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A look at prosecutions of Nazi suspects in Germany

A look at recent prosecutions of suspected Nazi war criminals in Germany.

90-year-old charged in Germany for Nazi-era crimes

A former SS sergeant who worked unnoticed for decades as a train-station manager was charged with 58 counts of murder Tuesday after a student doing undergraduate research uncovered his alleged involvement in a massacre of Jewish forced laborers.

Australia OKs extradition of accused Nazi criminal

The Australian government on Thursday approved the extradition of an alleged Nazi collaborator accused by Hungary of a World War II killing.

Australia OKs extradition of accused Nazi criminal

The Australian government on Thursday approved the extradition of an alleged Nazi war criminal accused by Hungary of a World War II killing.

Victim's son urges Nazi hit man to accept blame

The son of a Dutch civilian killed by a Nazi hit squad during World War II urged the former Waffen SS soldier charged with his father's murder to accept responsibility for his actions in court Monday.

Alleged Nazi criminal in Australian police custody

An 88-year-old man accused by Hungary of Nazi war crimes during World War II surrendered to Australian police Thursday after exhausting his appeals against extradition.

Thai billboard with Hitler causes diplomatic flap

A highway billboard using a saluting Adolf Hitler to advertise a Thai wax museum has been covered up after complaints from the Israeli and German ambassadors, the museum's manager said Sunday.

German artist poses 1,250 Nazi garden gnomes

A German artist is posing 1,250 garden gnomes with their arms outstretched in the stiff-armed Hitler salute in an installation that he calls a protest of lingering fascist tendencies in German society. Artist Ottmar Hoerl posed the gnomes in the historic central marketplace of Straubing, a town in southeastern Germany, on Wednesday. The exhibit called "dance with the devil" is to run through Oct. 19.

German artist poses 1,250 Nazi garden gnomes

A German artist is posing 1,250 garden gnomes with their arms outstretched in the stiff-armed Hitler salute in an installation that he calls a protest of lingering fascist tendencies in German society.

Mich. man denies WWII crimes in deportation case

An 88-year-old retired auto engineer told a judge Tuesday that he never shot Jews while serving in a Nazi-controlled police force during World War II, during an initial hearing over whether the government can deport him.

Spain indicts alleged 3 ex-Nazis for genocide

A Spanish judge on Thursday indicted three alleged ex-Nazi death camp guards who all lived for many years in the United States, charging them with being accessories to genocide and crimes against humanity.

Hungary questions Nazi-era war crimes suspect

Prosecutors in Hungary have questioned suspected Nazi war criminal Sandor Kepiro about the murder of civilians in Serbia during World War II.

Swiss to keep painting taken from Jews during WWII

Swiss law bars a museum from surrendering a 19th-century painting that it was given after it had been stolen from a Jewish family in Paris by the pro-Nazi Vichy French regime during World War II, authorities said Thursday.

Swedish museum settles dispute on Nazi-looted art

A Swedish art museum said Wednesday it had settled a six-year dispute over a painting claimed by the heirs of a Jewish businessman who lost it when he fled Germany in 1939 to escape Nazi persecution.

Germany overturns Nazi-era treason convictions

Germany's parliament unanimously passed a blanket measure Tuesday overturning Nazi-era verdicts convicting people of treason, nearly 65 years after the end of World War II.

Mich. man decries deportation case linked to WWII

Crying on his front porch, an 88-year-old Michigan man targeted for deportation firmly denied shooting anyone when he was a member of a Nazi-controlled police force during World War II.

‘Inglourious Basterds’ is a world war hoot

Whether or not you enjoy Tarantino’s unmistakable fingerprints, it’s an exciting cinematic stew.

Health debate turns vile with Nazi analogy

Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin are, when they  even hint at an analogy to the Nazis in talking about Obama’s health reform effort, engaged in the vile evil of Holocaust denial, writes bioethicist Art Caplan.

Pope: concentration camps a symbol of evil

Pope Benedict XVI says that Nazi concentration camps were "extreme symbols of evil" and hell on earth.

Fla. gov's office mistakenly praises Nazi film

Despite the content of a letter bearing his signature, Gov. Charlie Crist does not want to share an anti-Semitic movie with all Floridians.

Court ups compensation for Nazi victims

A German appeals court has ordered greater compensation for the American heirs of a Jewish businessman forced to sell his company stock under the Nazis' "Aryanization" program — a ruling that could set a precedent for dozens of others, their attorney said Wednesday.

Romania mayor apologizes for Nazi uniform

A Romanian mayor has apologized for dressing up in a Nazi army uniform with a swastika insignia, saying in an open letter Thursday that he is not a fascist or anti-Semite.

Germany calls for ban of neo-Nazi sites abroad

Germany's Justice Minister is calling for Internet service providers in the U.S. and elsewhere to remove neo-Nazi images, text and other content that can be viewed inside the country in violation of laws forbidding any Nazi symbols.

Germany to overturn Nazi treason convictions

Germany's governing parties agreed Wednesday on a blanket measure to overturn Nazi-era verdicts convicting people of treason, nearly 65 years after the end of World War II, and it will go before parliament next month.

At age 88, Mich. man forced to deal with war past

An 88-year-old man living in Michigan who is now the subject of a criminal investigation in Poland into allegations he shot Jews while working in a Nazi-controlled police unit during World War II insists he did nothing wrong.

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How Hitler and the Nazi's tried to steal Christmas
Source: Telegraph

The Nazi Party tried their best to remove Christ from Christmas by paganising carols, producing glittering swastika, iron cross and toy grenade baubles for the fir tree, research for a new exhibition has found.

