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German church restores and lists Nazi artwork as ‘cultural artefact’

Grotesque antisemitic 1935 artwork of the birth, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus has been restored in Offenbach-Bieber

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German church restores and lists Nazi artwork as ‘cultural artefact’

96-year-old defendant Irmgard F., a former secretary for the SS commander of the Stutthof concentration camp, sits in the courtroom at the start of her trial at the court room in Itzehoe, northern Germany, on October 19, 2021. - The first woman to be prosecuted for Nazi-era crimes in decades, Irmgard F. is charged with complicity in the murder of more than 10,000 people at Stutthof camp in occupied Poland. However an arrest warrant was issued by the court in the northern town of Itzehoe after Furchner left the retirement home where she lives on September 30, 2021 as her trial was set to begin, and headed to a metro station. (Photo by Christian Charisius / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

97-year-old Nazi typist found complicit in 10,500 deaths at Stutthof Concentration Camp

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Call to beef up German synagogue security after Iran is linked to attacks

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German mayor refuses to remove SS helmet from Nazi's grave

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German politician demands better synagogue security after Yom Kippur attack

A synagogue in Hanover was targeted during Yom Kippur services

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October 7, 2022 14:07

HALLE, GERMANY - OCTOBER 10: A man with Kippa in front the Jewish synagogue on October 10, 2019 in Halle, Germany. Law enforcement authorities, after initially speaking of multiple attackers, are now referring to a single attacker who has been apprehended. A video, apparently streamed by the attacker live and with commentary from the shooting spree, shows him attempt and fail to force his way into the synagogue in Halle. He then, using what he describes as an improvised weapon, shoots a woman happening to pass by his car on the street and drives to a nearby kebab shop, where he shoots a man inside several times. Afterwards he fires at police blocking a street ahead of him, only to be wounded by returned fire. Towards the end of the video he states that he is bleeding and that he has been shot, and calls himself a Ã¬complete loserÃ® in an apparent apology to his perceived audience for not delivering the Ã¬actionÃ® he had anticipated. According to media reports the attacker has been identified as 27-year-old Stephan B. (Photo by Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)

'The hole in my heart will never heal' Families of Munich victims remember tragedy on 50th anniversary

Israeli president and German counterpart pay their respects at two ceremonies in Munich

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September 5, 2022 16:13

The widow of killed fencing coach Andre Spitzer and representative of the relatives of the victims Ankie Spitzer speaks during a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of an attack on the 1972 Munich Olympics, at the Fuerstenfeldbruck Air Base, southern Germany, on September 5, 2022. - On September 5, 1972, eight gunmen of the Palestinian militant group Black September broke into the Israeli team's flat at the Olympic village in Munich, shooting dead two and taking nine Israelis hostage. West German police responded with a bungled rescue operation in which all nine hostages were killed, along with five of the eight hostage-takers and a police officer. The Games were meant to showcase a new Germany 27 years after the Holocaust but instead opened a deep rift with Israel. (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP via Getty Images)

Germany ups Munich massacre compensation offer after families brand it 'insulting'

The federal government increased their offer to the Israeli families by €20m

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August 31, 2022 12:16

TOPSHOT - A Palestinian guerilla member appears on the balcony of the Israeli house watching an official on September 05, 1972 at the Munich Olympic village. A group of "Black September" Palestinian guerrillas broke into the Israeli building in the Olypmpic village near Munich where 10,000 athletes were staying 05 September. Eleven Israeli hostages were killed in the attack. (Photo by EPU / AFP) (Photo by -/EPU/AFP via Getty Images)

German police investigate Abbas over '50 Holocausts' remark

The PA leader made the statement in a joint press conference with Chancellor Olaf Scholz

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August 19, 2022 10:02

BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 16: Mahmoud Abbas (L), President of the Palestinian National Authority, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shake hands after speaking to the media following talks at the Chancellery on August 16, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. The two leaders discussed bilateral issues, the current situation in the Palestinian territories as well as perspectives on a possible peace process between Palestine and Israel. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Mahmoud Abbas accuses Israel of ‘50 Holocausts' while sharing stage with Olaf Scholz

