The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/sachsenhausen/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:37:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Sachsenhausen | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/sachsenhausen/ 32 32 102-year-old convicted former Nazi camp guard dies while awaiting appeal https://www.timesofisrael.com/102-year-old-convicted-former-nazi-camp-guard-dies-while-awaiting-appeal/ Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:58:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3003892 Josef Schuetz denied working at Sachsenhausen but was found by a German court to have served there as a member of the SS

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]]> Ex-Nazi camp guard tells German court he is innocent, insists he ‘knows nothing’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-nazi-camp-guard-tells-german-court-he-is-innocent-insists-he-knows-nothing/ Fri, 08 Oct 2021 11:08:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2628705&preview=true&preview_id=2628705 Josef Schuetz, 100, says he did 'absolutely nothing' when accused of 'knowingly and willingly' assisting in the murder of 3,518 prisoners at Sachsenhausen camp

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]]> Ex-Nazi camp guard, 100, refuses to discuss atrocities at trial in Germany https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-nazi-camp-guard-100-refuses-to-discuss-atrocities-at-trial-in-germany/ Thu, 07 Oct 2021 13:44:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2628167 Josef Schuetz, the oldest person to stand trial for Nazi-era crimes, is accused of 'knowingly and willingly' assisting in murder of 3,518 prisoners at Sachsenhausen

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]]> 100-year-old alleged former Nazi guard to stand trial in Germany https://www.timesofisrael.com/100-year-old-alleged-former-nazi-guard-to-stand-trial-in-germany/ Tue, 03 Aug 2021 00:12:12 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2592961 Suspect is charged with 3,518 counts of accessory to murder, stands accused of working for SS at the Sachsenhausen camp in 1942-1945

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]]> Germany’s Continental says it used slave labor to supply Nazis, test shoe soles https://www.timesofisrael.com/germanys-continental-says-it-used-slave-labor-to-supply-nazis-test-shoe-soles/ Fri, 28 Aug 2020 02:03:44 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2377091 Car parts manufacturer says it forced concentration camp prisoners to march up to 2,200 kilometers to try out rubber footwear for German army during World War II

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]]> US looks to Germany, where police cadets learn mandatory Holocaust history https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-looks-to-germany-where-police-cadets-learn-mandatory-holocaust-history/ Sun, 28 Jun 2020 08:50:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2335455 New York Times report on police brutality highlights role learning about World War II plays in training, including visit by all Berlin trainees to Sachsenhausen concentration camp

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]]> Germany marks Holocaust anniversary in shadow of virus https://www.timesofisrael.com/germany-marks-holocaust-anniversary-in-shadow-of-virus/ Sun, 19 Apr 2020 20:34:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2287008 Trio of former Nazi concentration camps mark 75 years since their liberation, in dramatically scaled back ceremonies

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]]> Far-right surge in Germany rattles guardians of Nazi-era remembrance https://www.timesofisrael.com/far-right-surge-in-germany-rattles-guardians-of-nazi-era-remembrance/ Mon, 26 Aug 2019 06:29:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2136459 Guide at former concentration camp warns AfD politicians are 'playing with fire' by challenging country's culture of reckoning with its past

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]]> Man who denied Holocaust at German concentration camp to face charges https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-who-denied-holocaust-at-german-concentration-camp-to-face-charges/ Tue, 13 Aug 2019 11:19:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2129254 Suspect, reportedly a supporter of the far-right AfD party, one of several to make remarks denying existence of gas chambers at Sachsenhausen

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]]> Herman Shine, one of the last survivors to have escaped Auschwitz, dies at 96 https://www.timesofisrael.com/herman-shine-one-of-the-last-survivors-to-have-escaped-auschwitz-dies-at-96/ Wed, 25 Jul 2018 07:23:44 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1895921 With the help of a Polish partisan, Shine and a friend managed to break out of Auschwitz and hide until the end of the war

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]]> Ceremonies mark liberation of 2 Nazi camps 72 years ago https://www.timesofisrael.com/ceremonies-mark-liberation-of-2-nazi-camps-72-years-ago/ Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:06:06 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1605305 'By remembering, we want to give space in our lives for the dead and the survivors,' says Germany's culture minister

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]]> ‘Holocaust tourism’ laid bare in eye-opening documentary https://www.timesofisrael.com/holocaust-tourism-laid-bare-in-eye-opening-documentary/ Fri, 17 Feb 2017 17:59:29 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1564128 Showing in New York on Sunday, Austerlitz, by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa, captures thousands of visitors sauntering around Dachau and Sachsenhausen. Most seem as if they are walking in a mall, or perhaps an art museum

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]]> Last of Hitler’s Jewish ‘counterfeiters‘ dies https://www.timesofisrael.com/last-of-hitlers-jewish-counterfeiters-dies-at-99/ Thu, 08 Dec 2016 14:35:10 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1516428 Adolf Burger, 99, whose memoirs inspired award-winning film, was forced to forge banknotes during World War II

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]]> Himmler diaries reveal chilling details of Nazi wartime life https://www.timesofisrael.com/himmler-diaries-reveal-chilling-details-of-nazi-wartime-life/ Fri, 05 Aug 2016 08:05:29 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1440543 Journals illustrate how the SS chief kept tabs on even the banal minutiae of his daily routine, even as he oversaw the systematic slaughter of European Jewry

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]]> ‘Jewish Olympics’ kick off at the Berlin amphitheater Hitler built https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-olympics-kick-off-at-the-berlin-amphitheater-hitler-built/ Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:38:16 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1223032 Under watchful police guard, thousands of Jewish athletes from around the globe launch first European Maccabi Games in Berlin since World War II

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