This is the Forward’s coverage of the Nazi regime, which came to power in Germany and orchestrated the Holocaust during World War II.
Nazi
The Latest
-
Fast Forward Accused Nazi With Dementia Declared Unfit For Trial in Germany
An accused Nazi war criminal has been released from custody after his arrest warrant was lifted due to his dementia. But the court could still order a trial to take place. Hans Lipschis, 94, from Aalen, had been held in the Hohenasperg prison hospital near Stuttgard since last May on charges of complicity in hundreds…
-
Fast Forward German States Launch Battle To Ban Party With Nazi Ties
Germany’s 16 states launched a battle on Tuesday to ban the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) after the federal government failed spectacularly a decade ago to outlaw a party its critics say shows an affinity for Hitler’s Nazis. Fearing another court defeat, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government opted not to formally back the petition to the…
-
Fast Forward French Croatian Group Calls for Investigation of Bob Dylan Over Incitement
A French Croatian group said it sued Bob Dylan for incitement to racial hate. A spokesperson for the Representative Council of Croat Institutions of France, or CRICCF, said the lawsuit was filed in Paris civil court in connection with statements made by Dylan during an interview that appeared in Rolling Stone in September and was…
-
Fast Forward Dutch Killer of Anti-Nazi Resistance Fighters Dies in Jail at 92
A 92-year-old Dutch former member of a Nazi death squad who lived unpunished in Germany for decades until his conviction in 2010 died on Sunday of natural causes in a German prison, justice officials said on Monday. Heinrich Boere, once high on the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s list of most wanted crime suspects, was convicted in…
-
Fast Forward Nazi-Hunters’ ‘Last Chance’ Campaign Bears Fruit With Arrests
Video: Nate Lavey At least four investigations of possible Nazi-era war criminals have been turned over to German investigators in recent months. The alleged Nazi war criminals were identified following an awareness campaign by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. “Operation Last Chance II,” launched in 2011 and expanded Monday with a new poster campaign, has yielded…
-
News One Man’s Quixotic Hunt for Sunken Nazi Treasure in Frigid Lake
It’s cold this winter morning at Stolpsee Lake. It’s February 2013, and ice is floating on the lake, an hour’s drive north of Berlin. Reeds and trees are covered in snow. Yaron Svoray, 60, stands on the lake’s shore, dressed in a thick winter jacket, looking thoughtfully over the water. He has been waiting nearly…
-
Fast Forward For New Jersey ‘Monuments Man’ Nazi Art Hunter, Munich Trove Brings It All Back
When news of a hidden trove of Nazi-looted art in Munich came to light this month, an 87-year-old man in a quiet retirement community in New Jersey straightened a copy of a Rembrandt self-portrait hanging on his wall, completely unsurprised. The picture is a constant reminder to Harry Ettlinger of his days with the “Monuments…
-
Fast Forward Radio Reporter Donates Transcript of Nuremberg Nazi War Crimes Transcript to U.S. Holocaust Museum
A former reporter for the U.S. Army donated a transcript of radio coverage of the Nuremberg war crimes trials to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Harold Burson, 92, who covered the trials of Nazi leaders in 1945 and 1946 for the American Forces Network, gave the never-published transcript to the Washington museum on Tuesday. The…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward CA Gov. Newsom says he regrets apartheid comment, ‘reveres’ Israel in new interview
- 2
News Mamdani voices concerns about synagogue buffer zone bill poised to pass NYC Council
- 3
Holy Ground The promised land is… Oklahoma? Inside Tulsa’s campaign to court young Jews
- 4
Looking Forward We need to talk about New Jersey’s Jewish master of literature. No, not that one
In Case You Missed It
-
Culture Inside the ancient Christian theology driving modern antisemitism
-
Looking Forward We were instant friends. Then came the Israel question.
-
Fast Forward Man arrested over alleged firebomb plot targeting pro-Palestinian activist Nerdeen Kiswani
-
Opinion The moral degradation of Israel’s far-right is even worse than you think
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
