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Samoan Prime Minister La’aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt watches a rugby match between Auckland’s Tipene College and Samoa’s Wesley College with his New Zealand counterpart Christopher Luxon in the village of Faleula, Samoa, on March 17, 2026. (Ben STRANG/AFP)
October 5, 2026, 9:57 am
Samoan PM apologizes for Nazi salute and saying ‘Heil Hitler’ in resurfaced video
Island nation’s leader says he rejects all forms of political extremism day after Samoan Observer publishes 7-second video from family reunion in 2007 where he made gesture
By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY
Roger Waters performs on stage during his 'The Wall' show at the Olympic stadium in Berlin on September 4, 2013. (ODD ANDERSEN / AFP)
April 11, 2026, 7:29 am
Sex, Nazism and rock ‘n’ roll: Why rockers love to goose step in the gaslights
In ‘This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich,’ music historian Daniel Rachel unpacks role of Nazi symbols for icons from Bowie to Lennon
By Matt Lebovic
File: Members of the Swiss Parliament attend the closing day of the 51st legislature of the Swiss National Council, on September 29, 2023 in Bern. (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
April 17, 2024, 7:06 pm
Swiss lawmakers vote to ban Nazi symbols including flags, gestures and speech
Parliament says ban to begin with easily identifiable symbols, such as swastikas, and later widen to include other racist ideologies
By AFP
File: People gather to protest against the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD party, and right-wing extremism in front of the parliament building in Berlin, Germany, January 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
March 18, 2024, 12:51 pm
Germany’s Nazi past comes back to haunt it, as far-right AfD surges in polls
Many believed that with education and laws, extreme nationalism would not return, but far-right party finds strong support among disillusioned in former communist east
By Kirsten Grieshaber
Haj Amin al-Husseini, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Chairman of the Supreme Islamic Council, with German dictator Adolf Hitler in 1941. (German Federal Archive via Wikimedia Commons)
February 25, 2024, 9:35 am
A New York Yiddish center finds Nazis lurking deep within Hamas’s ideology
Starting Feb. 26, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research sponsors a 3-part webinar with scholars countering the view that October 7 was ‘payback’ for Israel’s rule over the West Bank
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The pro-Nazi German American Bund holds a parade on East 86th Street in New York City on October 30, 1937. (Library of Congress)
January 23, 2024, 12:53 am
New PBS documentary ‘Nazi Town, USA’ looks at 1930s heyday of Hitler’s US admirers
A packed Madison Square Garden giving the Nazi salute and a fascist summer camp show the German American Bund at its peak, with 100,000 members
By Linda Buchwald
US President Joe Biden speaks at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, on January 5, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)
January 5, 2024, 11:51 pm
Biden accuses Trump of echoing Nazis as he kicks off 2024 re-election campaign
Facing dire opinion polls in quest for second term, incumbent warns twice-impeached former president is ‘willing to sacrifice our democracy, put himself in power’
By Mandel NGAN, Diane DESOBEAU and Danny Kemp
An exterior view of Adolf Hitler's birth house, front, in Braunau am Inn, Austria, on September 27, 2012. (AP Photo / Kerstin Joensson, File)
October 2, 2023, 4:35 pm
Work begins in Austria on turning Hitler’s birthplace into police station
Move approved in 2019 seeks to make site in Braunau Am Inn unattractive for admirers of the Nazi dictator
By AP
File: Bjoern Hoecke, Alternative for Germany's regional leader in Thuringia state addresses the European Election Assembly of the far-right party at the fair grounds in Magdeburg, eastern Germany on August 5, 2023. (Ronny HARTMANN/AFP)
September 13, 2023, 7:14 pm
Far-right German politician to stand trial for use of banned Nazi slogan
Bjoern Hoecke, chief of AfD in Thuringia state, accused of saying ‘Everything for Germany,’ Nazi paramilitary group’s motto, during campaign speech in 2021
By AFP
Teachers Laura Nickel (right) and Max Teske pose for a photograph after an interview with The Associated Press in Cottbus, Germany, July 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
July 26, 2023, 6:01 pm
Teachers in Germany forced to leave town after denouncing Nazi, far-right students
Two educators say their efforts to counter extremist ideologies at school met backlash from parents and lack of support from staff
By Kirsten Grieshaber
Far-right German lawmaker Robert Sesselmann, center, visits a butcher shop in Sonneberg, Germany on April 27, 2023. (Robert Sesselmann)
June 25, 2023, 11:46 pm
German far-right party wins its first county leadership post, rising in polls
Victory of AfD’s candidate in rural Sonneberg area reflects rising popularity of anti-immigration party; Jewish group says party’s surge is something we ‘cannot simply accept’
By AP and ToI Staff
In this photo provided by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, is greeted by Prince Badr Bin Sultan, deputy governor of Mecca, upon his arrival at Jeddah airport, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023, to attend the Arab summit. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)
May 22, 2023, 10:37 am
Russia says Zelensky heads ‘Nazi regime’ with ‘blood ties to Israel’
Moscow’s embassy in Egypt posts tweet in response to Ukrainian president’s visit to Arab League summit, later deletes and reposts it without Israel reference
By Michael Horovitz
Nazis are villains in the "Hellsing" series and many other anime shows. (Screenshot/ YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 4, 2023, 2:57 am
Does anime have a Nazi problem? Some Jewish fans think so
Japanese animation medium hit with criticism for alleged glorification of antisemitism, fascism; some experts say Nazi references more to do with Japan’s history, culture
By Jordyn Haime
Louis Hofmann (as Cioma Schönhaus) and Luna Wedler (as Gerda) in 'The Forger.' (Courtesy of Kino Lorber)
March 15, 2023, 6:02 am
How a young Jewish man with a talent for forgery hid in plain sight in WWII Berlin
Now playing in the US, the German-language feature film ‘The Forger’ recounts true-life story of the spirited Cioma Schönhaus, who created documents that saved hundreds of lives
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Founder and operator of The Daily Stormer website, Andrew Anglin. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
November 11, 2022, 12:46 am
US judge orders arrest of neo-Nazi website head for inciting antisemitic harassment
District court says Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin yet to pay any of $14 million fine handed down in 2019 for orchestrating online campaign against Jewish Montana family
By AP
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