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Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Germans committed crimes against humanity in Poland

German President asks for Poland's forgiveness for WWII

Angela Merkel underlined the importance of remembering the anniversary

Germany remembers heroes in Hitler assassination bid

Two original railway boxcars at the WWII Westerbork transit camp in the memorial center in Hooghalen, the Netherlands

Dutch railway to compensate Holocaust survivors

The Berlin construction site where a WWII bomb was found close to the Alexanderplatz

World War II bomb in central Berlin forces evacuation

Europe / 14 Jun

Paddy the pigeon was awarded the Dickin Medal

The Irish pigeon who played a vital role in D-Day

Ireland / 06 Jun

Eugeniusz Nead, 94, from the Polish army arrives at commemoration grounds in Southsea Common

Veterans join world leaders to mark D-Day landings

The Nazis destroyed the camp in Poland

Last known survivor of Sobibor Nazi death camp dies

Nazi doctors carried out grotesque human experimentation

Microscopic remains of Nazi victims to be buried

Germany took over Brest in June 1941 and shot thousands of Jews in the city days later

790 bodies found in WWII-era mass grave in Belarus

The unexploded bomb is believed to have been dropped on the city by American forces

Word War II bomb defused in German city of Ludwigshafen

News / 26 Aug 18

A federal judge revoked Jakiw Palij's US citizenship in 2003

US deports accused former Nazi guard to Germany

World / 21 Aug 18

Heiko Maas described Auschwitz as "the most horrible place on earth"

German foreign minister visits 'horrible' Auschwitz

World / 20 Aug 18

An area in the heart of the city was evacuated

WWII bomb defused after evacuation in central Berlin

Germany / 20 Apr 18

Oskar Groening admits his moral guilt

96-year-old 'bookkeeper of Auschwitz' to be jailed

World / 29 Dec 17

Towns and villages across Sussex towns were bombed during the war (Pic: Google Maps)

WWII 'bomb' that sparked evacuation in UK a fuel tank

World / 07 Sep 17

Yisrael Kristal was sent to the infamous Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau during the Second World War

World's oldest man and Holocaust survivor dies at 113

World / 11 Aug 17

Sean Spicer said he had let the President down

Spicer: I let down Trump with 'reprehensible' comments

Military personnel stand at the site of a World War II bomb in Thessaloniki

Greece defuses WWII bomb after mass evacuation

News / 12 Feb 17

The riverfront remained closed until around 3am this morning as the device was removed

Suspected WWII bomb found in central London

News / 20 Jan 17

Clare Hollingworth reported on the world's major conflicts

Journalist who revealed outbreak of WWII dies aged 105

Special Reports / 10 Jan 17

An elderly woman is helped by rescue workers

German city evacuated after WWII bomb find

News / 25 Dec 16

Heinrich Himmler was one of the principal architects of the Holocaust

Himmler diaries cast light on Nazi wartime life

News / 04 Aug 16

Pope Francis visited the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

Pope in silent tribute to Holocaust victims

News / 29 Jul 16

Then and now: Moreton in Marsh, England

Then and now: D-Day images show contrast with Europe today

Special Reports / 28 May 14

Suspected WWII shell was sold to a scrapyard (Pic: EPA)

Seven killed as WWII bomb explodes in Bangkok

News / 02 Apr 14

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