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Who is Irmgard Furchner, 97-year-old ex-secretary of Nazi commander, convicted of complicity in 10,500 murders?

Irmgard Furchner, who worked as a stenographer and typist for the Nazi commander of Stutthof concentration camp during World War II, has been found guilty of ‘aiding and abetting’ the killing of over 10,000 people and complicity in the attempted murder of five more

Germany: More arrests expected over German far-right plot

The plot was allegedly hatched by people linked to the so-called Reich Citizens movement, which rejects Germany’s post-war constitution and the legitimacy of the government

Explained: How Hindus, Buddhists are trying to save swastika from Nazi taint

In the West, the swastika is frequently associated with Adolf Hitler's hakenkreuz, or hooked cross — a symbol of hatred that evokes the trauma of the Holocaust and the horrors of Nazi Germany. Several faith groups are leading the effort to distinguish the swastika from the hakenkreuz

'No Nazis here': Ukrainian Holocaust survivors tell Russian President Vladimir Putin

Gerstein and Petukhova are remnants of Ukraine's once large Jewish community, which has endured a history of pogroms, Holocaust and communist-era purges

Remembering the liberation of Majdanek concentration camp 78 years ago

Majdanek was liberated in late July by the Red Army and it was the first major concentration camp to be liberated. It is believed that from 1941 to 1944 between 95,000 and 130,000 people, mostly Jews, had been murdered at the camp

Commemorating 77 years since the end of Second World War in Europe

VE Day (Victory in Europe) is celebrated every 8 May and is the day on which Allied forces formally announced the surrender of Germany, which brought the Second World War to a close in Europe

Ukraine lessons for India: Being good is one thing, but that’s no guarantee for good image

It’s time India took appropriate lessons from the Ukraine war and set its narrative-making machinery in order. For, what the Russians are facing today, India may find itself in a similar situation in future, especially vis-à-vis China

No expiry date on justice: Germany puts 100-year-old former concentration camp guard on trial

The suspect, Josef Schuetz, stands accused of "knowingly and willingly" assisting in the murder of 3,518 prisoners at the Sachsenhausen camp in Oranienburg, north of Berlin, between 1942 and 1945

France to return Gustav Klimt painting stolen by Nazis during World War II to rightful owners in Austria

The colourful 1905 oil work by the Austrian symbolist painter titled 'Rosebushes under the Trees' has been hanging in Paris' Musee d'Orsay museum for decades.

In Menachem Kaiser's Plunder, a twisting story of a family of Holocaust survivors trying to reclaim what they've lost

Plunder has many moods and registers. It acquires moral gravity. It pays tender and respectful attention to forgotten lives. It is also alert to melancholic forms of comedy.