reported. The National Holocaust Memorial of Names, which was unveiled on Sunday, is comprised of...
University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, August 2017. Credit: Justraveling.com via Wikimedia Commons.

Spanish university cancels course comparing Gaza to Auschwitz

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A university in Spain canceled a course that would have examined comparisons between the Auschwitz concentration camp and the Gaza Strip after facing backlash from a local pro-Israel group. The University of Santiago de Compostela’s...
The entrance to the Bundesgerichtshof, the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe, Germany, the highest court in Germany. Credit: Shutterstock.

German prosecutors prepare dozen-plus cases against Nazi war-crime suspects

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Prosecutors in Germany are getting ready to bring forward more than a dozen legal cases against elderly men and women for their alleged work at Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust. Prosecutors confirmed last week that a...