In Germany, Confronting Shameful Legacy Is Essential Part of Police Training
BERLIN — When Inspector Martin Halweg was a young cadet, his class met a Holocaust survivor who had spent almost four years in a Berlin...
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Facebook Removes Trump Ads Displaying Symbol Used by Nazis
WASHINGTON — Facebook on Thursday removed advertisements posted on its platform by the Trump campaign that prominently featured a symbol used by Nazis to classify...
How a BMW and a Truck Full of Leather Shoes Helped Me Get to America
This account is from “Beyond the World War II We Know,” a series from The Times that documents lesser-known stories from the war. Beginning in...
Eva Konrad Hawkins, Marine Scientist Who Fled Hungary, Dies at 90
This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. Whether studying algae at the...
Coronavirus Depletes the Keepers of Europe’s Memory
ROME — For years, Gildo Negri visited schools to share his stories about blowing up bridges and cutting electrical wires to sabotage Nazis and fascists...
Prague Says Ricin Plot Was a Hoax, and Moves to Expel 2 Russians
MOSCOW — Russia on Friday denounced a decision by the Czech Republic to expel two Russian diplomats over an alleged ricin poison plot that Czech...
How Crowdsourcing Aided a Push to Preserve the Histories of Nazi Victims
While the coronavirus pandemic has painfully upended lives and businesses around the world, the lockdowns it caused are providing a unique boost for one group’s...
Nazi or Hero? Historian Looks at the Stories a German Consultant Told of His Father
FRANKFURT — Weighing in on an issue that revived questions about the role of German business in World War II, a historian has partly confirmed...
Burying My Bubby During the Pandemic
One Sunday afternoon a month ago, my mother put me on a conference call with a nurse who explained exactly how we were going to...
Jerzy Glowczewski, Polish Pilot in a Spitfire, Dies at 97
This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. They were men without a...