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Nuremberg takes heat over ex-Nazi sites

A proposal to temporarily relocate Nuremburg’s opera house to two former Nazi-linked sites in the city, including the party’s infamous rally grounds, has come under fire over its potential risks to historical education. In an open letter on Friday, the Staatstheater Nurnberg management claimed that there are no viable alternatives to either the rally grounds […]

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‘I am innocent’: 100-yo ex-Nazi camp guard accused of complicity in murdering thousands insists he ‘knows nothing’

A 100-year-old man, the oldest person to stand trial in Germany for Nazi-era crimes, who is accused of aiding and abetting the killing of thousands of prisoners at a concentration camp, insists he is innocent. On Friday, Josef Schuetz appeared in court for allegedly “knowingly and willingly” assisting in the slaughter of 3,518 inmates at […]