Golden Dawn Leadership to Stand Trial on Hitler’s Birthday
Nikos Michaloliakos and other Golden Dawn leaders will soon stand trial at the Athens maximum-security prison where they are currently incarcerated.
Funny enough, the trial is set to start on April 20, which is Hitler’s birthday, of course. It’s ostensibly an unintentional circumstance, according to Fox News. In 2013 they were arrested for “running a criminal organization” after the killing of a leftist rapper was attributed to a party member. A few days ago it was reported that Michaloliakos and a couple of other incarcerated members were soon going to be released from prison and placed under house arrest.
Dutch "Multicultural" Students Resist Holocaust Education
A number of Dutch schools refrain from teaching about the Holocaust because of resistance from Muslim pupils, teachers told lawmakers.
The centrist Christian Union party held a roundtable discussion about Holocaust education with teachers and other professionals Wednesday in parliament in The Hague, The Algemeen Dagblad daily reported. “Holocaust survivor Bloeme Evers does not dare give guest lessons in some schools,” Arie Slob, the party’s parliamentary leader and a former history teacher, told the daily , describing the discussion.
Wreck of Kriegsmarine U-boat Located in Java Sea
A group of Indonesian archeologists has discovered what is believed to be the wreck of a German U-boat.
The Kriegsmarine ship sank during World War II lying on the floor of the Java Sea about 100 kilometers from Karimunjawa Island. “This is a spectacular discovery in the history of Indonesian archeology. This is the first of its kind in the country,” chairman of the National Archeology Center, Bambang Sulistyanto.
Germany’s Biggest Anti-Racism Crusader Pleads Guilty to Child Porn
Once upon a time, the name Sebastian Edathy was never uttered by the German media without being in the context of absolute adoration.
He was a long time parliament member for the Social Democratic Party and billed as Germany’s number one fighter against “Nazis” and “racism.” Edathy was Germany’s Morris Dees. He made a lucrative career hyping fictional “right-wing threats.” Edathy is son of an Indian immigrant and a German mother.
VIDEO: Skorzeny’s SS Commando Liberates Mussolini
Contemporary French newsreel report on the sensational World War II rescue of Italian leader Benito Mussolini by a German commando team.
In a daring raid on Sept. 12, 1943, a glider-borne team led by the colorful SS officer Otto Skorzeny liberated the fascist leader, who was being held prisoner on Mount Gran Sasso in Abruzzo. Skorzeny introduced himself to Mussolini with the words: “Duce, the Fuhrer sent me! You’re free!" Mussolini embraced Skorzeny and said, "I knew my friend Adolf wouldn’t desert me."
In Germany, Fanta Ad that "Forgets Evil Nazi Past" is Pulled
The Coca-Cola Company pulled a German television ad for the orange soft drink Fanta following complaints that the commercial referred to the 1940s,
when the beverage was invented following an international trade embargo on the National Socialist Germany, as the good old times. The ad celebrates Fanta’s 75th anniversary, but conveniently makes no mention of the role NS Germany played in the bubbly drink’s initial creation. According to the ad, German bottling plants were forced to create new formulas during the 1940s since ingredients needed to make regular Coke were scarce at the time.
Dutch Police Investigate Sale of Soap Supposedly Made From Jewish Holocaust Victims’ Remains
The soap, known as "RIF soap" or popularly as Jew soap,
was allegedly made during WWII by the germans from "human remains", and is being sold online for 199 Euros. Dutch police have launched an investigation into a northern Dutch trader who claims to be selling soap made by the Nazis that is made from the remains of Jews killed in the Holocaust, according to the Dutch newspaper De Telegraag.
Kriegsmarine U-boat Found with Ship it Sank off North Carolina
The wrecks of a German U-boat and a merchant vessel it sank in the Battle of the Atlantic have been found 30 miles (48 km) off North Carolina.
Researchers led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found U-576 within 240 yds (220 m) of the US freighter Bluefields after 70 years. It is a "rare window into a historic military battle", the NOAA said. The two ships met on 15 July 1942 when the German submarine attacked a convoy of merchant ships en route to Florida.
More Africans Entered America in Last Decade than During 300 Years of Slave Trade
According to the New York Times, "between 2000 and 2010, the number of black African immigrants in the United States about doubled,
to around one million," and "more black Africans arrived in this country on their own than were imported directly to North America during the more than three centuries of the slave trade." These large migrations have increased concerns about the entry of African immigrants into the U.S., since the deadly Ebola epidemic has ravaged the western part of the continent.
Montevideo: Graf Spee's Eagle Rises from Deep
War trophies don’t come much more imposing than the solid bronze statue that once adorned the prow of the Graf Spee, a notorious battleship that sank numerous Allied merchant vessels.
Weighing 700 pounds and with a wingspan of nearly 9 feet, the statue is a rare surviving example of the ultimate Third Reich symbol of an eagle perched atop a swastika. It is also causing the Uruguayan government a "headache" after a local businessman had the statue salvaged from the wreck of the Graf Spee in shallow waters just off Uruguay’s capital of Montevideo in 2006.
In London, Teacher Fined For Posting Hitler Picture With Words "You Were Right"
A teacher has been fined after he admitted posting a picture Hitler on Facebook with the words 'you were right'.
Mahmudul Choudhury, 35, from Tower Hamlets, east London, was reported to police for sharing the image by a Jewish student who he had previously added on the social networking site. He pleaded guilty to the racially aggravated offence at an earlier hearing and was told he could face losing his job, as he is still employed as a teacher.
Adolf Hitler Postcard Found in WWI Project
A previously unknown postcard sent by Adolf Hitler when he was a soldier in World War I has been uncovered in a European history project.
Hitler's postcard, sent in 1916 when he was recovering from a war wound, was found in Munich, Germany. Oxford University is providing expert advice to the Europeana 1914-1918 project which runs history roadshows. When the postcard was identified, the university's Dr Stuart Lee said he "felt a shudder run through me".
Falsely Accused Czech Publishers of Adolf Hitler Speeches Seek Compensation
The authors and publishers of a book of Adolf Hitler's Speeches,
from Brno's guidemedia publishing house, seek more than 7.4 million crowns in compensation for court proceedings in this case and damages, the firm's defense lawyer Tomáš Pecina told the Czech News Agency today. He said his clients had turned to the Justice Ministry with the compensation claim.
British WW2 Veteran Recalls How General Rommel Saved His Life
He was viewed as Hitler’s finest general, admired even by the Allies for his skills as a military leader.
But to one captured British soldier, Erwin Rommel was the man who saved his life – and gave him beer and cigarettes. Captain Roy Wooldridge, from the Royal Engineers, has told how he was introduced to the ‘Desert Fox’ after being taken prisoner in France. He had been caught during a covert night-time reconnaissance mission ahead of the D-Day landings. Without uniform or identification due to the secrecy of the operation, he was treated as a spy and told he would be shot.