A Skinhead-Collaring Cop, Nazis at the State Capitol, and a Lesbian Nativist Reveals Homicidal Fantasies Toward Mexicans
Source: Phoenix New Times

This is a very hard to classify article. It is a story about a dinner, a summation of criminal offenses, a piece about Nazis, about lesbian protesters, and an opinion piece, all rolled into one. Overall it seems to have a legal/political bent to it, so I classify it as such.

How the Nazis tried to take Christ out of Christmas
Source: The Times

What is alarming German visitors is the realisation that, in many cases, they have been brought up with a variation of the Third Reich Christmas.

Swastikas and Tinsel: How the Nazis Stole Christmas
Source: SPIEGEL ONLINE

More than 30 years after Rita Breuer first began collecting Christmas knickknacks, selected objects from the family collection have gone on show at the National Socialism Documentation Center in Cologne.

"Obama Goes Full On Nazi"
Source: Media Matters for America

Geller on anonymous Dem strategist claiming WH told him not to appear on Fox again: "Obama Goes Full On Nazi"

Apple approved a Hitler Book app with Swach Sticker as its logo. How did no one catch this?
Source: thenextweb.com

Apple has approved an eBook Application of a book written by Hilter including Nazi symbols as the application icon.

Extreme Lobbying : Southern Baptists' Richard Land Defends Nazi Analogies
Source: Talk to Action

Sometimes it looks like some Christians have lost their Way.

Britain: "Show Respect" BNP Bigwig Warns Jews
Source:

"One of Nick Griffin's most trusted lieutenants sparked fresh outrage last night after he warned British Jews to "show respect" or "reap what you sow when we are in power".

By Glenn Beck's Rationale, GPS Is Also A Commie/Nazi Plot

I've come to accept Glenn Beck's argument that OnStar is part of a Commie/Nazi plot to invade your privacy.

Nazi's-be afraid-be very afraid
Source: www.mediaite.com

One more liberal telling us that conservatives are Nazi's.

NASA Bombed the Moon
Source: CounterPunch.org

Two different theories on what NASA was really doing last week; First Theory: Bombing the Moon Why Obama Deserves the Nobel By ALAN CABAL

Pope in a rope found in church songbooks
Source: austriantimes.at

Tyrol police are investigating after shocked believers discovered porn and Nazi images inside their songbooks during mass.

How Toll Of 'Social Justice' Eludes Elites
Source: Investors Business Daily

The most authoritative tally of history's most murderous regimes is in "Death by Government," a book by University of Hawaii professor Rudolph Rummel. Statistics appear at his site, hawaii.edu/powerkills.

CAIR Leader Tied to Nazi-Style Islamist Mosque
Source: Pajamas Media

This past July, a video was posted to YouTube produced by the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Michigan), featuring the group's legal advisor and project coordinator, Melanie Elturk.

The Holocaust numbers

First, I am not a Holocaust (Shoah) denier but a Holocaust verifier.

Republicans Have Decided to Call Anything a Democrat Ever Does or Says "Nazi"
Source: AlterNet.org

The cause du jour for the Republican Party is to make as many rapid-fire comparisons between the Democrats and the Nazis as humanly possible.

Germany goes Right -Election Win- America goes Left? Germany knows what's Right!
Source: The Globe and Mail

I think it is significant that Germany and other countries in Europe are now moving to the Right and the conservative view, less regulatory government. Germany had a Marxist dictatorship, they literally have been there, and done that, they know what that political mire is about  …

Limbaugh Compares School Kids' Videos To Nazi Indoctrination
Source: Media Matters for America

'Rush explained that Obama is bothering the "media guys" because they want Obama to succeed in destroying the U.S. "as founded." ... Rush "reminded" us that Democrats wanted Gen.

Austria in the '30s: Mirror to America
Source: WorldNetDaily News

Last night I watched a movie about Dietrich Bonhoeffer. After all, he was in a battle against National Socialists, too. It cost him his life. We need to rise up now to stop it before it comes to that. Um...isn't that sedition?

The Arab/Muslim Nazi Connection
Source:

A picture taken in 1943 of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin el-Husseini reviewing Bosnian-Muslim troops - a unit of the "Hanjar (Saber) Division" of the Waffen SS which he personally recruited for Hitler. Arab leaders and media outlets have long been addicted to compari …

Why Barack Obama is not a Nazi

The hilarious attempts of the far-right to make President Obama out to be a Nazi are hard to take seriously. But we must and here is why.

Folk singer's bizarre Nazi tapestry tale
Source: bild.de

A folk singer had the rug pulled out from under him when he discovered a tapestry he owned once belonged to Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels!

Politics | Hitler poster provokes Edmonds incident | Seattle Times Newspaper
Source: The Seattle Times

70 year old Gasparian, Edmonds attempted to stop supporters of Lyndon LaRouche from passing out "Hitler /Obama" fliers. Both claim to have been shoved by the other but it was Edmonds who was arrested.

"These two pictures demonstrate more than all the ridiculously inflated rhetoric could that the right's hatred of Obama has reached the point of being downright delusional."
Source: ScienceBlogs

More accurately, these two pictures demonstrate more than all the ridiculously inflated rhetoric could that the right's hatred of Obama has reached the point of being downright delusional.

David Duke nemesis dies in Santa Fe: Elizabeth Ann "Beth" Rickey
Source: santafenewmexican.com

A Louisiana activist who helped expose David Duke's ties to neo-Nazis 20 years ago by infiltrating his political circle was found dead this weekend in a Santa Fe motel.

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