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Illustrative: A paratrooper of the German armed forces Bundeswehr is seen with a German flag in the sky over the military base of Kaufbeuren, southern Germany, during an Open Day of the Bundeswehr, on June 17, 2023. (Christof STACHE / AFP)
December 29, 2025, 8:27 pm
German paratrooper unit probed over alleged ‘openly antisemitic clique,’ sex abuse
Soldiers reportedly uttered antisemitic slurs and performed Nazi salutes when entering rooms, held Nazi-themed party; German Defense Ministry slams ‘unacceptable’ behavior
By AFP and ToI Staff
German lawmaker Matthias Moosdorf campaigns for the right-wing populist AfD party in Zwckau, Germany, on May 10, 2021. (Courtesy of Moosdorf/File)
December 15, 2025, 11:36 pm
Far-right German lawmaker charged for alleged Nazi salute in parliament
Prosecutors allege AfD MP Matthias Moosdorf performed a heel click and Hitler salute in 2023; he rejects charges, says authorities trying to ‘fabricate a political spectacle’
By Reuters
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (right) attends a press conference with Zia Yusuf, head of Reform UK's Department of Government Efficiency, in London on November 18, 2025. (Justin TALLIS / AFP)
November 19, 2025, 10:43 pm
Far-right UK lawmaker Nigel Farage denies saying ‘Hitler was right’ as a schoolboy
Allegations from contemporaries in the 1970s include claims that Farage, who is leading in polls, often made a Nazi salute, whispered ‘gas them’ and sang Hitler Youth songs
By AFP and ToI Staff
Fans of Croatian nationalist singer Marko Perkovic Thompson gather at the Zagreb hippodrome during a concert by the singer, who is known for his sympathies for the country's World War II Nazi-allied regime, to an expected crowd of some 450,000 people on July 5, 2025. (Damir Sencar/AFP)
July 7, 2025, 6:18 pm
Croatian right-wing singer joins hundreds of thousands of fans in pro-Nazi salute
Authorities say they could prosecute some members of audience for their displays at Marko Perkovic concert
By Grace Gilson
Police stand near houses vandalized with anti-Israel slogans in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra, Australia, December 11, 2024. (AP/Mark Baker)
February 26, 2025, 12:37 pm
Australian police charge seven for making Nazi salutes
Group makes gesture at club for Croatian expats, sparking condemnation from president of institution in Victoria’s Geelong
By AFP and ToI Staff
Steve Bannon gestures toward a crowd in Oxon Hill, Maryland, February 21, 2025. (X screenshot used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 21, 2025, 11:23 pm
Trump ally Steve Bannon appears to perform a Nazi salute at conservative conference
Former Trump chief strategist says he was merely waving; far-right French leader cancels participation at event after incident
By Jill Colvin and Adriana Gomez Licon
Father Calvin Robinson gives Elon Musk's salute at the National Pro-Life Summit, January 25, 2025, in Washington. (X screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 31, 2025, 6:32 am
Church defrocks priest for mimicking Elon Musk’s Nazi-like salute
Anglican Catholic Church ‘condemns Nazi ideology and antisemitism in all its forms’ after Father Calvin Robinson makes gesture at pro-life rally
By Andrew Lapin
New South Wales Deputy Police Commissioner David Hudson briefs reporters about a caravan of explosives found in a suburb of Sydney, Australia, with 'indications' that they were meant to target a synagogue, January 29, 2025. (Screen capture via Australian Broadcasting Corporation, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 29, 2025, 1:49 pm
Sydney police uncover cache of explosives, with indication target was synagogue
Australian city’s Jewish community on edge after police — who kept the incident secret until it was leaked — say they’re probing possible connections to recent antisemitic attacks
By Zev Stub, ToI Staff and Agencies
Yad Vashem director Dani Dayan on January 9, 2025, at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
January 27, 2025, 12:48 pm
‘Insult to victims of Nazism’: Yad Vashem head condemns Musk speech to German far-right
Dani Dayan says failure to acknowledge Germany’s past is clear danger to its democratic future after prominent Trump ally tells AfD rally there’s too much focus on ‘past guilt’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks with Elon Musk during a live discussion on the social media platform X, at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California, September 18, 2023. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
January 23, 2025, 4:16 pm
Netanyahu defends Elon Musk after he’s accused of giving Nazi salute
Prime minister says billionaire X owner is ‘a great friend of Israel’ and ‘is being falsely smeared over gesture he made during Trump’s inauguration
By ToI Staff
Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capitol One Arena in Washington, on January 20, 2025. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
January 22, 2025, 10:07 am
How did the ADL conclude that Elon Musk didn’t give a Nazi salute? It isn’t saying
While many Jewish groups accuse head of Tesla and X of doing a ‘Heil Hitler’ with his outstretched right arm at Trump’s inauguration, ADL says he should be given benefit of doubt
By Andrew Lapin
Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capitol One Arena in Washington, on January 20, 2025. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
January 21, 2025, 10:06 am
Elon Musk’s straight-armed gesture at inauguration ignites comparisons to Nazi salute
Musk dismisses criticism of salute during his speech as a ‘tired attack’ as some Jewish groups condemn him and some defend him; some on far right celebrate moment
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Screen capture from video of Italian soccer fans giving fascist salutes to celebrate a goal scored by the great-grandson of wartime dictator Benito Mussolini, Cesena, Italy, December 23, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 24, 2024, 6:05 pm
Fascist salutes after soccer goal by Mussolini’s great-grandson to be probed
Fans of club Juve Stabia give outstretched arm gesture to celebrate winning goal by Romano Floriani Mussolini; Italian soccer federation opens investigation
By AFP and ToI Staff
A police car leads a diplomatic motorcade past the venue for the 50th ASEAN-Australia Special Summit, which is being held at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from March 4th-6th 2024, in Melbourne on March 5, 2024. (Martin KEEP / AFP)
October 12, 2024, 6:45 pm
Australian police sergeant likely to be charged over Nazi salute in front of recruits
Victoria state police chief apologizes to Jewish community for the actions of an academy instructor
By Rod McGuirk
Jacob Hersant, left, a self-described Nazi, walks from the Melbourne Magistrates Court in, Melbourne, Australia, October 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)
October 9, 2024, 8:16 am
Self-described Nazi set to become first Australian jailed for banned salute
Jacob Hersant says will continue to make outlawed gesture ‘but hopefully police officers don’t see it’; magistrate says he’ll get ‘relatively modest term of imprisonment’
By Rod McGuirk
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