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University admits it should have stopped destruction of Jewish Nazi victims's remains

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Palestinians mob German tourists who entered West Bank city in Israeli car

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'Antisemitic' Roger Waters banned from appearing at Frankfurt concert

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Nine in ten of Germany’s Jewish pensioners live below the poverty line

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German Jewish leader’s bodyguard sent Nazi messages on police whatsapp group

A German detective hired to protect the life of a high-profile Jewish figure has been demoted to a police officer

By Rob Hyde

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February 16, 2023 12:23

President of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria, Charlotte Knobloch is pictured ahead of an official ceremony to celebrate her 90th birthday in Munich, southern Germany, on October 30, 2022. (Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP via Getty Images)

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The shtetl in Ukraine that made my family is still making history

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The shtetl in Ukraine that made my family is still making history

Decorated 'resistance fighter’ exposed as concentration camp guard

Historian digs up truth about Irmgard Kroymann, who claimed she was held at Gross-Rosen camp but had actually volunteered to work there

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Decorated 'resistance fighter’ exposed as concentration camp guard

EU students launch 'unprecedented' legal action against Twitter

The European Union of Jewish students is claiming Twitter is failing to take responsibility for antisemitic content

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EU students launch 'unprecedented' legal action against Twitter

What’s the best way to upset Hitler? Apply for German citizenship, say Matt Lucas and David Baddiel

The comedians discussed the significance of Jews returning to the home of their ancestors

By Felix Pope

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What’s the best way to upset Hitler? Apply for German citizenship, say Matt Lucas and David Baddiel

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

By Rob Hyde

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January 12, 2023 13:11

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

German court relies on JC story to prove ‘Jew-hatred’ of antisemitism commissioner

Article cited by a Hamburg court as it ruled that the official can be termed antisemitic

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German court relies on JC story to prove ‘Jew-hatred’ of antisemitism commissioner

Menorah from iconic photo with Nazi flag returns to Germany for Chanukah

The German president joined the grandchildren of the photographer to light the candles on Monday, 91 years after the photograph was taken

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Menorah from iconic photo with Nazi flag returns to Germany for Chanukah

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

Irmgard Furchner was handed down a two year suspended sentence

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December 20, 2022 11:50

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)

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Germany

German President: Democracy is once again under threat

University admits it should have stopped destruction of Jewish Nazi victims's remains

Palestinians mob German tourists who entered West Bank city in Israeli car

Finally, The end of the German Reich in sight at last

Beyond the fairytale in Bavaria

'Antisemitic' Roger Waters banned from appearing at Frankfurt concert

Nine in ten of Germany’s Jewish pensioners live below the poverty line

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