Bayeux Tapestry fragment linked to SS project found in Germany
The fragment, found in the estate of textile archaeologist Schlabow, is set to be returned to France this year.
A piece of the Bayeux Tapestry discovered in Germany
A fragment of the infamous Bayeux tapestry, which depicts the invasion of England by the Normans, has been discovered in the Schleswig-Holstein State archive.
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Germany names Dutch SS veterans who receive pensions for serving Hitler
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Germany has handed over to the Netherlands ... Most of the beneficiaries are SS veterans or their relatives, the NOS broadcaster reported last week. Dozens of Dutchmen served ...
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Nazi Trials: The Case of Auschwitz Guard Reinhold Hanning
While perhaps 1,000 camp personnel faced trials in other countries, a now-united Germany has convicted fewer than 50 of the estimated 6,000 to 7,000 SS who served at Auschwitz and survived the war ...
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Head of German Jewry tells government to cancel pension payments to former SS members
BERLIN (JTA) — The head of Germany’s Jewish umbrella organization is calling on Germany to review – and possibly cancel – pension payments to former SS members who were injured during ...
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Interview with Reinhard Spitzy
Spitzy: I personally was in the SS -- [the] racial, Nordic, selected people, and we shall be the future aristocratic spine bone of the German Nation. Well I thought wonderful. No? And I felt ...