Hitler called you arsehole, prime minister: MI5 to ChamberlainOctober 5th, 2009 LONDON - Keen to ensure British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was fully aware of the threat posed by Adolf Hitler in 1938, Britain's intelligence agencies told him that the German leader called him an arsehole", says a new book. Britain's domestic security service MI5 was desperate to draw the attention of Chamberlain to its 1938 assessment that Hitler was in the early stages of a massive programme of territorial expansion.
Polish priest robs bankSeptember 22nd, 2009 WARSAW - A bank robber who stole about $1,000 at knife-point turns out to have been a priest, prosecutors said Tuesday. The robbery took place Monday afternoon at Polish bank PKO in the town of zamotuly, in western Poland, the Polish Press Agency PAP reported.
Polish soldier dies of wounds sustained in Afghanistan in MaySeptember 9th, 2009 Polish soldier injured in Afghanistan diesWARSAW, Poland — The Polish army says a soldier injured in Afghanistan in May has died of his wounds at a hospital in Poland. Pfc. Artur Pyc was injured May 22 in Afghanistan's eastern Ghazni province when a roadside bomb exploded under the mine-resistant armored vehicle he was driving.
Polish soldier killed, five wounded in AfghanistanSeptember 4th, 2009 WARSAW - One Polish soldier was killed and five others were wounded Friday after a bomb exploded near a Polish convoy in eastern Afghanistan, local media reported. This was the 11th Polish soldier to die in the NATO mission, and the first to die in a KTO Rosomak (Wolverine) armoured vehicle.
Polish leaders mark World War II outbreak before sunriseSeptember 1st, 2009 WESTERPLATTE - Polish leaders, veterans and the archbishop of Gdansk gathered before sunrise Tuesday on the Baltic coast to commemorate the moment a Nazi battleship fired its first shots at a military garrison Sep 1, 1939, to spark World War II. "It was them that gave testimony of strength and heroism," President Lech Kaczynski said of the 180 Polish soldiers on the Westerplatte peninsula who for a week defended the fort against dive-bombing raids and naval artillery.
Putin condemns Moscow's 1939 treaty with Hitler, blames French, British pactsAugust 31st, 2009 Putin blames WWII on West's deal with HitlerWARSAW, Poland — Russia's prime minister on Monday condemned Moscow's 1939 treaty with Berlin that carved up Europe, as well as a British and French pact with the Nazis, in remarks published before the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II. Moscow's deal with Hitler was "immoral," Vladimir Putin wrote in an article for Poland's daily Gazeta Wyborcza.
Survivors, others march in memory of Poland's Lodz Ghetto victimsAugust 27th, 2009 Survivors, officials remember Lodz ghetto inmatesLODZ, Poland — Survivors and state officials are walking in a March of Remembrance in the central city of Lodz to mark 65 years since the deportation of the last Jews from the city's Litzmannstadt Ghetto. Hundreds of people gathered at the Radegast station, which is now a memorial.
Holocaust victims, Polish saviors honored 65 years after Lodz ghetto deportationsAugust 27th, 2009 Poland marks 65th Lodz ghetto anniversaryLODZ, Poland — Aged Holocaust survivors commemorated the 65th anniversary of the last deportations from the Lodz ghetto to Nazi death camps on Thursday, and Poland's president recalled their suffering and praised Poles who risked their lives to save Jews. President Lech Kaczynski dedicated a memorial incorporating a Polish eagle into a Star of David to remember Polish Christians who rescued Jewish neighbors during the World War II occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany.
German exhibit examines Nazi relationship to Bach and Mendelssohn in Third ReichJuly 9th, 2009 German exhibit examines Nazi influence on musicEISENACH, Germany — Richard Wagner is the classical composer most associated with the Nazis, but Johann Sebastian Bach was the one the party dubbed "the most German of Germans" and whose music was played at rallies to stir up nationalist zeal. The Nazis praised Bach for his "racially pure" family tree dating back to the 11th century and for the "German" discipline of his baroque-style music.
New York City neighborhood cuts down tree plan; residents worry about sidewalk, home damageJune 9th, 2009 Bronx movement takes root: No trees, pleaseNEW YORK — What's not to like about a tree?
Apparently plenty, if you live one New York City neighborhood. The New York Daily News says some residents in the Bronx are fuming over the city's plans to plant trees on their block.
Man fined for beheading wax Hitler figure at Berlin's Madame TussaudsMay 12th, 2009 Man fined for beheading wax HitlerBERLIN — A Berlin court has fined a 42-year-old man $1,220 (euro900) for beheading a wax figure of Adolf Hitler at the Berlin branch of Madame Tussauds. A Berlin district court convicted Frank Lachner of property damage and bodily harm for lightly injuring a security guard on July 5 when he jumped over a desk behind which the Hitler figure was seated and knocked off its head in what he said at the time was an act of protest.
Polish authorities raise death toll in homeless shelter blaze to 23 after DNA testsApril 30th, 2009 Polish official: 23 dead in Polish shelter blazeWARSAW, Poland — Polish prosecutors are raising the death toll from a fire that ripped through a homeless shelter in mid-April to 23 after DNA tests on the victims. Malgorzata Wojciechowicz, a spokeswoman for prosecutors in Szczecin, said Thursday that 23 people were killed in the blaze, including 13 children.
2 watercolors signed 'Adolf Hitler' fetch total euro32,000 at auction in GermanyApril 25th, 2009 2 Hitler watercolors auctioned in GermanyFRANKFURT — A pair of watercolors signed "Adolf Hitler" and depicting farm scenes fetched a combined total of euro32,000 ($42,000) at an auction in Germany on Saturday, an auction house official said. Kathrin Weidler, a manager at the Weidler Auction House in Nuremberg, declined to identify the new owner of the two paintings — "Farmstead," which went for euro18,000, and "Farm Buildings on the River," which sold for euro14,000.
President Patil visits Warsaw MuseumApril 24th, 2009 WARSAW - President Pratibha Patil visited the Warsaw Uprising Museum on Thursday. Opened in 2004,Warsaw Uprising Museum, with its hands-on exhibits and high-tech imagery, has emerged as one of Warsaw's main tourist attractions.
Portrait of the Fuehrer as young man? Watercolor signed "A. H." shows pensive figure in brownApril 23rd, 2009 Reputed Hitler watercolors sell at English auctionLUDLOW, England — What a British auction house claims are a set of paintings and sketches by a young Adolf Hitler sold at auction Thursday for 97,672 pounds ($143,358). Among the 15 pictures is a portrait of solitary figure dressed in brown peering into wine-colored waters.
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