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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 430

Rudolf Hess

Hermann Goering stands in the prisoner's dock at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial in Germany, November 21, 1945. (AP Photo, file)
November 20, 2020, 10:35 am
Nuremberg marks 75 years since trials that established concept of war criminals
The German city will hold a ceremony in the courtroom where Hitler’s right-hand man Goering and other top officials were tried for crimes against humanity
By David Rising
Rainer Hoess, grandson of Rudolf Hoess, commandant of Auschwitz, poses at Northern Secondary School after speaking to students about his grandfather's infamous legacy, (Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star via Getty Images via JTA)
July 25, 2020, 8:59 am
Auschwitz commander’s grandson, an anti-Nazi activist, said to carry out fraud
Report says Rainer Hoess has been convicted in criminal court 13 times since 1991 for offenses ranging from fraud to threats and assault
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Kazimierz Piechowski, a non-Jewish political prisoner who led a daring escape from the Auschwitz death camp in 1942, died at the age of 98 on15, December 2017. (YouTube screenshot)
December 19, 2017, 1:24 am
Kazimierz Piechowski, leader of daring Auschwitz escape, dies at 98
Non-Jewish political prisoner one of four to drive out of death camp using stolen SS uniforms, weapons and the truck of Hitler’s deputy
By JTA
This file photo taken on May 8, 2012 shows Austrian fraternity members marching as they hold a commemoration ceremony and a rally (AFP / DIETER NAGL)
December 2, 2017, 12:22 pm
Austria’s nationalist ‘frats’ prepare for government
Far-right party leader Heinz-Christian Strache flirted with neo-Nazism in his youth, but today denies any extremist sympathies
By Sophie MAKRIS
Far-right extremists gather to commemorate the death of Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, in Berlin's western district of Spandau, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. (Maurizio Gambarini/dpa via AP)
August 20, 2017, 4:50 pm
39 people detained over neo-Nazi rally in Berlin
Far-right marchers commemorating 30th anniversary of death of Rudolph Hess in Spandau prison blocked by left-wing protesters
By AP
In this file photo dated Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004, Neo-Nazi sympathizers demonstrate prior to the beginning of a commemoration march for Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess in the northeastern Bavarian town of Wunsiedel where Hess was buried. (AP Photo/FILE)
August 19, 2017, 4:09 pm
Police separate neo-Nazis, opponents at Berlin march
Far-right extremists rally to mark 30th anniversary of the death of top Nazi Rudolf Hess, police restrict participation to avoid violence
By AP
A neo-Nazi rally held in memory of Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess in Hess's Bavarian hometown of Wunsiedel, southern Germany, 2002. (photo: AP/Udo Bartsch)
August 19, 2017, 3:16 am
Neo-Nazis in Germany to commemorate Hitler’s deputy
Police allow far-right extremists to hold Saturday rally marking death of Rudolf Hess, as long as they don’t glorify him
By Frank Jordans
Former inmate and Mengele twin, Eva Mozes Kor walks the grounds at Auschwitz in 2007, on one of her many trips there as a lecturer. (courtesy)
December 8, 2016, 3:54 am
Holocaust survivor preaches forgiveness of Nazis as ‘ultimate revenge’
Reviled by many, Mengele twin Eva Mozes Kor is steadfast in her belief that there is no criminal who cannot be forgiven, even those who murdered her family
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
An original railway carriage stands at the Judenrampe platform at Auschwitz (Adam Jones/Wikimedia Commons)
June 11, 2016, 10:55 pm
Germany seeks to prosecute ex-SS Auschwitz radio operator, 92
Helma M. to undergo medical evaluation to determine if she is fit to stand trial for complicity in murders of 260,000 Jews
By Tamar Pileggi
In this January 29, 2015 picture Jozef Paczynski, left, 95, a former Auschwitz prisoner who was the barber to camp commandant Rudolf Hoess, stands next to Eva Mozes Kor, 81, a Jewish survivor of experiments by the sadistic German doctor Josef Mengele, in Krakow, Poland. (photo credit: AP Photo/Alexandra Fletcher)
May 1, 2015, 5:14 am
Ex-Auschwitz inmate, barber to camp commander, dies at 95
Jozef Paczynski opted against killing Rudolf Hoess for fear of retribution against fellow prisoners
By Vanessa Gera
In this January 29, 2015 picture Jozef Paczynski, left, 95, a former Auschwitz prisoner who was the barber to camp commandant Rudolf Hoess, stands next to Eva Mozes Kor, 81, a Jewish survivor of experiments by the sadistic German doctor Josef Mengele, in Krakow, Poland. (photo credit: AP Photo/Alexandra Fletcher)
February 7, 2015, 4:15 pm
Barber considered slitting Auschwitz commandant’s throat
Polish man backed out of killing Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hoess for fear of retribution against fellow prisoners
By Vanessa Gera
Rainer Höss with Eva Mozes Kor (Photo credit: YouTube screen capture)
January 18, 2015, 3:57 am
The Auschwitz survivor who adopted the camp chief’s grandson
Since meeting in 2013, Mengele survivor Eva Mozes Kor and Rainer Höss have formed a close bond. Together they preach understanding and tolerance
By Itamar Sharon
Screenshot from the trailer of the 2013 documentary Hitler's Children, which also features Rainer Hoess, grandson of SS commandant Rudolf Hoess. (Photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
November 25, 2014, 1:38 am
Rudolf Hoess’s grandson speaks at Budapest Holocaust event
Rainer Hoess, grandson of the Auschwitz death camp commander, says visit to Hungary was ‘strange’ after ancestor’s deeds
By JTA
Police stand in front of banners reading 'Donate with every step, march' (top left), and '#Right against right' (top right), during a far-right march in Wunsiedel, southern Germany. Letters on the ground say 'Thanks for euro 2,500!' November 15, 2014. (photo credit: AP/dpa, Fricke)
November 19, 2014, 2:27 pm
Neo-Nazis march in the wrong direction
German town turns tables on Rudolf Hess acolytes, who unwittingly raise money for anti-fascist cause
By AP
Rudolf Hess, the Kommandant of Auschwitz (Public domain)
May 22, 2014, 3:01 pm
Auschwitz commander’s grandson visits Israel
Rainer Hoess is an activist against European neo-Nazism and fights to raise awareness of the dangers of racism
By Lazar Berman
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