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Himmler’s ‘anti-Nazi’ masseur: Claes Bang stars as SS chief’s ‘magic Buddha’

Felix Kersten, the personal therapist of Hitler’s principal enforcer, claimed to have saved countless lives from the Holocaust. A new feature film exposes him as a narcissist prone to myth-making

The Guardian - UK

On This Day in History, June 14: Anne Frank writes diary, Auschwitz opens, first woman in space, first US flag approved, Falklands War ends and more

On This Day in History, June 14 witnessed the beginning of Anne Frank's diary, the opening of Auschwitz, the launch of the Vostok mission that led to the first woman in space, the end of the Falklands War and the approval of the Stars and Stripes. The date also saw…

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Women of the Rosenstrasse protest challenged the Nazi regime for their detained Jewish husbands’ freedom – and won

On the cold evening of Feb. 27, 1943, Charlotte Israel gathered with a small crowd of women on the Rosenstrasse, a narrow street in central Berlin. They were not Jewish, but their husbands were, and the men had just been arrested in a sweeping roundup of more than 9,000 Berlin…

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'She’s trying to get Stephen Miller killed': Megyn Kelly accuses Kara Swisher, defends former Trump adviser

A fierce online debate ignited between Megyn Kelly and Kara Swisher over Swisher's comparison of Stephen Miller to figures like Heinrich Himmler. Kelly decried the remarks as dangerously extreme and potentially inciting violence. Swisher defended her critique of Miller's immigration policies, arguing for moral responsibility in government actions, sparking a…

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Priest horrified to learn he is Himmler’s grandson after recognising Nazi’s mistress on Wikipedia

Heinrich Himmler was the head of the infamous SS and the architect of the Holocaust

The Independent UK

‘I have it in my blood and brain … I still haven’t been able to shake this nightmare off.’ How voices from a forgotten archive of Nazi horrors are reshaping perceptions of the Holocaust

“The witness – a tall, 16-year-old boy with a child-like face – recounts his sad story as if he were an old man”, she noted in her papers. “He speaks without becoming upset, only breaking down slightly when I ask about the fate of his parents and sister”.

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Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights: Article 17, Memory Politics, and the ECtHR's Selective Silencing

In this fourth guest entry on The Volokh Conspiracy, I examine a domain where the European Court of Human Rights… The post Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights: Article 17, Memory Politics, and the ECtHR's Selective Silencing appeared first on Reason.com.

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Anti-Defamation League finally comes for Elon Musk after his series of Nazi ‘jokes’

’The Holocaust was a singularly evil event, and it is inappropriate and offensive to make light of it,’ the head of the ADL rebuked Donald Trump’s ‘best buddy’

The Independent UK

The Book of Abba by Jan Gradvall review – dark backstories and new revelations

From Himmler to herring, a Swedish journalist offers unexpected angles on the 70s supergroup

The Guardian - UK

Charlotte Delbo and the women of Convoy 31000: how researching their stories led me to a forgotten subcamp and Nazi lies in the Auschwitz archive

The taxi bumped along a track just off the main road heading south from the Auschwitz Museum, past a row of bungalows with straggly November gardens. It crunched to a halt in front of a pair of rusty gates, hanging half open, their padlock dangling. Dilapidated and overgrown greenhouses could…

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Andy Serkis And Woody Harrelson To Star In WWII Thriller

Andy Serkis and Woody Harrelson star in WWII thriller 'The Man with the Miraculous Hands,' based on a true story set in 1939. Serkis plays Himmler, Harrels...

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Is it time to reconsider the idea of 'the banality of evil'?

After attending the 1961 trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, the philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt claimed what was terrifying about this man was not his moral monstrosity. It was his sheer normality. She subtitled her 1963 book on the subject, Eichmann in Jerusalem, “a report on the…

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Himmler ordered mass execution of prisoners in only Nazi camp on British soil, documents reveal

Papers from SS headquarters uncover instruction to kill up to 1,000 enslaved labourers on island of Alderney

The Guardian - UK

What leads people to collaborate with the enemy? Ian Buruma's latest history considers three troubling examples

Who is a collaborator? What leads people to collaborate with the enemy in times of war? How do they justify their actions? These questions are at the core of an insightful comparative biography by the prolific, award-winning Dutch writer Ian Buruma.

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The Collaborators by Ian Buruma review – intriguing study of the frenemy within

The writer digs deep into the often deceptive history of three people who conspired with their oppressors in this fascinating if disjointed examination of moral ambiguity

Daily Mirror

German army uniforms mistakenly issued with 'SS' labels printed on them

While German law bans the display of Nazi iconography, the distribution of over 300,000 pieces of combat equipment with the combination of the letters 'SS' fell through the net

Daily Mirror

Nazi gold hunters believe SS officer's letter could uncover ANOTHER lost treasure

Experts have transcribed a letter from an SS officer which may uncover the mystery behind WW2's stolen artefacts and priceless pieces of art

Daily Mirror

'I survived a Nazi gas chamber aged 6 - now I tell children my story on TikTok'

Tova Friedman was selected for the gas chambers at Auschwitz along with other children, but miraculously survived after guards changed their mind at the last minute

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Quiet corridas: Spain wonders what to do with unused bullrings

With number of events in decline, many of the 1,700 venues often in city centres stand abandoned

Daily Mirror

Treasure hunters' quest to track down Adolf Hitler's £19bn gold hoards

By the end of the war Nazis had more than £19billion of gold, but it disappeared – buried, hidden or sent abroad – and gold hunters have been searching for it ever since

Daily Mirror

Treasure hunters to dig up canister thought to contain £200million worth of Nazi gold

The Silesian Bridge Foundation will go into the 18th-century palace in southern Poland next month to find out if the treasures are there - it is thought to have been gold and valuables belonging to Germans who were told to hand over deposits for safekeeping

The Guardian - UK

The End of the Night review – Himmler’s secret summit with a Jewish leader

A chilling portrayal of the tense encounter between the SS chief and Norbert Masur, a representative of the World Jewish Congress, works well on screen

Daily Mirror

Nazi gold worth £200MILLION may be stashed in 5ft canister in abandoned palace

Treasure hunters discovered the mysterious Nazi gold in a metal canister which was found 10ft below the surface in an 18th century palace in the village of Minkowskie in southern Poland

Salon

Ukraine and the psychology of genocide

To understand the massacre in Bucha, we need to stop off at Babi Yar, Katyn and Oradour-sur-Glane. It's a long trip

Zenger

The Last Written Words Of Hitler’s Henchman Heinrich Himmler Sold For Nearly $6000

Himmler's escape plan was thwarted when eagle-eyed British Sergeant Grenville Grayer spotted his false documents.

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