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German-Austrian collector Cornelius Gurlitt left more than 1,600 works to the Museum of Fine Arts in Bern

Swiss museum gives up art treasures stolen by Nazis

A Swiss museum said it would give up almost 40 works of art after a years-long investigation concluded they were either stolen by the Nazis or of doubtful origin.

World • 10 Dec 21

A memorial event for homosexuals persecuted by the Nazis held in Berlin earlier this year

Germany to clear gays convicted under Nazi-era law

The German government has approved plans to quash the convictions of 50,000 men sentenced for homosexuality under a Nazi-era law which remained in force after the war, and offer compensation.

Europe • 22 Mar 17

Brunhilde Pomsel worked for Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels as a secretary and stenographer for three years

Goebbels' former secretary dies aged 106

The former secretary of Nazi Germany's propaganda leader Joseph Goebbels died aged 106 last week, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the maker of a documentary about her announced this morning.

News • 30 Jan 17

More than 1.1m people were killed at Auschwitz between 1940 and 1945

70th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation marked

World leaders have joined around 300 Auschwitz survivors at the site of the former Nazi death camp to mark 70 years since its liberation by Soviet Troops.

News • 27 Jan 15

Art is believed to have been stolen or extorted by the Nazis

Germany publishes ‘lost art’ online

Germany has begun publishing an online list of works that were discovered in a Munich flat last year and are for the most part believed to have been stolen or extorted by the Nazis.

News • 12 Nov 13

The bank sold the gold despite the British government having frozen all Czech assets held in London

Bank of England sold stolen Nazi gold

The extent of the Bank of England's involvement in the sale of gold stolen by Nazis after the invasion of Czechoslovakia has been revealed in newly-released documents.

News • 31 Jul 13

Adolf Hitler became German Chancellor on 30 January 1933

Germany marks 80th anniversary of Hitler's rise

On the 80th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's rise to power, Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans to always fight for their principles and not fall into the complacency that enabled the Nazi dictator to seize control.

Special Reports • 30 Jan 13

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