The former concentration camp secretary Irmgard Furchner in the Itzehoe regional court. (Newsflash)

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Jewish Nazi Concentration Camp Survivor Testifies Against Former Secretary, 96, In German Court

A Jewish survivor of the Stutthof Nazi concentration camp has testified in court against a former secretary who is on trial for complicity in over 11,000 cases of murder and attempted murder. The Itzehoe District Court in the town of the same name in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein heard…

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December 23, 2021

The 100-year-old former concentration camp guard Josef S. hiding his face in court. (Newsflash)

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101 Year Old Nazi Camp Guard On Trial Over Murders Of 3,518 Prisoners Claims He Was Just A Farmhand

A 101-year-old former SS guard at a Nazi concentration camp who is on trial for complicity in the murder of 3,518 prisoners has claimed in court he was just a farmhand who worked nearby. Josef S., surname not reported due to strict local privacy laws, is on trial at a…

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December 8, 2021

Evgeny Stepanovich Kobytev, a graduate of an art school, a teacher of fine arts, pictured before and after the Great Patriotic War ended in 1945. (Newsflash)

General News / History / Russia

Shocking Before And After Photos Of Soviet Soldier Imprisoned In Nazi Concentration Camp Who Then Fought On The Eastern Front

These haunting before-and-after photos of a Russian soldier show how he was completely changed by his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp and the four years he spent fighting on the Eastern Front in World War II. The young man in the photo was an aspiring artist, but the horrors…

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November 30, 2021

The 100-year-old former concentration camp guard Josef S. (left), hiding his face in court. (Newsflash)

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Holocaust Survivor Faces 100-Year-Old Nazi Concentration Camp Guard In Court

A Holocaust survivor has faced a 100-year-old man who worked as a guard at the Nazi concentration camp where he was sent. Proceedings against Josef S., 100, who is on trial for being jointly responsible for the murder of 3,518 prisoners at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, have begun in a…

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November 10, 2021

The former concentration camp secretary Irmgard Furchner in the Itzehoe regional court. (Newsflash)

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You Want To Silence Us: Survivors Lawyer Slams German Court During Concentration Camp Worker Trial

The lawyer representing survivors of a concentration camp during the trial of a 96-year-old woman who worked there in her late teens has slammed the court saying "you want to silence us!" The outburst took place during the trial of a woman named only as Irmgard F., 96, in reports…

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November 3, 2021

British Holocaust survivor Mala Tribich visited former concentration camp in Bergen-Belsen in October 2021. (Newsflash)

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Holocaust Survivors From Great Britain Visits Concentration Camps, Some For The First Time In Almost 80 Years

A group of British Holocaust survivors visited the concentrations camps where they and members of the families were beaten, tortured and murdered by Nazi guards. Several members of the group of around 60 survivors had never visited the camps before and were accompanied by British soldiers as it was British…

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November 2, 2021

Stutthof Nazi Death Camp in Poland. (Newsflash)

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Nazi Concentration Camp Secretary, 96, Faces Trial After Going On Run Before Last Court Date

A 96-year-old former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp is expected to finally go on trial tomorrow (TUE) after she had to be arrested after going on the run before her last scheduled court date. Irmgard Furchner, 96, is facing trial for her complicity in the murder of 11,412 people…

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October 25, 2021

The Sachsenhausen concentration camp where the 100-year-old SS guard worked, he will be on trial from 7th October, in Brandenburg, Germany.

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German Prosecutors Reveal Dates For Month Long Trial Of Former Concentration Camp SS Guard

German prosecutors have confirmed dates and details for the trial of a 100-year-old former SS guard on charges of aiding and abetting murder while he was at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp under the Nazi regime. An initial trial date has been set for 7th October, with the district court in…

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September 22, 2021

Picture shows the watch that will be returned to the family of Joan Llado, that was taken from the then 31-year old man before he died in the Nazi concentration camp of Ravensbruck in Northern Germany in 1944.

Europe / General News / History

Watch Seized By Nazis Returned To Mans Family 70 Years After He Died In Concentration Camp

This watch was returned to the family of a man who had it taken from him by Nazi guards at the concentration camp he died in over 7 decades ago. The family of Joan Llado recently recovered a wristwatch that was taken from the then 31-year old man before he…

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April 3, 2021

One of the rings found in the grave

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Soldier Sent To Concentration Camp During Civil War And Executed Identified Thanks To Rings On His Corpse

The identity of a soldier who was sent to a concentration camp during the Spanish Civil War before being executed because he was loyal to the Republican government has been revealed thanks to the discovery of two rusty rings found on his remains in a common grave. The rings were…

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February 25, 2021