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The Holocaust

The systematic murder of roughly 6 million Jews, Roma, homosexuals and other minorities by the Nazis was the greatest horror of Europe in the 20th century, the legacy of which is still unfolding throughout Germany and Europe.

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Freeing the Prisoners Two Soldiers Recall the Liberation of Dachau and Auschwitz

Seventy-five years ago, Auschwitz was liberated, with Dachau to follow a couple of months later. Here, a Soviet soldier and an American soldier recall the moment they first set eyes on the camps. By Susanne Beyer, Christian Esch und René Pfister

Two Soldiers Recall the Liberation of Dachau and Auschwitz - Sara Naomi Lewkowicz/ DER SPIEGEL

German Foreign Minister on the Legacy of the Holocaust "For A Long Time Now, Words Have Not Been Enough"

Speeches and warnings are insufficient when it comes to anti-Semitism in Germany and Europe. We need concrete programs to counter the hatred of Jews, including better education and harsher penalties. An Op-Ed by Heiko Maas

"For A Long Time Now, Words Have Not Been Enough" - Clodagh Kilcoyne/ REUTERS

The Death of Marie Sophie Hingst Why It Was Right to Report on Her Lies

In June, I wrote an article exposing fabrications in Marie Sophie Hingst's blog about Jewish family members who allegedly died in the Holocaust. In mid-July, she was found dead in her apartment. Now, I am grappling with the question of whether my reporting was necessary. Von Martin Doerry

Why It Was Right to Report on Her Lies - Michael Kappeler/ DPA

'Literature, Not Journalism' The Historian Who Invented 22 Holocaust Victims

A German blogger living in Dublin and pretending to be Jewish spread fictitious stories about her family's Holocaust history, even submitting false claims to the Yad Vashem Memorial in Jerusalem. But it was all made up. Von Martin Doerry

The Historian Who Invented 22 Holocaust Victims - Michael Kappeler/ DPA

Saving a Memorial The Immense Challenge of Preserving Auschwitz

Conservators at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial are doing all they can to preserve artifacts left behind by those murdered at the camp in the Holocaust. Structures, too, need refurbishment. But the goal of authenticity is a difficult one to reach. Von Martin Doerry

The Immense Challenge of Preserving Auschwitz - Sven Doering/ DER SPIEGEL

Facing Up to Anti-Semitism 'We Will Win Because History Is On Our Side'

Historian Deborah Lipstadt exposed author David Irving for being a Holocaust denier in 1993. Now, she warns of the growth of what she calls "softcore" anti-Semitism. Trump and his kind, she says, are even more dangerous than those who openly agitate against Jews. Von Annette Großbongardt

'We Will Win Because History Is On Our Side' - Markus Schreiber/ AP

A Lost Childhood To Auschwitz and Back

The Germans stole Josef Salomonovic's childhood, but his mother wouldn't let him die -- neither in the Lodz ghetto nor in Auschwitz. This summer, he returned to the place where he was saved. Von Takis Würger

To Auschwitz and Back - Sven Döring / DER SPIEGEL

Balky Bavarians US Congress Demands Action on Nazi Looted Art

Are artworks looted by the Nazis from Jewish collectors still hanging in Bavarian museums? Twenty-nine members of the US Congress think so, and have written a letter to the German state demanding that officials stop dragging their feet on restitution. Von Ulrike Knöfel

US Congress Demands Action on Nazi Looted Art - picture alliance / dpa

Interview with a Sobibór Survivor 'The Best Moment of My Life'

In an interview, 84 year old Sobibór survivor Philip Bialowitz discusses the importance of the recent discovery of the death camp's gas chambers and his risky escape from the Nazis in 1943. Von Claus Hecking

'The Best Moment of My Life' - SPIEGEL ONLINE

A Voice for the Dead Recovering the Lost History of Sobibór

Henchman with the Nazi SS sought to cover up the mass murder that occurred at the Sobibór concentration camp in eastern Poland. Archeologists recently uncovered the site's hidden gas chambers and important artifacts that shed light on the victims. Von Claus Hecking

