BERLIN — When Sabine Thonke joined a recent demonstration in Berlin against Germany’s far-right party, it was the first time in years she felt hopeful that the growing power of the extremists in her country could be stopped. Thonke, 59, had been following the rise of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, with unease. But … Read more
BERLIN — One of the most prominent figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party will go on trial in April on charges related to his alleged use in a 2021 speech of a slogan used by the Nazis’ SA stormtroopers, a court said Friday. Björn Höcke, 51, is the party’s leader in the eastern … Read more
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — The Russian city of St. Petersburg on Saturday marked the 80th anniversary of the end of a devastating World War II siege by Nazi forces with a series of memorial events attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin and close allies. The Kremlin leader laid flowers at a monument to fallen Soviet … Read more
WARSAW, Poland — A group of survivors of Nazi death camps will mark the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony Saturday in southern Poland. Some 20 survivors from various camps set up by Nazi Germany around Europe were to lay wreaths at the Death … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave MELBOURNE, Australia — Displays of Nazi salutes and symbols were banned in Australia starting Monday, with lawbreakers facing 12 months’ imprisonment. The ban will “ensure no one in Australia will be allowed to glorify or profit from acts and symbols that celebrate the Nazis and their evil … Read more
Roseanne Barr spoke at the right-wing Turning Point USA conference in Phoenix, Arizona on Sunday as part of their annual AmericaFest event. She appeared to stun the conservative crowd into silence multiple time as she delivered a speech about “these horrible Communists… Stalinists, Communists, with a huge helping of Nazi fascists thrown in” who want … Read more
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during a fireside discussion on artificial intelligence risks with Rishi Sunak, UK prime minister, not pictured, in London, UK, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Sunak convened this week’s AI summit in an effort to position the UK at the forefront of global efforts to stave off the … Read more
Play video content TMZ.com A Jewish woman who survived the Holocaust — and is currently living in Israel — is getting terrible flashbacks amid the attacks by Hamas … a group she calls “inhuman,” and horrifyingly reminiscent of the Nazis of her childhood. 90-year-old Lucy Lipiner joined us Monday on “TMZ Live,” along with her … Read more
ROME — Residents and visitors in Italy’s capital can ride a city bus this month that recounts how a 12-year-old boy escaped Nazi deportation from Rome’s Jewish neighborhood 80 years ago thanks to sympathetic tram drivers. The traveling exhibit is a highlight of events commemorating the 80th anniversary of when German soldiers rounded up some … Read more
September 28, 2023 at 2:07 a.m. EDT Firefighters clear rubble after a Russian rocket attack in Kostiantynivka, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Wednesday. (Kostiantynivka/AP) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Wednesday after Parliament honored a Nazi veteran during an event with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week. “This was a mistake that has deeply embarrassed Parliament … Read more