It is being touted as the last great Nazi trial. In November, John Demjanjuk--now first on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most-wanted war crim...
Stefan Sirucek | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
The reason November 9 -- the day the Berlin Wall fell -- is not a national holiday in Germany, is that it also marks a much darker anniversary: Kristallnacht, the so-called "Night of Broken Glass."
AP | DAVID RISING | Posted 10.28.2009 | World
BERLIN — Heinrich Boere has admitted to gunning down three men as part of a Waffen SS death squad – civilians killed in retribution for pa...
Leon T. Hadar | Posted 10.21.2009 | World
The ghosts of the Vietnam War seem to be hanging around the White House Situation Room as President Obama and his national security aides debate a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan.
The Guardian | Tom Kington | Posted 10.14.2009 | World
Archived documents have revealed that Mussolini got his start in politics in 1917 with the help of a £100 weekly wage from MI5. For the British in...
Seattle Times | Lynn Thompson | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics
As a child in Armenia, Henry Gasparian witnessed firsthand the horrors of Nazi Germany. Two uncles were killed, his father wounded and a brother starv...
Reuters | Caroline Copley | Posted 11.08.2009 | World
BERLIN (Reuters) �" The German parliament passed a law Tuesday clearing the names of those branded traitors by the Nazis in World War Two -- ending ...
GlobalPost | Posted 10.20.2009 | World
And now there's Quentin Tarantino's Nazi-era splatter film "Inglourious Basterds," which -- to my great surprise -- has rocketed to the top of the Ger...
AP | RYAN LUCAS and DAVID RISING | Posted 10.17.2009 | World
GDANSK, Poland — On a wind-swept peninsula where shells lobbed from a German battleship ignited World War II 70 years ago, European leaders vowe...
AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 10.16.2009 | World
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A Hamas spiritual leader on Monday called teaching Palestinian children about the Nazi murder of 6 million Jews a "war c...
Robert Gellately | Posted 09.24.2009 | Home
On August 23, 1939 Stalin's agreement with Nazi Germany gave Hitler the green light. That signal was important at the time and seventy years later there is no reason for Russians to deny it.
Kimberly Krautter | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics
From a branding perspective, is this really how the Republican Party wants to be defined? Hate speech -- true hate speech -- should never be tolerated in any form.
Deutsche Welle | Posted 09.14.2009 | World
The number of right-wing extremist websites in Germany is rising, with a group charged with youth protection warning that the internet has become the ...
Carol Smaldino | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics
We have witnessed a spate of violent bullying and psychological assault, moods of hostility and derision which have stooped to levels that defy any clear intention to act for the greater good.
Alex Higgins | Posted 09.11.2009 | World
There is a distinct lack of enthusiasm for attempting to govern other parts of the world by force, let alone envy of the global superpower.
AP | DAVID RISING | Posted 08.07.2009 | World
BERLIN — Admitted Nazi hit man Heinrich Boere will stand trial for murder in Germany for the execution-style killings of three Dutch civilians d...
AP | DAVID RISING | Posted 08.01.2009 | World
BERLIN — Germany's governing parties agreed Wednesday on a blanket measure to overturn Nazi-era verdicts convicting people of treason, nearly 65...
Harut Sassounian | Posted 07.05.2009 | World
German scholar Corry Guttstadt exposes the oft-repeated lie that Turkey provided a safe haven to many European Jews during the Holocaust.
Shayana Kadidal | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics
The memorandum, issued by the Reich Ministry of Justice, followed a meeting of several Justice Ministry lawyers and public prosecutors with several high-level Gestapo officials. It speaks for itself.
Stacy Peralta | Posted 05.08.2009 | Entertainment
The more time I spent with gang members of Bloods and Crips, the more I began to see a far different America than the America I was raised in.
AP | IRINA TITOVA | Posted 02.27.2009 | World
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday ordered officials to determine the precise Soviet death toll in World War ...
Michael Russnow | Posted 02.07.2009 | Entertainment
Good hasn't a prayer of making any money but if you don't care about only seeing what's in vogue you won't go away feeling unmoved.
Regina Weinreich | Posted 02.07.2009 | Entertainment
Critics have been poo-pooing The Reader for the love affair between a minor and older woman, and other reasons, but I say, look again.
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.17.2008 | Business
What a boon it would be to have a renaissance of our historic "Detroit Arsenal," with our government and the automobile industry working together once again on a program critical to the nation's well-being.
Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics
By repeatedly asking "Who is the real Barack Obama?" McCain/Palin is hinting that he has a hidden agenda -- an agenda that threatens all of us. By making Obama the Other, they are fueling racial paranoia.
Macleans | Katie Engelhart | Posted 11.11.2009 | World