Symposium at upstate NY school reunites survivors of Nazi death train with American liberatorsSeptember 23rd, 2009 NY symposium reunites Holocaust survivors, US vetsHUDSON FALLS, N.Y. — Several survivors of a Nazi train transporting concentration camp inmates are being reunited with some of the Army veterans who liberated them during World War II.
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.
Pope Benedict XVI: Nazi concentration camps were 'extreme symbols of evil'August 9th, 2009 Pope: Nazi concentration camps a symbol of evilCASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy —Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that Nazi concentration camps were "extreme symbols of evil" and hell on earth. The German-born pontiff, who was forced to join the Hitler Youth, was remembering two saints who had died at the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
Radiohead records song for Britain's last survivor of the World War I trenchesAugust 5th, 2009 Radiohead song honors UK's last WWI survivorLONDON — Radiohead has recorded a song in tribute to Britain's last World War I survivor. The rock band's song is inspired by a radio interview the late veteran Harry Patch gave in 2005 recounting the horrors of war.
Britain planning national ceremony to honor sacrifices of World War I veteransJuly 26th, 2009 UK plans memorial to World War I veteransLONDON — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office says a national memorial service will take place to honor those who fought in World War I. Brown's office said Sunday that no date has been set for the ceremony, but that it could take place on Remembrance Day, also known as Veterans Day, either this year or next year.
Oregon WWII veterans honored with French award for valorJuly 11th, 2009 Oregon WWII vets honored by FrancePORTLAND, Ore. — Three World War II veterans have been awarded the Legion of Honor by France for their military service.
Facts about the former Buchenwald concentration campJune 5th, 2009 Facts about former Buchenwald concentration campWEIMAR, Germany — Some details about the Buchenwald concentration camp that President Barack Obama visited Friday. The president's great-uncle, Charlie Payne, helped liberate the nearby Ohrdurf subcamp in 1945.
Obama to visit Nazi concentration camp site Friday after talks with German chancellorJune 5th, 2009 Obama to visit Nazi concentration camp siteWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will visit the site of a notorious Nazi concentration camp during his one-day visit to Germany. The president will tour Buchenwald with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, following their talks Friday at nearby Dresden Castle and joint news conference.
Obama visits Nazi camp Buchenwald, calls it 'ultimate rebuke' to Holocaust deniersJune 5th, 2009 Obama visits Buchenwald site, lays roseWEIMAR — President Barack Obama says the Buchenwald concentration camp "is the ultimate rebuke" to those who deny the Holocaust. Obama on Friday visited the Nazi-era camp where 56,000 people died.
On D-Day's 65th anniversary, French to honor vet from all-black unit that went unrecognizedJune 5th, 2009 French honor D-Day vet from all-black unitROANOKE, Va. — As a soldier in World War II, William Dabney was used to the military's segregated quarters.
Spain prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for 3 alleged ex-Nazi death camp guards living in USMay 29th, 2009 Spain: official targets alleged Nazi guards in USMADRID — A Spanish prosecutor is seeking international arrest warrants for three alleged former Nazi death camp guards who live in the U.S. Pedro Martinez Torrijos of the National Court says there's evidence they were accessories to genocide.
Austrian police arrest 3 suspects in incident at former concentration campMay 12th, 2009 Suspects arrested in concentration camp incidentVIENNA — Police have arrested three youths suspected of firing a pellet gun at a former concentration camp and leaving two people — one a Holocaust survivor — slightly hurt. Two French visitors to the Ebensee camp were hurt Saturday by pellets.
Suspected Nazi guard Demjanjuk arrives at Cleveland airport and is expected to be deportedMay 12th, 2009 Demjanjuk arrives at airport; Deportation expectedCLEVELAND — An ambulance believed to be carrying suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk has arrived at a Cleveland airport as federal agents prepare to deport him to Germany. The ambulance left U.S.
Plane carrying suspected Nazi death camp guard Demjanjuk takes off from Cleveland airportMay 12th, 2009 Plane carrying Demjanjuk departs Cleveland airportCLEVELAND — An airplane carrying suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk (dem-YAHN'-yuk) has taken off from a Cleveland airport as U.S. officials deport him to Germany.
Suspected Nazi camp guard John Demjanjuk arrives in GermanyMay 12th, 2009 Nazi guard suspect Demjanjuk arrives in GermanyMUNICH — Suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk has arrived in Germany where he faces a warrant accusing him of being accessory to the murder of 29,000 Jews and others at Sobibor. The retired Ohio autoworker was deported from the United States and arrived Tuesday morning on a private jet at Munich's airport.
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