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Leader of Canada's House of Commons apologizes for honoring man who fought for Nazis

Sep. 24, 2023 19:28 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons apologized Sunday for recognizing a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II. Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an address in the House of Commons on Friday, Canadian lawmakers...

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...