Recovering the Lost History of Sobibór - Claus Hecking

Interview with an Auschwitz Guard 'I Do Not Feel Like a Criminal'

As a young man, Jakob W. worked in the watchtowers of Auschwitz. Charges against him were recently dropped, but he described to SPIEGEL what it was like to be a cog in the Nazis' horrific machinery of death. Von Felix Bohr, Cordula Meyer und Klaus Wiegrefe

'I Do Not Feel Like a Criminal'

The Auschwitz Files Why the Last SS Guards Will Go Unpunished

In February, German prosecutors conducted a wave of raids targeting former SS concentration camp guards. It was hoped the proceedings could help make up for decades of inaction. Instead, they will likely mark the latest chapter in the German judiciary's shameful approach to the Holocaust. Von Klaus Wiegrefe

Why the Last SS Guards Will Go Unpunished - ERIC GAILLARD/ REUTERS

War Crimes Investigations 'We Don't Pursue Nazis, We Pursue Murderers'

German prosecutors are currently looking in to pressing charges against several men believed to have been accomplices to murder at Auschwitz. Some in Germany are asking if justice can still be served almost 70 years after the war. Von Benjamin Schulz

'We Don't Pursue Nazis, We Pursue Murderers' - AP/dpa

Art Dealer to the Führer Hildebrand Gurlitt's Deep Nazi Ties

Hildebrand Gurlitt, the man who assembled the astounding art collection recently discovered in a Munich apartment, was more deeply involved in the trade of looted artworks than had been previously assumed. He also profited from Nazi injustices after the war.

Hildebrand Gurlitt's Deep Nazi Ties - Rolf Vennenbernd/ dpa

'Justice Delayed' A Jewish Family's Fight to Reclaim Its Land

A German-American lawyer and his family have been fighting for over two decades to reclaim lucrative properties lost under the Nazi regime. But he continues to face legal hurdles in trying to restore their legacy. Von Steffen Winter

A Jewish Family's Fight to Reclaim Its Land - Gordon Welters/ DER SPIEGEL

Nazi Scandal Gestapo Chief Reportedly Buried in Jewish Cemetery

As head of the feared Gestapo secret police, Heinrich Müller perpetrated some of the worst crimes of the Nazi regime. His fate was unconfirmed -- but now a newspaper claims he was buried in a Berlin Jewish cemetery in 1945.

Gestapo Chief Reportedly Buried in Jewish Cemetery - imago

The Exception How Denmark Saved Its Jews from the Nazis

Denmark was the only European country to save almost all of its Jewish residents from the Holocaust. After being tipped off about imminent roundups by prominent Nazis, resisters evacuated the country's 7,000 Jews to Sweden by boat. A new book examines this historical anomaly. Von Gerhard Spörl

How Denmark Saved Its Jews from the Nazis - AFP

Auschwitz Trial Late Case Raises Questions about Justice System

Prosecutors claim 93-year-old former Auschwitz worker Hans Lipschis is complicit in the murder of thousands of people. The charges raise questions about how to interpret guilt in the Holocaust, as well as why the German justice system waited so long to pursue such cases. Von Felix Bohr

Late Case Raises Questions about Justice System - AFP/ Yad Vashem Archives

Painful Past German President Visits Nazi Massacre Site

President Joachim Gauck on Wednesday became the first German head of state to visit the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane, the site of a gruesome massacre by the Waffen SS in 1944. It was an emotional visit with heavy significance for French-German relations. Von Florian Gathmann

German President Visits Nazi Massacre Site - Yoan Valat/ dpa

Late Justice Germany to Prosecute 30 Auschwitz Guards

Germany's top official for investigating Nazi war crimes announced on Tuesday he has recommended 30 suspected former Auschwitz guards be prosecuted for accessory to murder.

Germany to Prosecute 30 Auschwitz Guards - AFP/ Yad Vashem Archives

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