Tag: Adolf Hitler

• Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 23:26 UTC

  Brazilian gov't “concerned” but Bolsonaro stays mum regarding Ukraine

  

  Brazilian media Thursday highlighted the fact that President Jair Bolsonaro made no comments regarding the Ukrainian crisis during two public appearances, although his Government did express its “concern” through the Foreign Ministry.

• Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 22:56 UTC

  Former Uruguayan President finds Putin very much like Hitler

  

  Former two-time President of Uruguay Julio María Sanguinetti (1985-1990 / 1995-2000) Thursday said Russia's actions in Ukraine look “a lot like Hitler's initial invasions.” The Colorado Party leader added that there was “no possible historical justification to relativize the seriousness of the episode.”

• Saturday, June 13th 2020 - 06:51 UTC

  Controversy in Germany over the term “race” in the country's Constitution

  

  A row has broken out in Germany over the term “race” in the country's Constitution as American George Floyd's killing in United States police custody spills over into national politics.

• Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Austria is turning Hitler's house into a police station, hoping to neutralize neo Nazi attraction

  

  Austria presented an architectural plan on Tuesday to turn the house where Adolf Hitler was born into a police station in the hope of “neutralizing” the space and ensuring it does not attract neo-Nazis.

• Monday, September 2nd 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  Germany asks the Polish people for forgiveness on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II

  

  Germany’s president expressed on Sunday deep remorse for the suffering his nation inflicted on Poland and the rest of Europe during World War II, warning of the dangers of nationalism as world leaders gathered Sunday in the country where the war started at incalculable costs.

• Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 08:26 UTC

  Germany's second wealthiest family admits Hitler links and exploiting slave labor under Nazi rule

  

  A German industrial dynasty with big stakes in various international brands has admitted brutality towards slave laborers during Nazi rule. A partner in JAB Holding, Peter Harf, said the Reimann family was shocked by links to Nazi abuses, discovered by the Bild am Sonntag newspaper in archives.

• Friday, April 20th 2018 - 09:23 UTC

  Nazi submarine wreck off Denmark torpedoes theory that Hitler fled to Argentina

  

  A missing World War Two U-boat—which has long been rumored to have carried Nazi leaders to South America as the Third Reich collapsed—has been found off the coast of Denmark. The U-3523 submarine, a cutting-edge vessel developed at the very end of the war, was discovered at a depth of around 400 feet, 10 nautical miles north of the Danish Coast, by researchers at Sea War Museum Jutland.

• Wednesday, June 21st 2017 - 05:08 UTC

  Argentina: Nazi paraphernalia stash found in Buenos Aires suburb

  

  Around 75 artifacts believed to have belonged to high-ranking nazi officers, which were stashed in a private collector's home in Beccar, a suburb of Buenos Aires, were found by Argentine police. The discovery is regarded to be further proof of the presence of Nazis in South America after World War II.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2016 - 08:47 UTC

  Argentine buys at acution Hitler's uniform jacket for US$ 312.000 and US$ 47.500 for a Goering watch

  

  A man from Argentina shelled out more than US$676,000 this weekend at an auction selling the personal belongings of Adolf Hitler and his deputy, Hermann Goering. The man, who remained anonymous, spent US$312,000 alone on what is believed to be one of Hitler's last uniform jackets.

• Monday, July 21st 2014 - 04:29 UTC

  Germany honors military officers who 70 years ago attempted to kill Hitler

  

  Ceremonies have been held in Germany to mark the 70th anniversary of a failed 20 July 1944 attempt by military officers to kill Adolf Hitler. The conspirators are now regarded as German patriots for their actions.