65 years after WWII, German parliament overturns all Nazi-era treason convictionsBERLIN — Germany’s parliament unanimously passed a blanket measure Tuesday overturning Nazi-era verdicts convicting people of treason, nearly 65 years after the end of World War II. In letter from prison, shooter in LA Jewish center attack expresses remorse, renounces racismLOS ANGELES — A white supremacist who killed a postal worker and wounded five people at a Los Angeles area Jewish community center in a 1999 shooting spree says he has renounced his racist views. Prague-London train recreates journey of Jewish children saved from Nazi camps by BritonLONDON — Elderly Holocaust survivors were reunited at a London railway station Friday with the man who saved them on the eve of World War II — a now 100-year-old former stockbroker who rescued hundreds of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. Historic eastern Idaho courthouse won’t remove pre-Nazi swastika tilesIDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Images of red swastikas built into tiles in the early 1920s in the Bonneville County Courthouse won’t be removed during a remodel of the building, officials said. Prosecutors: White supremacist accused in Holocaust museum shooting has ‘nothing to lose’WASHINGTON — An 89-year-old white supremacist charged with killing a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was ordered to remain in jail Wednesday after prosecutors said the frail man was still dangerous because he had “no true friends” and “nothing to lose.” White supremacist accused of killing DC Holocaust museum guard appears in court for 1st timeWASHINGTON — A white supremacist charged with killing a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum appeared in court Wednesday in a wheelchair, the first time he has been seen publicly since the June shooting. Historic Prague-London train honors Briton who saved Jewish children from Nazi campsPRAGUE — A vintage train carrying people who escaped the holocaust as children is steaming from Prague to London to mark the 70th anniversary of mass evacuations of children from Czechoslovakia. Poland marks 70th anniversary of outbreak of WWII at scene of first hostilitiesGDANSK, Poland — Officials from across Europe and the U.S. gathered in northern Poland on Tuesday to mark the outbreak of World War II 70 years ago, bringing together former foes to honor the tens of millions killed in the conflict. Poland marks anniversary of outbreak of WWII at scene of first hostilitiesGDANSK, Poland — Officials from across Europe and the U.S. gathered in northern Poland on Tuesday to mark the outbreak of World War II 70 years ago, bringing together former foes to honor the tens of millions killed in the conflict. The vanishing Nazi: UK secret service documents reveal details of hunt for Hitler’s deputyLONDON — It was one of the greatest mysteries of the collapse of the Third Reich. As Russian tanks moved into Berlin and Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bunker, his brutal and feared private secretary, Martin Bormann, simply vanished. Mich. man facing possible deportation because of alleged ties to Nazis says he shot no oneTROY, Mich. — Crying on his front porch, an 88-year-old Michigan man targeted for deportation firmly denied shooting anyone when he was a member of a Nazi-controlled police force during World War II. Europe marks anniversary of outbreak of WWII at scene of first hostilitiesGDANSK, Poland — On a wind-swept peninsula where shells lobbed from a German battleship ignited World War II 70 years ago, European leaders vowed Tuesday never to forget the lessons of the 20th century’s bloodiest conflict. Putin condemns Moscow’s 1939 treaty with Hitler, blames French, British pactsWARSAW, Poland — Russia’s prime minister on Monday condemned Moscow’s 1939 treaty with Berlin that carved up Europe, as well as a British and French pact with the Nazis, in remarks published before the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II. Top Hamas official says Holocaust “a lie,” slams reported UN plan to study it in GazaGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A Hamas spiritual leader on Monday called teaching Palestinian children about the Nazi murder of 6 million Jews a “war crime,” rejecting a suggestion that the U.N. might include the Holocaust in Gaza’s school curriculum. US seeks to deport Michigan man accused of helping Nazis as WWII Ukrainian guardWASHINGTON — An 88-year-old Michigan man accused of helping