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Topic: SS

May 6, 2013
10:57 pm

The Auschwitz concentration camp (photo credit: Shutterstock)

Alleged Auschwitz death camp guard arrested

German man, deported from US for lying about Nazi past, held over ‘compelling evidence’ he was involved in war crimes

By David Rising

December 27, 2012
1:41 am

Anton Geiser, who has lived in the US for more than 50 years, didn't deny serving as a guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. (Photo credit: CC BY/ hsivonen via Flickr.com)

Former Nazi guard dies amid deportation battle

Anton Geiser served in SS as concentration camp guard before moving to US

December 26, 2012
1:52 pm

The main Holocaust memorial in Berlin features an above-ground, abstract monument resembling tombstones. (Plano Light/Creative Commons via JTA)

Come for the Holocaust museums, stay for the dance clubs and art

With its tragic history and growing Jewish population, Berlin offers a compelling, sometimes jarring mix of tourist activities

By Toby Axelrod