Tag: Germany
German court rules former Nazi concentration-camp guard, 96, ‘unfit’ to stand trial
A court in Wuppertal, Germany, ruled on Wednesday that a 96-year-old former Nazi concentration-camp guard is “unfit to stand trial,” though noted that there is a “high degree of probability” that he is guilty...
Report: European powers scrap US-backed plan for IAEA rebuke of Iran
Britain, France and Germany have withdrawn their support for a U.S.-backed plan for the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board to criticize Iran for curtailing its cooperation with the agency, Reuters reported on Thursday.
The three countries were...
France: Iran must make ‘clear and immediate’ gestures to resume nuclear talks
French President Emmanuel Macron told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday that Tehran must take immediate action if it wishes to resume talks regarding the 2015 nuclear deal, according to an official statement.
“Having reminded...
Hamburg public prosecutor blames mental illness for attack on Jewish student
The American Jewish Committee is demanding the Hamburg public prosecutor’s office to reconsider its ruling that an anti-Semitic attack on a German Jewish student was due to mental illness.
Last October, a 26-year-old German Jewish student wearing...
82 years later, reunited childhood friends torn apart by Holocaust Zoom regularly
Two Jewish friends from Berlin who believed that each other had been killed during World War II and the Holocaust recently reunited with the help of the USC Shoah Foundation.
After Ana María Wahrenberg and...
Germany urges Iran not to block IAEA inspectors from nuclear sites
A German diplomat said on Tuesday that if Iran follows through on its threat to block International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors’ access to its nuclear sites, the move would be “completely unacceptable.”
“We urge Iran to refrain...
Dozen-plus medieval Jewish headstones discovered inside wall in Germany
Construction works recently uncovered 18 Jewish gravestones from the Middle Ages that were built into a wall in the old town of Mainz, Germany.
According to Germany’s Ministry of Culture, the gravestones were used in...
Germany, Hungary criticize ICC ruling on Israel probe
The foreign ministers of Germany and Hungary on Tuesday criticized last week’s ruling by the International Criminal Court that Judea and Samaria, the Gaza Strip and eastern Jerusalem are within its jurisdiction, clearing the...
Germany charges former Nazi concentration-camp guard with complicity in 3,518 murders
Prosecutors in Germany charged a former 100-year-old Nazi concentration-camp guard for involvement in the murder of 3,518 people.
They told AFP on Monday that the man is accused of “knowingly and willingly” assisting in the murder of...
February 9, 1990: The demolition of the Berlin Wall began
Berlin Wall, German Berliner Mauer, barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany during the period from 1961 to 1989. In the years...