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Curiously, the Tory Party is not that sensitive about statements made by its MPs or indeed its home secretary, Cruella Braverman. (Photo: AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | What’s ‘fun’ can be offensive too… UK may have a ‘double standard’ on hate

The observation was inspired this week, gentle reader, by the recent incidents of supposed anti-religious bias

29 Apr 2023 12:05 AM

A Russian traffic police officer wearing a face mask and protective gloves stands in front of a municipal vehicle cleaning and disinfecting a street at Vorobyovy Hills observation point in Moscow. (AFP)

Russia coronavirus cases rise to 87,147, surpass China’s

Putin postpones annual parade marking the 1945 defeat of Nazi army in World War II due to the growing outbreak

27 Apr 2020 2:33 PM

Sarah and Yossi brought their children and grandchildren to meet their saviour. (Photo: AFP)

Family saved from Holocaust meet their saviour 75 years later

The Greek woman who hid a Jewish family from the Nazis during the Holocaust, met up with the survivors.

04 Nov 2019 12:34 PM

The “Vase of Flowers” oil painting, worth millions of dollars, was originally put on display in Florence in 1824 after it was bought by Grande Duke Leopoldo II for his art collection. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Painting looted by Nazis to return to Italy

Still-life painting looted by Nazis to return to Florence.

30 Jun 2019 11:39 AM

For the first two years of the war, Hepburn had to contend with the fact that her father was a Nazi agent and her mother was pro-Nazi. (Photo: Pixabay)

Audrey Hepburn had a secret life as a Nazi fighter

A new book shockingly reveals that Hollywood actress worked for the Dutch Resistance before gracing the silver screen.

29 Oct 2018 1:59 PM

Swastikas or Nazi related imagery will no longer be removed from video games. (Photo: Pixabay)

Nazi imagery will no longer be removed from video games

Germany's gaming industry has welcomed the change that lifts this ban.

13 Aug 2018 8:21 AM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Twin brothers reunited 74 years after WWII death at Normandy

The two 19-year-olds from South Dakota (US), will rest in peace side-by-side at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France.

19 Jun 2018 5:25 PM

Dr Asperger 'actively cooperated' with Nazis: study

Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism, typically involves deficiencies in social and communication skills.

19 Apr 2018 3:56 PM

Israel's Holocaust museum appeals for artifacts as survivors dwindle

Many survivors leave items to the museum in their wills.

13 Apr 2018 9:58 AM

Adolf Hitler's portrait of a lover to go up for auction

It is reportedly a Frenchwoman whom Hitler met while serving in France during World War One.

06 Apr 2018 9:18 AM

German doctor warns physicians: Never again partake in atrocities

German medical doctors used radiation to forcibly sterilize 7,200 disabled women in the mid-1930s.

14 Mar 2018 5:52 PM

State church authorities had offered to fund replacing the bell, which were widespread during the Nazi era. (Photo: AFP)

German town votes to keep church bell dedicated to Hitler

A study had concluded removing it would be akin to "fleeing from an appropriate culture of remembrance".

27 Feb 2018 7:14 PM

No shades of grey in Hindi films

Today, one should not be surprised, however, if a Hindutva-inspired film portrays a Muslim or Mughal Indian as an out-and-out genocidal maniac.

20 Jan 2018 12:42 AM

The owner did not want the painting in her home and two Dutch auction houses declined to put it up for sale. (Photo: AP)

Rare and unwanted, Hitler painting donated to Dutch wartime institute

The Dutch national institute for wartime documentation said Saturday it has been given a rare watercolor painting by Adolf Hitler.

25 Nov 2017 7:39 PM

Holocaust survivor reunites with newly discovered nephew

The rate of reunions has trickled significantly in recent years as elderly survivors have passed away.

20 Nov 2017 7:38 PM

Documents recently rediscovered in Lithuania are displayed at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. These documents along with more than 170,000 other pages are part of a recently discovered trove of Jewish materials from Lithuania thought to have been destroyed during the Holocaust. (Photo: AP)

Papers thought lost in Holocaust go on display in US

A librarian in Lithuania hid the documents in a church basement to protect them from the Nazis during World War II.

25 Oct 2017 8:10 AM

Professor fired over Nazi satire video can proceed with suit

The video spoofed a scene in the 2004 German film "Downfall."

14 Oct 2017 6:40 PM

Gal Gadot's 'Wonder Woman' is reportedly set for a sequel. (Photo: AP)

'Wonder Woman' Gal Gadot to star in Nazi revenge thriller Ruin?

The film centers on a former Nazi captain who hunts down and kills his former team of SS officers in Germany.

12 Oct 2017 1:54 PM

Ultimate cold case: Who betrayed Anne Frank?

Retired agent Vincent Pankoke said he had high hopes of solving one of the biggest World War Two mysteries.

05 Oct 2017 7:42 PM

The book was recovered in Berlin at the end of World War two by Captain John Hodge. (Photo: AP)

Adolf Hitler's phone directory put up for auction

Book contains more than 200 key Third Reich figures' private numbers; expected to fetch up to $20,000.

21 Sep 2017 1:10 PM

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