Chancellor Scholz is under fire in Germany for not challenging Abbas’ comments

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August 17, 2022 10:13

Mahmoud Abbas accuses Israel of ‘50 Holocausts' while sharing stage with Olaf Scholz

'Proof’ West Germany staged 1972 plane hijack to free Munich Olympics killers

The lawyers for the victims' families say they have found documents stating that the German government asked the Palestinian terror organisation to fake the hijack of a German plane

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August 11, 2022 12:52

'Proof’ West Germany staged 1972 plane hijack to free Munich Olympics killers

Fury as top German uni votes to keep antisemite in its name

Eberhard Karl University in Tübingen, near Stuttgart, will not scrap its formal name despite calls for the change - Count Eberhard Im Bart was a virulent 15th-century antisemite who expelled all the Jews living in the city

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August 4, 2022 11:44

Fury as top German uni votes to keep antisemite in its name

Beleaguered British art director finds support in Germany

Alistair Hudson exhibited an allegedly antisemitic piece of artwork in Manchester

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July 20, 2022 16:51

Karlsruhe, Germany, August 5th 2018: ZKM Center for Art and Media. ZKM organizes special exhibitions and thematic events in the field of new media. It's building was formerly a munitions factory.

Manhunt for ‘many dozens’ of surviving Nazi criminals

Simon Wiesenthal Center in search for remaining Holocaust perpetrators after ex-SS guard aged 101 is convicted

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June 30, 2022 10:22

Former Nazi concentration camp guard Josef Schuetz hides his face behind a folder as he arrives on June 28, 2022 at a gym used as a makeshift courtroom in Brandenburg an der Havel, eastern Germany, where his verdict was spoken. - The court gave its verdict in the trial of the 101-year-old man, the oldest person so far to be charged with complicity in war crimes during the Holocaust. Josef Schuetz, accused of being complicit in the murder of 3,518 Soviet prisoners of war at the concentration camp Sachsenhausen during World War II, was sentenced to five years in prison. (Photo by Adam BERRY / AFP) (Photo by ADAM BERRY/AFP via Getty Images)

101-year-old SS guard sentenced for war crimes in German court

He's believed to be the oldest perpetrator of Nazi crimes sentenced

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June 28, 2022 15:59

Israeli baritone is to become Hamburg’s first liberal cantor since the Nazi era

Assaf Levitin is to take up the role at the soon-to-be rebuilt Bornplatz synagogue

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June 16, 2022 12:37

Israeli baritone is to become Hamburg’s first liberal cantor since the Nazi era

Over 100 Jewish passengers barred from Lufthansa flight after mask dispute

An orthodox group was changing planes in Frankfurt between New York and Budapest

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May 9, 2022 16:46

Over 100 Jewish passengers barred from Lufthansa flight after mask dispute

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Rob Hyde

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German church restores and lists Nazi artwork as ‘cultural artefact’

97-year-old Nazi typist found complicit in 10,500 deaths at Stutthof Concentration Camp

Call to beef up German synagogue security after Iran is linked to attacks

German mayor refuses to remove SS helmet from Nazi's grave

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German politician demands better synagogue security after Yom Kippur attack

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German police investigate Abbas over '50 Holocausts' remark

Mahmoud Abbas accuses Israel of ‘50 Holocausts' while sharing stage with Olaf Scholz

'Proof’ West Germany staged 1972 plane hijack to free Munich Olympics killers

Fury as top German uni votes to keep antisemite in its name

Beleaguered British art director finds support in Germany

Manhunt for ‘many dozens’ of surviving Nazi criminals

101-year-old SS guard sentenced for war crimes in German court

Israeli baritone is to become Hamburg’s first liberal cantor since the Nazi era

Over 100 Jewish passengers barred from Lufthansa flight after mask dispute