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Former Nazi Guard, 101, Jailed for Aiding Murder
A 101-year-old man was convicted in Germany of more than 3,500 counts of accessory to murder on Tuesday for serving at the Nazis’ Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II. The Neuruppin Regional Court sentenced him to five years in prison. The man, who was identified by local media as Josef S., had denied working as an SS guard at…
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Supreme Court Revives Lawsuit Involving a Multi-Million-Dollar French Painting, Nazis and Spanish Museum
The U.S. Supreme Court resurrected a lawsuit over the ownership of a French painting that a Jewish woman surrendered to the Nazis.
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Graphic Novel Illustrates Jewish Teen Life Through Writings Once Thought Lost During World War II
A new graphic book depicts the autobiographies written by six Jewish teenagers just before World War II. It is being published as a major archive of prewar documents about the Jews of Eastern Europe are reunited online.
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High Court to Decide Whether Nazi Art Case Stays in US Court
Jed Leiber was an adult before he learned that his family was once part-owner of a collection of centuries-old religious artworks now said to be worth at least $250 million.
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German Court Convicts Nazi Guard 75 Years After WWII
A court in Hamburg, Germany, convicted former Nazi guard Bruno Dey of being an accessory to the murder of over 5,200 prisoners during World War II.
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German Court Convicts Former Concentration Camp Guard, 93
A German court has convicted a 93-year-old former SS private of being an accessory to murder at the Stutthof concentration camp, where he served as a guard in the final months of World War II