Read more about the article Lost EUR 50 Million Portrait Goes Under The Hammer
Photo shows 'Portrait of Miss Lieser' (1917) by Gustav Klimt, oil on canvas, framed, undated. The painting by the Austrian painter that has been lost for around 100 years, will be auctioned at Kinsky auction house on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (Auktionshaus im Kinsky GmbH, Vienna/Newsflash)

Lost EUR 50 Million Portrait Goes Under The Hammer

A long-lost masterpiece by painter Gustav Klimt has resurfaced for the first time since it was believed to have been looted by the Nazis during World War II. The 1917…

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Read more about the article Belgians Who Collaborated With Hitler Still Get Pension From Germany For Services To Reich
Picture shows Hitler, Gring, Goebbels and Rudolf Hess during a military parade in 1933. Nine Belgian residents who are reportedly convicted of their collaboration with the Nazi regime, still receive a pension for their services in the Third Reich. (Newsflash)

Belgians Who Collaborated With Hitler Still Get Pension From Germany For Services To Reich

Nine Belgian citizens who collaborated with the Nazis still get their pension from Germany for "services to the Third Reich". The nine citizens, who are convicted of collaborating with the…

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Read more about the article Fury Over Historian Who Says Nazis Boosted Tourism
Image shows the municipality of Goldegg, in St. Johann im Pongau District, in the state of Salzburg, Austria, undated photo. Historian Johannes Hofinger from the Salzburg City Archives reportedly wrote a brochure in which he glorified the technical achievements of the Nazi regime in the municipality. (Newsflash)

Fury Over Historian Who Says Nazis Boosted Tourism

A historian has been accused of glorifying the Nazi regime in a new history of their brutal hold on power in Austria during World War II. Writer Johannes Hofinger apparently…

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Read more about the article Ukrainian Holocaust Survivor In Auschwitz With Anne Frank Says She Survived Hitler And Stalin, And Will Survive Putin As Well
Ukrainian holocaust survivor Anastasia Gulej, aged 96, who was placed in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland alongside German-Dutch diarist Anne Frank. (Newsflash)

Ukrainian Holocaust Survivor In Auschwitz With Anne Frank Says She Survived Hitler And Stalin, And Will Survive Putin As Well

A 96-year-old Holocaust survivor from Ukraine who was in Auschwitz with Anne Frank before being liberated by British troops has said that after surviving Stalin and Hitler, she plans to…

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Read more about the article Hitler Sculpture On Show As Part Of Tribute To Jew Who Fled Nazis At 16, Served In US Navy And Became Major Art Collector
The Stefan Edlis exhibition at the Jewish Museum Vienna located in Austria's capital Vienna. (David Bohmann/Newsflash)

Hitler Sculpture On Show As Part Of Tribute To Jew Who Fled Nazis At 16, Served In US Navy And Became Major Art Collector

Adolf Hitler has gone on display at the Jewish Museum in Vienna as part of a project focusing on the creator of one of the most important contemporary art collections…

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Read more about the article Experts Scan WWII Enigma Machine And Others Dating Back To 1870 Showing Inner Workings With 3D Models
Deep insights into the Enigma thanks to special X-ray technology. (Fraunhofer IIS/Newsflash)

Experts Scan WWII Enigma Machine And Others Dating Back To 1870 Showing Inner Workings With 3D Models

Experts in Germany have scanned the fascinating inner workings of encryption machines that were first developed in 1870 and that also included the famous Enigma machines used by the Nazis…

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Read more about the article Dutch Museum Returns Kandinsky Painting Worth Millions To Jewish Heirs After They Sold It To Escape Nazis During WWII
The painting named 'Bild mit Hausern' (Painting with Houses) by Wassily Kandinsky that was handed over to the heirs of the original owners in the Netherlands. (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam/Newsflash)

Dutch Museum Returns Kandinsky Painting Worth Millions To Jewish Heirs After They Sold It To Escape Nazis During WWII

A museum in Amsterdam has returned a Kandinsky painting worth millions to the descendants of its Jewish owners who had to sell it under duress to escape the Nazis during…

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Read more about the article Rare Painting Worth GBP 35 Million Saved From Nazis To Be Sold At Auction By Christies In London
Franz Marc's painting named The Foxes (1913) which will be auctioned at Christie's in London in England for GBP 35 Million. (Kunstpalast - ARTOTHEK/Newsflash)

Rare Painting Worth GBP 35 Million Saved From Nazis To Be Sold At Auction By Christies In London

A painting which was sold to German-American film director William Dieterle in 1940 to avoid it being destroyed by the Nazis during World War II is set to be auctioned…

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Read more about the article Watch And Ring Seized By Nazis From Resistance Fighter Who Died In Concentration Camp Returned To His Family
Watch and ring of Josep Verges, who worked for the French Resistance during the war, and died in Neuengamme, that were returned. (Newsflash)

Watch And Ring Seized By Nazis From Resistance Fighter Who Died In Concentration Camp Returned To His Family

A watch and a ring seized by the Nazis from a resistance fighter who died in a concentration camp have been returned to his family. Josep Verges was a Catalan…

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