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Former Nazi SS guard goes on trial in Germany

A 94-year-old former enlisted SS man went on trial in Germany, charged with being an accessory to murder for crimes committed during the years he served as a guard at the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp.

Leading German far-right politician in Hitler pilgrimage

The far right AfD party has been plunged into renewed controversy after it emerged one of its members posed for photographs on a "pilgrimage" of sites associated with Adolf Hitler.

Far right German nationalists pictured with Hitler wine and swastikas

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is trying to expel a regional lawmaker who posed in front of wine bottles featuring pictures of Adolf Hitler.

BDS activists protest Holocaust film in Berlin

Two activists from the BDS campaign disrupted the presentation of an Israeli Holocaust film in Berlin, prompting security officials to evict the protesters as the audience booed the stoppage caused by the BDS people.

AfD provokes outcry in Germany with launch of ‘Jewish group’

The far-right party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has provoked an outcry by launching what it called 'a Jewish group' within its ranks.

German festival disinvites singer for calling to boycott Israel

Organisers of a music festival in the German city of Düsseldorf withdrew their invitation to the composer and singer Brian Eno over his longtime involvement in attempts to boycott Israel.

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