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October 26, 2019, 3:21 pm
30 years later, Berlin Wall comes back to life with virtual reality
German startup offering visitors and history buffs an ‘authentic’ and immersive Cold War-era tour of the divided capital
By
Deborah Cole
October 4, 2018, 3:48 am
Sidney Shachnow, Holocaust survivor turned US Army major general, dies at 83
After fighting as Green Beret in Vietnam, he went on to command American forces in what was then West Berlin
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Ben Finley
October 17, 2016, 1:32 am
Guess who’s coming to dinner, in Germany
Made by two longtime friends from very different backgrounds, documentary ‘Germans & Jews’ explores — over dinner — how the Holocaust still shapes German life
By
Renee Ghert-Zand
October 13, 2016, 6:38 am
Nazi jargon revival causes alarm in Germany
Against the backdrop of an unprecedented wave of Muslim migrants, some protesters and politicians seen using once-taboo nationalist rhetoric
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Hui Min NEO
October 10, 2016, 5:24 pm
Most post-WWII German justice officials were ex-Nazis, study finds
More ministry personnel were members of Hitler’s party in 1950s than during Third Reich, research shows, allowing colleagues to shield each other from justice
By
Frank Zeller
August 18, 2016, 10:30 am
Is new Polish law an attempt to whitewash its citizens’ roles in the Holocaust?
Some experts worry that legislation which criminalizes talk of ‘Polish death camps’ places emphasis on one aspect of World War II history while suppressing country’s dark past
By
Amanda Borschel-Dan
May 12, 2016, 5:13 am
Germany scraps postwar convictions of gays under Nazi law
50,000 Germans were convicted as homosexuals; ‘We can never completely erase the travesty of justice,’ says justice minister
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AFP
April 3, 2016, 7:52 pm
Freed from Auschwitz, UK survivors seeking reparations found a wall instead
Newly unveiled archives show British officials exhibited almost no compassion for Holocaust survivor applicants to a £1m. compensation fund jointly administered with West Germany
By
Jenni Frazer
April 3, 2016, 4:23 am
Genscher, who pushed unification of Germany, dies at 89
Longest-serving German foreign minister championed detente with Soviets, oversaw failed 1972 bid to rescue Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich
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Geir Moulson
February 26, 2016, 3:23 pm
Do the words ‘Polish death camps’ defame Poland? And if so, who’s to blame?
As Poland prepares a bill that makes calling Nazi-era death camps ‘Polish’ libelous, a look at the term’s Cold War origins, and the controversy’s impressive staying power
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Matt Lebovic
November 11, 2015, 12:59 am
Helmut Schmidt, German ex-chancellor, dead aged 96
A Wehrmacht veteran whose grandfather was Jewish, German leader will be remembered for realpolitik, dealing with terrorism
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November 4, 2015, 9:08 pm
Most German Interior Ministry staff after WWII were ex-Nazis
Many officials had been in the SS, some served under Himmler, study shows
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