August 2, 2017
4:12 pm

Former Nazi SS officer Oskar Groening listens to the verdict of his trial on July 15, 2015 at court in Lueneburg, northern Germany. (AFP / POOL/ AXEL HEIMKEN)

96-year-old ‘bookkeeper of Auschwitz’ ruled fit to serve sentence

Oskar Groening was found guilty of being an accessory to the murders of 300,000 people, sentenced to four years in prison

By AFP

April 21, 2017
8:48 pm

Monument for Jewish Holocaust victims, which also features the names of three SS soldiers, at Leidschendam-Voorburg in the western Netherlands (Algemeen Dagblad screenshot)

Names of SS soldiers found on Dutch Holocaust monument

Municipality near The Hague to remove the 3 names from its main monument to hundreds of Jewish Holocaust victims and resistance fighters

By JTA

March 15, 2017
7:21 pm

In this May 2014 photo, Michael Karkoc works in his yard in Minneapolis. (Richard Sennott/Star Tribune via AP)

Polish court issues arrest warrant for US man in Nazi case

Prosecutors accuse Michael Karkoc, 98, of commanding SS-led unit and ordering the killing of 44 Poles during WWII

By AP

March 13, 2017
5:34 pm

Michael Karkoc in Minnesota (screen capture: YouTube/ABC News)

Minnesota man was a Nazi officer, Poland says

Prosecutors accuse Michael Karkoc, 98, of commanding SS-led unit and ordering the killing of 44 Poles during WWII

By AP

January 18, 2017
9:13 pm

The railway track leading to the infamous ‘Death Gate’ at the Auschwitz II Birkenau extermination camp, on November 13, 2014, in Oswiecim, Poland. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images via JTA)

Auschwitz museum appeals for personal SS documents

Germans and Austrians asked to donate papers, photographs, personal letters to be used to teach future generations

By JTA

October 2, 2016
4:15 pm

Ralf Breker of the Bavarian criminal police posing in Munich with virtual reality glasses and a computer which shows a picture from the 3D model of the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz, September 26, 2016. (AFP/Christof Stache)

Virtual reality helps net last Auschwitz criminals

3D model allows German investigators to ‘walk through’ death camp and ‘see’ what Nazi suspects would have known about the killings

By Deborah Cole

September 12, 2016
4:33 pm

Former SS medic Hubert Zafke, 95, accused of aiding in 3,681 murders in Auschwitz in 1944, attends his trial on September 12, 2016 at the court in Neubrandenburg, Germany. (AFP/dpa/Bernd Wüstneck)

Trial underway in Germany for SS medic who served at Auschwitz

Hubert Zafke, 95, charged with 3,681 counts of accessory to murder for allegedly helping death camp to function

By AP

August 5, 2016
11:05 am

Himmler diaries reveal chilling details of Nazi wartime life

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

By AFP

June 11, 2016
10:54 pm

94-year-old former SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp Reinhold Hanning, arrives at a courtroom in Detmold, Germany, Saturday June 11, 2016. (Bernd Thissen/Pool Photo via AP)

German defense wants acquittal of ex-Auschwitz guard

Attorneys argue murder trial failed to produce evidence that Reinhold Hanning, 94, was directly involved in specific crimes

By AP

May 21, 2016
2:35 am

94-year-old former SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp Reinhold Hanning arrives for his trial in Detmold, Germany, February 11, 2016. (Bernd Thissen/Pool Photo via AP)

Prosecutors seek 6-year sentence for ex-Auschwitz guard

In closing arguments, Andreas Brendel tells court 94-year-old Reinhold Hanning ‘played a part in camp’s purpose of annihilation’

By AP

April 29, 2016
5:02 pm

94-year-old former SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp Reinhold Hanning, center, leaves the building after the opening of his trial in Detmold, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. (Bernd Thissen/Pool Photo via AP)

Ex-SS Auschwitz guard tells court, ‘I am truly sorry’

Reinhold Hanning, 94, accused of complicity in 170,000 murders, is ‘ashamed’ of having done nothing to prevent crimes

