A Parisian court has ordered the return of a Nazi-looted painting by the Dutch artist. The heirs of the owner are to receive it back from Christie’s auction company. The same piece had previously been auctioned by Christie’s for 60,000 pounds in 2005. The heirs of the owners of the Nazi-looted painting, a cousin of … Read more
A former Nazi concentration camp secretary was convicted of accessory to murder. Irmgard Furchner received a two-year suspended sentence in Itzehoe. She was 18 and 19 when she worked as the SS commander’s secretary in Stutthof during World War II. A 97-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary was convicted of accessory to murder on Tuesday. … Read more
Kanye West and Juliana Nalu recently had a dinner date in Los Angeles. The couple has been observed on a number of occasions in the Los Angeles area. Julianna is rumored to have met Kanye through his brand Yeezy. Kanye West had a casual dinner date with his new girlfriend, the Brazilian model Juliana Nalu. … Read more
Kanye West strongly admires Adolf Hitler. The rapper considered naming his album after the Nazi leader. Ye’s “obsession” with Hitler created a toxic work environment. Kanye West apparently has a strong admiration for Adolf Hitler and even considered naming his album after the German dictator. A former business executive of the rapper, now known as … Read more
Victoria was the first Australian state to ban the Nazi swastika. Under the new law, anyone who intentionally marks the mark could risk up to a year in prison or a $ 22,000 fine (£ 12,300, $ 15,000). Victoria’s Prime Minister Dan Andrews said “no one has the right to spread racism, hatred and anti-Semitism.” Read More: German police stop a teen school ‘Nazi attack’ As in many countries around the world, anti-Semitic events have increased … Read more
The war in Ukraine loomed large over a ceremony in Prague on Friday commemorating the assassination of a key Nazi official by Czechoslovak paratroopers 80 years ago. British Foreign Minister Liz Truss attended the event in honor of the UK-trained paratroopers who killed Reinhard Heydrich, one of the architects of the Holocaust. “The bravery of … Read more
Thousands of supporters of former Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito gathered in the Croatian village where he was born on Saturday to commemorate the 130th anniversary of his birth. Admirers of the late communist leader gathered in front of the house where he was born in 1892, now a museum in Kumrovec, northern Croatia They … Read more
Among the ten new saints formally recognized on Sunday were a Frenchman slaughtered in the desert, a Dutch priest executed in a Nazi death camp, and an Indian lay convert. Thousands of people from around the world crowded into St Peter’s Square in the Vatican for the canonization mass, presided over by the 85-year-old pontiff … Read more
As Lera Nelyub walked with her grandfather Nikolai, she said it was difficult to find a topic to discuss with the 97-year-old World War II veteran about the ongoing Russian invasion. At Kyiv’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Monday, she held on to him as he bent to lay a bouquet of flowers to … Read more
During a speech honoring World War II, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that “evil has returned” to Europe, comparing Russia’s incursion to Nazi Germany. “Decades after World War II, darkness has returned to Ukraine, and it has become black and white again,” Zelensky said in a video address, in which he was filmed standing in front of … Read more
Russian-aligned security services Kyrgyzstan advised citizens on Thursday that wearing the “Z” symbol, which denotes support for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, might result in prosecution. Kyrgyzstan’s national security committee told organisations renting out parade uniforms ahead of a holiday marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II not to include the “Z” symbol, … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook-parent Meta on Wednesday said it derailed an anti-Covid vaccine campaign that harassed medical workers, journalists and elected officials, in a signal of the ongoing pressure from pandemic-tied misinformation. The social media giant took down accounts in France and Italy that were linked to a conspiracy movement called “V_V”, which inundated pro-vaccine posts … Read more
Facebook has removed ads for US President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign as they involved a symbol used in Nazi Germany. Facebook said that an inverted red triangle similar to that used by Nazis was found in the ad. That symbol is used by Nazis to label opponents such as communists. However, Trump’s campaign team claimed that they … Read more
