Latest Nazism News

Jewelry seized by the Nazis from Polish concentration camp prisoners is returned to families

Sep. 11, 2024 06:03 AM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Stanislawa Wasilewska was 42 when she was captured by Nazi German troops on Aug. 31, 1944 in Warsaw and sent to the women’s concentration camp at Ravensbrück. From there, she was sent to the Neuengamme forced labor camp, where she was given prisoner number 7257 and had...

Three men — including ex-Marines — sentenced for involvement in plot to destroy power grid

Jul. 26, 2024 13:21 PM EDT

Three men with connections to white supremacist groups were sentenced Thursday in federal court after plotting to destroy a power grid in the northwestern United States, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Paul James Kryscuk, 38; Liam Collins, 25; and Justin Wade Hermanson,...

Nashville grapples with lingering neo-Nazi presence in tourist-friendly city

Jul. 23, 2024 13:34 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Among the throngs of tourists in cowboy attire who flock to Nashville's famed downtown honky-tonks, a small but unsettling group has distracted locals and visitors from the neon lights lately with Nazi salutes and white supremacist rhetoric. For weeks,...

A French alleged neo-Nazi sympathizer, suspected of targeting Olympic torch, sentenced to 2 years

Jul. 20, 2024 07:29 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — A French alleged neo-Nazi sympathizer was sentenced to two years in prison after making threats online and was suspected of wanting to target the Olympic torch relay, authorities said Saturday. The Paris public prosecutor’s office said in a statement the 19-year-old...

French anti-terror police detain alleged neo-Nazi sympathizer suspected of targeting Olympic torch

Jul. 17, 2024 12:17 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — French anti-terror police have detained an alleged neo-Nazi sympathizer suspected of wanting to target the Olympic torch relay, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Wednesday. The Paris prosecutor's office said the man was detained Wednesday morning at his home in...

Today in History: June 22, Hitler and the Nazis invade the Soviet Union

Jun. 22, 2024 00:16 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Saturday, June 22, the 174th day of 2024. There are 192 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, a massive and ultimately ill-fated invasion of the...

Ex-Florida law enforcement official says he was forced to resign for defying illegal DeSantis orders

Jun. 21, 2024 19:03 PM EDT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered illegal surveillance of immigrants and ignored concerns that relocating them from Texas to another state could could be considered kidnapping or false imprisonment, the former chief of staff at the state's top law enforcement agency...