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Nazi occupied Poland
Mira Hamermesh (right and as a young girl with her family, left), was just 16 when she escaped Poland
December 5, 2019, 10:36 am
BBC drama brings to life story of child refugee who escaped Nazi-occupied Poland
BBC Radio 4's This Is Your Country Now Too, a seven-part series about child refugees, features the story of Mira Hamermesh, who fled Poland and arrived in Palestine two years later
By Francine Wolfisz
Oskar Groening in court
January 1, 2018, 3:05 pm
Court rules Auschwitz guard, 96, must serve prison sentence
Oskar Groening will spend time behind bars for his role in the murder of 300,000 Hungarian Jews at Auschwitz
By JTA
Oskar Gröning
December 20, 2017, 3:22 pm
Auschwitz guard, 96, challenges sentence as it violates ‘right to life’
Former camp official Oskar Groening disputes the conviction for his role in the murder of more than 300,000 Jews
By JTA
Majdanek concentration camp (June 24, 1944)
October 20, 2017, 12:18 pm
Former Majdanek camp guard, 96, charged in Germany
Elderly Frankfurt resident accused of being an accessory to murder for working at camp during a period when at least 17,000 Jews were killed
By Jewish News Reporter
Rex Tillerson, United States Secretary of State
October 2, 2017, 3:20 pm
Letter from New York politicians urges US to deport ex-Nazi guard
29 members of New York's Congressional delegation wrIte to Rex Tillerson calling for the deportation of 92-year-old Jakiw Palij
Buchenwald, photo taken April 16, 1945, five days after liberation of the camp. Wiesel is in the second row from the bottom, seventh from the left, next to the bunk post. .
May 23, 2017, 7:40 pm
Bulgarian deputy PM: ‘I horsed around’ at Nazi camp in my youth
Valeri Simeonov admits he may have taken spoof pictures at Buchenwald camp during the 1970s.
By JTA
Auschwitz-Birkenau
January 30, 2017, 2:39 pm
List of Auschwitz commanders and guards published by historians
The work carried out by historian Aleksander Lasik details more than 8,500 entries for those who served at the Nazi camp
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