https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Today marks the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. From intimate stumbling stones to commemorative events in parliament, here's how the atrocities of the Holocaust are remembered in Germany today. https://www.thelocal.de/20161019/how-germany-remembers-the-holocaust-world-war-two-nazis-jewish-history-germans Wed, 19 Oct 2016 15:25:38 +0200 how-germany-remembers-the-holocaust-world-war-two-nazis-jewish-history-germans As the world remembers Auschwitz, the German far right has pushed back against the country's tradition of Holocaust remembrance, now with backing from US tech billionaire Elon Musk. https://www.thelocal.de/20250127/german-holocaust-remembrance-under-fire-from-german-far-right Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:45:48 +0100 german-holocaust-remembrance-under-fire-from-german-far-right Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on January 27th, we look at how the world gradually discovered the horror of the concentration and extermination camps set up by Nazi Germany across Europe. https://www.thelocal.de/20250122/how-the-world-discovered-the-nazi-death-camps Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:31:41 +0100 how-the-world-discovered-the-nazi-death-camps Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, members of the last generation of Nazi concentration camp survivors are speaking out to share their stories and fears about the future. https://www.thelocal.de/20250115/how-did-the-world-allow-auschwitz-nazi-death-camp-survivors-speak-out-ahead-of-anniversary Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:44:51 +0100 how-did-the-world-allow-auschwitz-nazi-death-camp-survivors-speak-out-ahead-of-anniversary The German parliament on Friday dedicated its annual Holocaust commemorations for the first time to people killed for their sexual or gender identity, and acknowledged decades of post-war persecution. https://www.thelocal.de/20230127/german-parliament-spotlights-nazis-lgbtq-victims-for-first-time Fri, 27 Jan 2023 10:28:32 +0100 german-parliament-spotlights-nazis-lgbtq-victims-for-first-time German Holocaust survivor Leon Schwarzbaum, a key witness in recent trials of alleged Nazi war criminals, has died aged 101, the International Auschwitz Committee (IAC) told AFP on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20220314/german-holocaust-survivor-leon-schwarzbaum-dies-aged-101 Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:22:44 +0100 german-holocaust-survivor-leon-schwarzbaum-dies-aged-101 The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted a non-binding resolution calling on all member states to fight against Holocaust denial and anti Semitism, especially on social media. https://www.thelocal.de/20220121/germany-welcomes-un-resolution-against-holocaust-denial Fri, 21 Jan 2022 10:24:24 +0100 germany-welcomes-un-resolution-against-holocaust-denial Holocaust survivor Charlotte Knobloch on Wednesday called for a stronger defence of the country's "fragile" democracy and issued a searing rebuke to the far right: "We will fight for our Germany". https://www.thelocal.de/20210127/we-will-fight-for-our-germany-holocaust-survivor-to-far-right Wed, 27 Jan 2021 17:00:59 +0100 we-will-fight-for-our-germany-holocaust-survivor-to-far-right Barbara Brix admired her father, a doctor who passed on his love of history and literature. Until she learned years after his passing that he had been part of a Nazi death squad. https://www.thelocal.de/20201111/how-a-hamburg-woman-handled-her-beloved-fathers-secret-nazi-past Wed, 11 Nov 2020 10:01:22 +0100 how-a-hamburg-woman-handled-her-beloved-fathers-secret-nazi-past German car-parts maker Continental revealed Thursday that it played a key role in the Nazi war effort and used thousands of slave labourers during World War II. https://www.thelocal.de/20200827/report-set-to-unveil-continentals-nazi-past Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:15:38 +0200 report-set-to-unveil-continentals-nazi-past A 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard was handed a suspended sentence of two years in prison on Thursday as a court in Hamburg found him guilty of complicity in WWII atrocities. https://www.thelocal.de/20200723/ex-nazi-camp-guard-93-gets-two-year-suspended-sentence Thu, 23 Jul 2020 13:17:57 +0200 ex-nazi-camp-guard-93-gets-two-year-suspended-sentence A 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard apologised to Holocaust victims at a Hamburg court on Monday, ahead of the verdict in the high-profile trial over his complicity in the World War II atrocities. https://www.thelocal.de/20200720/this-must-never-happen-again-ex-nazi-guard-apologises-to-families Mon, 20 Jul 2020 16:56:25 +0200 this-must-never-happen-again-ex-nazi-guard-apologises-to-families A 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard has been charged with war crimes during the Holocaust in what could be one of the last cases of its kind, a German court said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200714/former-nazi-camp-guard-95-charged-in-germany Tue, 14 Jul 2020 10:48:32 +0200 former-nazi-camp-guard-95-charged-in-germany German prosecutors on Monday demanded three years in jail for a 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard who they said was "without a doubt" complicit in the murder of more than 5,000 people during World War II. https://www.thelocal.de/20200706/german-prosecutors-seek-three-years-for-former-nazi-camp-guard Mon, 06 Jul 2020 19:24:54 +0200 german-prosecutors-seek-three-years-for-former-nazi-camp-guard The prosecution's closing arguments will be heard on Monday in the trial of a 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard for complicity in the murder of more than 5,000 people during World War II. https://www.thelocal.de/20200706/former-nazi-camp-guard-93-faces-german-court-reckoning-ss Mon, 06 Jul 2020 11:13:19 +0200 former-nazi-camp-guard-93-faces-german-court-reckoning-ss Germany has doubled its share of a fund to preserve the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp to €120 million euros, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200617/germany-pledges-120-mn-euros-to-auschwitz-fund Wed, 17 Jun 2020 11:10:26 +0200 germany-pledges-120-mn-euros-to-auschwitz-fund Jean Böhme, now 73, grew up on the site of Dachau, the concentration camp just outside Munich which was liberated 75 years ago on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200429/living-in-post-nazi-dachau-painful-childhood-memories Wed, 29 Apr 2020 12:36:11 +0200 living-in-post-nazi-dachau-painful-childhood-memories German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas pledged on Sunday to fight Holocaust denial as a trio of former Nazi concentration camps mark the 75th anniversary of their liberation in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.thelocal.de/20200420/germany-marks-holocaust-anniversary-in-shadow-of-coronavirus Mon, 20 Apr 2020 11:38:08 +0200 germany-marks-holocaust-anniversary-in-shadow-of-coronavirus Germany held a minute's silence on Wednesday to mark 75 years since the Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp was liberated, after planned commemorations were cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.thelocal.de/20200415/germany-marks-liberation-of-bergen-belsen-nazi-camp Wed, 15 Apr 2020 20:00:37 +0200 germany-marks-liberation-of-bergen-belsen-nazi-camp From swastikas sprayed on the walls to Hitler salute selfies, far-right provocations are a growing problem at the sites of former Nazi concentration camps in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20200414/visitors-are-questioning-the-truth-holocaust-memorial-sites-fight-new-threat-from-far-right Tue, 14 Apr 2020 10:52:16 +0200 visitors-are-questioning-the-truth-holocaust-memorial-sites-fight-new-threat-from-far-right