By AFP

March 4, 2016
3:56 pm

Brig.-Gen. Ofek Buchris, right, salutes during a ceremony to mark his exit as commander of the Bashan Division, along with head of the Northern Command Maj.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi, center, and Brig.-Gen. Yaniv Asur, in September 2015. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

The unbecoming of an officer

Allegations of sexual assault against Brig.-Gen. Ofek Buchris still top the headlines, underscoring a change in attitude toward rape in Israel

By Adiv Sterman

February 11, 2016
8:09 am

Ex-SS guard on trial in late push to punish Nazi crimes

40 Auschwitz survivors to testify in case of 94-year-old Reinhold Hanning, who faces 170,000 counts of accessory to murder

By David Rising

February 6, 2016
12:55 am

A flyer advertising a Hungarian Veteran's Day event scheduled for February 6, 2016 featuring an SS officer titled 'Remembering the Heroes.' (courtesy)

Wiesenthal Center raps Hungary for neo-Nazi memorial

Flyer for a Veteran’s Day event in town of Szekesfehervar featuring SS veteran shows a Nazi underneath the banner ‘Remember the Heroes!’

By Times of Israel staff

February 5, 2016
6:55 pm

An original railway carriage stands at the Judenrampe platform at Auschwitz (Adam Jones/Wikimedia Commons)

Ex-Auschwitz SS guard, 93, faces German trial in April

Former death camp worker oversaw the arrival of trains full of Jews; on his watch, at least 1,075 perished in gas chambers

By AFP

Topic: SS

96-year-old ‘bookkeeper of Auschwitz’ ruled fit to serve sentence

Oskar Groening was found guilty of being an accessory to the murders of 300,000 people, sentenced to four years in prison

Names of SS soldiers found on Dutch Holocaust monument

Municipality near The Hague to remove the 3 names from its main monument to hundreds of Jewish Holocaust victims and resistance fighters

Polish court issues arrest warrant for US man in Nazi case

Prosecutors accuse Michael Karkoc, 98, of commanding SS-led unit and ordering the killing of 44 Poles during WWII

Minnesota man was a Nazi officer, Poland says

Prosecutors accuse Michael Karkoc, 98, of commanding SS-led unit and ordering the killing of 44 Poles during WWII

Auschwitz museum appeals for personal SS documents

Germans and Austrians asked to donate papers, photographs, personal letters to be used to teach future generations

Virtual reality helps net last Auschwitz criminals

3D model allows German investigators to ‘walk through’ death camp and ‘see’ what Nazi suspects would have known about the killings

Trial underway in Germany for SS medic who served at Auschwitz

Hubert Zafke, 95, charged with 3,681 counts of accessory to murder for allegedly helping death camp to function

Himmler diaries reveal chilling details of Nazi wartime life

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

German defense wants acquittal of ex-Auschwitz guard

Attorneys argue murder trial failed to produce evidence that Reinhold Hanning, 94, was directly involved in specific crimes

Prosecutors seek 6-year sentence for ex-Auschwitz guard

In closing arguments, Andreas Brendel tells court 94-year-old Reinhold Hanning ‘played a part in camp’s purpose of annihilation’

Ex-SS Auschwitz guard tells court, ‘I am truly sorry’

Reinhold Hanning, 94, accused of complicity in 170,000 murders, is ‘ashamed’ of having done nothing to prevent crimes

The unbecoming of an officer

Allegations of sexual assault against Brig.-Gen. Ofek Buchris still top the headlines, underscoring a change in attitude toward rape in Israel

Ex-SS guard on trial in late push to punish Nazi crimes

40 Auschwitz survivors to testify in case of 94-year-old Reinhold Hanning, who faces 170,000 counts of accessory to murder

Wiesenthal Center raps Hungary for neo-Nazi memorial

Flyer for a Veteran’s Day event in town of Szekesfehervar featuring SS veteran shows a Nazi underneath the banner ‘Remember the Heroes!’

Ex-Auschwitz SS guard, 93, faces German trial in April

Former death camp worker oversaw the arrival of trains full of Jews; on his watch, at least 1,075 perished in gas chambers

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