AACHEN, Germany — Confessed Nazi hitman Heinrich Boere went on trial Wednesday in the western city of Aachen, charged with the 1944 murders of three Dutch civilians in reprisal for partisan attacks.

Swiss-based retired AP reporter Hanns Neuerbourg has died at 88

Retired AP reporter Neuerbourg dies at 88

GENEVA — Hanns Neuerbourg, a roving Associated Press correspondent in eastern Europe who also covered the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and interviewed Elvis Presley, has died in Switzerland. He was 88.

Danish film of neo-Nazi gay affair wins top prize at Rome festival, Mirren wins best actress

ROME — A Danish movie about a gay love affair between two members of a neo-Nazi group won top honors Friday at the Rome Film Festival, while Helen Mirren won the best actress award.

Accused Nazi war criminal surrenders to Australian police after exhausting extradition appeals

PERTH, Australia — An 88-year-old man accused by Hungary of Nazi war crimes during World War II surrendered to Australian police Thursday after exhausting his appeals against extradition.

Austrian parliament passes bill to rehabilitate deserters of Nazi Wehrmacht

VIENNA — Richard Wadani still remembers the sick feeling in his stomach the morning he left Hitler’s Wehrmacht in October 1944, knowing as he crawled through a tangle of barbed wire as dawn broke that one wrong move would cost him his life.

Germany’s highest court rejects John Demjanjuk’s appeals, trial on Nazi ties to begin Nov. 30

BERLIN — Germany’s highest court has thrown out appeals by John Demjanjuk’s lawyer and cleared the way for his trial to begin next month in Munich.

Thai billboard for wax museum, showing Hitler, causes diplomatic fuss in Thailand

BANGKOK — A highway billboard using a saluting Adolf Hitler to advertise a Thai wax museum has been covered up after complaints from the Israeli and German ambassadors, the museum’s manager said Sunday.

Southern Baptist official apologizes for comparing health care proposal to Nazi ideology

ATLANTA — A key Southern Baptist official has apologized for comparing proposals to overhaul the nation’s health care system with Nazism.

AP Interview: Guenter Grass surprised by success of “Tin Drum” 50 years on

GOETTINGEN, Germany — Fifty years after he rocketed to the international stage with “The Tin Drum,” Guenter Grass is still surprised at the overnight success of his tale of World War II as told through the eyes of a stunted boy and his toy instrument.

Auschwitz death camp memorial launches Facebook page to reach young people

WARSAW, Poland — The memorial museum at Auschwitz has launched a Facebook page, hoping that the popular social networking site will help it reach young people around the globe and engage them in discussions about the former Nazi death camp and the Holocaust.

University of Colorado seeks to recover more than $52,000 from fired professor Ward Churchill

BOULDER, Colo. — The University of Colorado is seeking to recover funds it spent fighting a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a professor who was fired on plagiarism charges after he likened some Sept. 11 terrorist attack victims to a Nazi leader.

German artist poses 1,250 garden gnomes giving Hitler salute in town square

STRAUBING, Germany — A German artist is posing 1,250 garden gnomes with their arms outstretched in the stiff-armed Hitler salute in an installation that he calls a protest of lingering fascist tendencies in German society.

Russian court rules against Stalin’s grandson, who sued for libel over dictator’s reputation

MOSCOW — A Russian court ruled against Josef Stalin’s grandson Tuesday in a libel suit over a newspaper article that said the Soviet dictator sent thousands of people to their deaths.

Supreme Court receptive on arguments to reinstate death sentence for neo-Nazi who killed 3

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed receptive Tuesday to reinstating the death sentence of a flamboyant neo-Nazi convicted of murdering three men in Ohio more than a quarter century ago.

Mich. man fighting deportation denies shooting Jews as part of WWII Ukrainian police unit

DETROIT — An 88-year-old retired auto engineer told a judge Tuesday that he never shot Jews while serving in a Nazi-controlled police force during World War II, during an initial hearing over whether the government can deport him.

Top German court receives request from John Demjanjuk’s lawyer to block trial

KARLSRUHE, Germany — Germany’s highest court says it has received an appeal from the lawyer of accused Nazi prison camp guard John Demjanjuk seeking to block the 89-year-old’s trial.

Demjanjuk attorney says he plans to try and stop trial with appeal to German high court

BERLIN — John Demjanjuk’s attorney says he plans to ask Germany’s high court to block his trial on charges of being an accessory to the murder of thousands at a Nazi death camp.

Why do we hate? New academic field of hate studies seeks the answer

Antiracists, far-right youth battle in Moscow after slaying of activist known as ‘Bonebreaker’

A look at recent prosecutions of suspected Nazi war criminals in Germany

Australia OKs extradition to Hungary of accused Nazi war criminal

Nazi hit man trial postponed after attorneys argue he can not properly hear proceedings

Old Hebrew Bible, looted by Nazis, is returned to Vienna’s Jewish community in NYC ceremony

Old Hebrew Bible, stolen by Nazis, is returned to Vienna’s Jewish community in NYC ceremony

Germany marks 71th anniversary of anti-Semitic pogrom Kristallnacht

Court upholds Calif. city council’s removal of man from public meeting after Nazi salute

Lawyer says suspect in the killing of a human rights lawyer and a journalist has confessed

Son of Nazi hit man’s victim urges him to accept responsibility for killings at German trial

Historian Bergier, who headed critical probe into Swiss conduct during war, dies at 77

Nazi hit man goes on trial on 3 counts of murder for 3 wartime killings in Holland

Nazi hit man goes on trial in Germany for 3 wartime killings in Holland