the Nazis during World War II faces deportation after the Justice Department filed court papers against him. Time doesn’t heal all wounds; 70 years after WWII, Poles fear Germans are misreading historyWARSAW, Poland — Back home in Germany, Erika Steinbach is hardly a household name. But in neighboring Poland she is a national hate figure, caricatured on magazine covers as a Nazi in SS uniform. Medvedev defends Soviet Union before WWII anniversary; calls blaming Moscow a ‘cynical lie’MOSCOW — Russia’s president defended Moscow’s role in World War II before the 70th anniversary of its outbreak, saying in an interview broadcast Sunday that anyone who lays equal blame on the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany is telling a “cynical lie.” Residents of Polish town recall terror of first bombs of World War IIWIELUN, Poland — Just before dawn on Sept. 1, 1939, 13-year-old Eugeniusz Kolodziejczyk stood on a train station platform, fidgeting with his father’s watch. Auschwitz blueprints detailing ‘factory of death’ given to Israel for display in JerusalemBERLIN — Sketched on yellowing parchment, the 29 blueprints presented to Israel’s prime minister Thursday lay out the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in chilling detail, with gas chambers, crematoria, delousing facilities and watch towers drawn to scale. Holocaust victims, Polish saviors honored 65 years after Lodz ghetto deportationsLODZ, Poland — Aged Holocaust survivors commemorated the 65th anniversary of the last deportations from the Lodz ghetto to Nazi death camps on Thursday, and Poland’s president recalled their suffering and praised Poles who risked their lives to save Jews. Merkel: Time short for halt of Israeli settlements; stiffer sanctions for Iran possibleBERLIN — With memories of the Holocaust as their backdrop, the leaders of Israel and Germany spoke Thursday about the need to keep the Jewish state safe from threats like a nuclear-armed Iran. Survivors, others march in memory of Poland’s Lodz Ghetto victimsLODZ, Poland — Survivors and state officials are walking in a March of Remembrance in the central city of Lodz to mark 65 years since the deportation of the last Jews from the city’s Litzmannstadt Ghetto. Mideast diplomacy and painful history as Netanyahu visits BerlinBERLIN — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Angela Merkel underlined Thursday the need for Iran to stop its nuclear program or face stiffer sanctions. Auschwitz blueprints given to Israeli PM for display in Yad VashemBERLIN — Architectural plans for the Auschwitz death camp that were discovered in Berlin last year were handed over to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday for display at Israel’s Holocaust memorial. Resistance veterans, Sarkozy celebrate 65th anniversary of liberation of Paris from NazisPARIS — Veterans of the French Resistance have joined President Nicolas Sarkozy in a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Paris from the Nazi occupation. Relics of once-mighty Maginot Line dot France’s border with Germany, ItalyFORT DU HACKENBERG, France — In the 1930s the Maginot Line was viewed as a military marvel, an impregnable network of underground fortifications stretching along France’s border with Germany — from Belgium to Switzerland — designed to stop the Nazi onslaught and prevent a repeat of the bloody trench warfare of World War I. Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact seen in new light as Russia seeks to restore sphere of influenceMOSCOW — Seventy years ago Sunday, the Soviet Union signed a pact with Nazi Germany that gave dictator Josef Stalin a free hand to take over part of Poland and the Baltic states on the eve of World War II. At the Movies: capsule reviews of ‘Inglourious Basterds’ and other films this weekCapsule reviews of films opening this week: Owens’ humanitarian legacy may be fading in Germany, but should receive new boost this weekendBERLIN — The tide of World War II was turning against Nazi Germany in 1943, and Luz Long had the sense that death was closing in on him on at the Sicilian front. Md. police: Man with ‘Hitler’ nickname, tattoo of Nazi dictator beat elderly black man in parkBALTIMORE — A white supremacist accused of beating a 76-year-old black man has a tattoo of Adolf Hitler on his stomach with the words “He Lives” beneath it, and uses the Nazi dictator’s last name as a nickname, according to police and court documents. |
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