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Artworks stolen by Nazis returned to heirs of outspoken cabaret performer killed in the Holocaust

Sep. 20, 2023 18:26 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — During his abbreviated lifetime, a cabaret performer named Fritz Grünbaum amassed a trove of artwork — more than 400 pieces, including 80 sketches and paintings by the Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele that were ultimately plundered by the Nazis. For a while, many of those...

Germany bans neo-Nazi group with links to US, conducts raids in 10 German states

Sep. 19, 2023 06:35 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Tuesday banned the neo-Nazi group Hammerskins Germany and raided homes of dozens of its members. The group is an offshoot of an American ring-wing extremist group and plays a prominent role across Europe. The Hammerskins Germany is an offshoot...

The Vatican beatifies a Polish family of 9 killed by the Nazis for sheltering Jews

Sep. 10, 2023 14:11 PM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — In an unprecedented move, the Vatican on Sunday beatified a Polish family of nine — a married couple and their small children — who were executed by the Nazis during World War II for sheltering Jews. During a ceremonious Mass in the village of Markowa, in...

After a far-right victory in German county, a man in neo-Nazi clothing hands balloons to children

Jun. 27, 2023 11:56 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities are investigating a video showing a man in neo-Nazi clothing handing balloons to kindergartners a day after the country's main far-right party won control of a county administration. The video was taken Monday in front of a kindergarten in Sonneberg...