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Germany To Give Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz 60 Million Euros
Angela Merkel will make her first visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial on Friday after 14 years as German chancellor, bringing a 60 million euro donation to help conserve the site where the Nazis ran their largest death camp, the museum said.
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Angela Merkel To Pay Her First Visit To Auschwitz Next Week
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay her first visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau next Friday, her spokeswoman said, ahead of the 75th anniversary commemorations for the liberation of the Nazi death camp.
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Berlin Man Charged With Over 36,000 Deaths In Nazi Concentration Camp
German prosecutors on Friday charged a 95-year-old man with more than 36,000 counts of accessory to murder over his alleged time as a Nazi concentration camp guard during World War II.
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Israeli Teen Arrested For Indecent Act At Former Nazi German Death Camp
Polish police on Monday said they had detained an Israeli teenager after security cameras caught him exposing his rear at the former Nazi German death camp Majdanek.
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Tourists Caught Stealing Bricks From Former Nazi Death Camp Site
Two Hungarian tourists have admitted to trying to steal bricks from the ruins of a crematorium at the site of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, according to police.
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Ex-Nazi Death Camp Guard, 96, Charged With Complicity
German prosecutors on Friday charged a 96-year-old former SS guard at a Nazi death camp with complicity in the murder of detainees, in one of the last criminal cases linked to the Holocaust
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Pope Francis Visits Auschwitz, Begs God To Forgive 'So Much Cruelty'
Pope Francis paid a somber visit in silence to the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Frida, with his only public comment a guest book entry begging God's "forgiveness for so much cruelty."
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German Trial Of Ex-Auschwitz Medic Suspended Again
The trial of a former Auschwitz medic for abetting 3,681 murders was suspended for the second time in two weeks Monday, raising fresh questions whether the case can proceed.
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German Politician Gets Suspended Sentence For Nazi Tattoo
A far-right politician in Germany was found guilty today of incitement for showing a tattoo of what appeared to be the Auschwitz death camp while visiting a swimming pool.
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German Court Declares 93-Year-Old Auschwitz SS Guard Fit for Trial
The trial of a 93-year-old former SS guard accused of being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau will open in mid-February, a court spokeswoman said on Monday.
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German Court Finds 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' Guilty
A 94-year-old German man who worked as a bookkeeper at the Auschwitz death camp was convicted today of being an accessory to the murder of 300,000 people and sentenced to four years in prison, in what could be one of the last big Holocaust trials.
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Verdict Due in German Trial of 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz'
A verdict is due today in the case of a former SS officer known as the Bookkeeper of Auschwitz, expected to be one of the last German trials of its kind.
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Auschwitz Commander's Barber, Jozef Paczynski Dies at 95
Former Auschwitz prisoner Jozef Paczynski, who was barber to the Nazi German death camp's infamous commander Rudolf Hoess, has died at the age of 95, local media said Monday.
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'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' Asks for 'Forgiveness' in German Court
Former SS officer Oskar Groening, dubbed the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz", asked for "forgiveness" over his role in mass murder at the Nazi death camp, as his German trial began today.
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German Court to Try 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz'
A former Nazi death camp officer dubbed the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz" goes on trial in Germany Tuesday, with almost 70 Holocaust survivors and victims' relatives expected in the courtroom.
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Germany To Give Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz 60 Million Euros
Angela Merkel will make her first visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial on Friday after 14 years as German chancellor, bringing a 60 million euro donation to help conserve the site where the Nazis ran their largest death camp, the museum said.
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Angela Merkel To Pay Her First Visit To Auschwitz Next Week
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay her first visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau next Friday, her spokeswoman said, ahead of the 75th anniversary commemorations for the liberation of the Nazi death camp.
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Berlin Man Charged With Over 36,000 Deaths In Nazi Concentration Camp
German prosecutors on Friday charged a 95-year-old man with more than 36,000 counts of accessory to murder over his alleged time as a Nazi concentration camp guard during World War II.
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Israeli Teen Arrested For Indecent Act At Former Nazi German Death Camp
Polish police on Monday said they had detained an Israeli teenager after security cameras caught him exposing his rear at the former Nazi German death camp Majdanek.
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Tourists Caught Stealing Bricks From Former Nazi Death Camp Site
Two Hungarian tourists have admitted to trying to steal bricks from the ruins of a crematorium at the site of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, according to police.
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Ex-Nazi Death Camp Guard, 96, Charged With Complicity
German prosecutors on Friday charged a 96-year-old former SS guard at a Nazi death camp with complicity in the murder of detainees, in one of the last criminal cases linked to the Holocaust
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Pope Francis Visits Auschwitz, Begs God To Forgive 'So Much Cruelty'
Pope Francis paid a somber visit in silence to the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Frida, with his only public comment a guest book entry begging God's "forgiveness for so much cruelty."
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German Trial Of Ex-Auschwitz Medic Suspended Again
The trial of a former Auschwitz medic for abetting 3,681 murders was suspended for the second time in two weeks Monday, raising fresh questions whether the case can proceed.
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German Politician Gets Suspended Sentence For Nazi Tattoo
A far-right politician in Germany was found guilty today of incitement for showing a tattoo of what appeared to be the Auschwitz death camp while visiting a swimming pool.
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German Court Declares 93-Year-Old Auschwitz SS Guard Fit for Trial
The trial of a 93-year-old former SS guard accused of being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau will open in mid-February, a court spokeswoman said on Monday.
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German Court Finds 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' Guilty
A 94-year-old German man who worked as a bookkeeper at the Auschwitz death camp was convicted today of being an accessory to the murder of 300,000 people and sentenced to four years in prison, in what could be one of the last big Holocaust trials.
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Verdict Due in German Trial of 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz'
A verdict is due today in the case of a former SS officer known as the Bookkeeper of Auschwitz, expected to be one of the last German trials of its kind.
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Auschwitz Commander's Barber, Jozef Paczynski Dies at 95
Former Auschwitz prisoner Jozef Paczynski, who was barber to the Nazi German death camp's infamous commander Rudolf Hoess, has died at the age of 95, local media said Monday.
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'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' Asks for 'Forgiveness' in German Court
Former SS officer Oskar Groening, dubbed the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz", asked for "forgiveness" over his role in mass murder at the Nazi death camp, as his German trial began today.
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German Court to Try 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz'
A former Nazi death camp officer dubbed the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz" goes on trial in Germany Tuesday, with almost 70 Holocaust survivors and victims' relatives expected in the courtroom.
