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John Demjanjuk: one of Europe's last Nazis takes the stand
Undoubtedly one of the last acts of de-nazification in history has been playing out inside the appellate court of Munich since 2 December. International media is closely tracking the case against the accused, a former executioner at the Sobibor concentration camp. Trial hearings have resumed after being halted due to the poor health conditions of the 89-year-old defendant and US extradite; we hear opinions from young people in Germany
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Theatre: Auschwitz meets the French Auvergne
For the International Short Film Festival 2009, director Fabrice Dubusset is working with amateur performers for the group's first Fassbinder play. The revival of the German director's 'Just a Slice of Bread' brings critical themes to the European arena
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Europe's volunteers speak: 'Action Reconciliation Service for Peace'
The 'ARSP' was founded in Berlin in 1959 with the aim of carrying out reconciliation work in the countries worst affected by national socialism. Every year, 500 people in eleven European countries, Israel and the USA get involved in the short, medium, and long-term voluntary services
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Mahler, Varela, Irving: living alongside Europe's Holocaust deniers
Holocaust deniers are dealt with differently across Europe, although the EU has taken initial steps to standardise laws, with Germany taking the lead
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Holocaust memorial day in the European consciousness
Italian historian Enzo Traverso, 52, says the Holocaust memorial day, which falls on 27 January, ‘cannot be considered unrelated to what is happening in the Middle East today’. Interview
Young Europeans only know the Holocaust through war movies
Or do they? One of the most horrific events of the 20th century remains a painful recollection of a war spurred by false ideology that claimed six million lives. Nobody wants to take the trip down the road of oblivion, because it forces us to revisit the reality of humanity at its worst. Conversations in Spain and Italy
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Leo Baeck summer university: ‘Berlin, so similar to Tel Aviv, my home town’
At the crossroads of migratory flows and in a city so full of history, every year young people reflect on their Jewish identity since the European post-war period. Report
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