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Family haunted by secret legacy of notorious Nazi Horst Pilarzik: 'By hiding him, they carried his guilt'

March 31, 2020

Family haunted by secret legacy of notorious Nazi Horst Pilarzik: 'By hiding him, they carried his guilt'

Christiane Falge, born in 1970, never met Horst Burkhart who died five years before her birth, but the image of this playboy relative – her father’s uncle – who drove a sports car and wore expensive clothes is engraved in her mind.

12,000 Nazis lived in Argentina in 1930s with Swiss bank accounts, newly discovered documents show

March 5, 2020

12,000 Nazis lived in Argentina in 1930s with Swiss bank accounts, newly discovered documents show

A new cache of documents appears to identify more than 12,000 Nazis who lived in Argentina in the 1930s and who had one or more bank accounts at what is now Credit Suisse bank.

Holocaust-themed carnival celebration in Spain sparks outrage

February 26, 2020

Holocaust-themed carnival celebration in Spain sparks outrage

A Holocaust-themed parade in Spain featuring dancing Nazis and concentration camp prisoners stoked outrage from the Israeli government and Auschwitz museum.

Vatican set to open Pope Pius XII's secret WWII archives

February 20, 2020

Vatican set to open Pope Pius XII's secret WWII archives

The Vatican is set to open the secret archives of Pope Pius XII, the World War II-era pope whose record during the Holocaust has come under intense scrutiny.

Photos may depict John Demjanjuk as Nazi Sobibor death camp guard: Berlin museum

January 28, 2020

Photos may depict John Demjanjuk as Nazi Sobibor death camp guard: Berlin museum

A Berlin museum claimed on Tuesday to have dug up two historical photographs proving Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk was a guard in a Nazi death camp during World War II.

Swastikas, 'f--- Jews' graffiti found scrawled inside NYC apartment building amid spike in anti-Semitism

January 28, 2020

Swastikas, 'f--- Jews' graffiti found scrawled inside NYC apartment building amid spike in anti-Semitism

Hours before New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared "we need to stamp [anti-Semitism] out, once and for all," authorities were investigating another case of a possible anti-Semitic hate crime.

Auschwitz liberation, 75 years later: 5 brilliant minds in the arts who died in the concentration camp

January 27, 2020

Auschwitz liberation, 75 years later: 5 brilliant minds in the arts who died in the concentration camp

Many artists, from painters to musicians to philosophers, perished in the concentration camp, including prescient visionaries who through their masterpieces documented the horrors as they happened before their tragic deaths.

Joy Behar links migrants at US-Mexico border to Holocaust during interview with Holocaust survivors

January 27, 2020

Joy Behar links migrants at US-Mexico border to Holocaust during interview with Holocaust survivors

"The View" co-host Joy Behar invoked the migrants who are in detention centers at the U.S.-Mexico border during an interview with a pair of Holocaust survivors.

France sees rash of anti-Christian acts while anti-Semitism rises, officials say

January 27, 2020

France sees rash of anti-Christian acts while anti-Semitism rises, officials say

Anti-Semitic acts increased in France last year by 27%, acts against Muslims inched higher while anti-Christian acts remained stable but highest of all, France’s interior minister said Sunday, denouncing the situation as intolerable.

Holocaust survivors mark Auschwitz liberation’s 75th anniversary as their stories grow in relevance

January 27, 2020

Holocaust survivors mark Auschwitz liberation’s 75th anniversary as their stories grow in relevance

On Monday, the soft-spoken 89-year-old makes another return under the infamous gate – this time to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. He is joined by nearly 200 other Holocaust survivors.