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Norwegian auction house withdraws sale of SS-looted Torah fragment following Israeli outcry

On Sunday, Valkyrie Historical Auctions listed on its auction itinerary a "Very Old Piece of Jewish Torah Roll Plundered by German SS Soldiers During Shoah."

A fragment of a Jewish Torah scroll stolen by Nazis during the Holocaust, formerly on sale by Valkyrie Historical Auctions.
US Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) speaks on stage on the first day of the 2026 Republican National Convention at the American Airlines Center on September 09, 2026 in Dallas, Texas.

Republican campaign staffer fired over use of SS soldiers in Facebook profile photo - report

Simcha Applebaum serving as deputy commander within the 188th Brigade.

Holocaust survivor, Yom Kippur War hero Colonel Simcha Applebaum dies at 99

 European far-right groups gather in Budapest each year for the so-called "Day of Honour" to mark a failed attempt by Nazi and Hungarian troops in 1945 to break out of the city during the Soviet army's siege.

'Budapest is ours': Annual neo-Nazi holiday celebration commences in Hungary


Where was God in the Holocaust? A NY poet and activist asks the question in a book of ‘psalms’

“Never again” pledges to stop all genocide. A commitment to honor and assist the dwindling number of survivors and to fight the antisemitism that persists 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz.

 Menachem Rosensaft leads a tour of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau complex for members of the World Jewish Congress, January 2020.

Secret chess pieces found at Auschwitz camp tell a story of prisoner life

This discovery adds a significant layer to the museum's collection that already includes items like wooden miniature chess pieces and bread-made figures.

 A set of handmade chess pieces hidden beneath the floor at the Auschwitz camp.

Russia: Canadian recognition of veteran from Nazi unit is 'outrageous'

Yaroslav Hunka, 98, received two standing ovations from Canadian lawmakers. Hunka served in World War Two as a member of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS.

 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is applauded by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following his speech at the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 22, 2023.

Police officer who used Nazi symbol paid over $1.5m. to resign

The city had suspended Derek Kammerzell but couldn't fire him, so they had no choice but to pay for his resignation.


Petition against honoring former SS officer gains over 4,300 signatures

Willi Huber has been honored as a founding father of the Mount Hutt ski field in New Zealand, to the dismay of many.

Mt Hutt, New Zealand

SS Officer hailed as a 'hero' by New Zealand media dies at 97

When quizzed about the concentration camps, he agreed that the SS “were wrong but that is about all," adding, "what could we do?”

Waffen SS officers in Denmark, 1944

Former SS soldier charged with denying the Holocaust in Germany

He could face five years in jail if convicted. Multiple ex-SS soldiers have faced trial in recent years over their actions during the Nazi era.

Former Nazi SS war criminal Karl Munter interviewed on German TV.

Germany still paying pensions to former SS officers in UK, Belgium

Brussels lawmakers call on Berlin to halt payments.

A bust of dictator Adolf Hitler, among other Nazi artifacts seized in the house of an art collector, is on display in Buenos Aires, in this undated handout released on June 20, 2017.

German prosecutors indict 94-year-old former Auschwitz guard

The suspect said through his defense lawyer that he was “not aware of the background, intent or procedures behind the killing” at the camp.

The Nazi slogan "Arbeit macht frei" (Work sets you free) is pictured at the gates of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland January 27, 2017.

Auschwitz medic found unfit to stand trial

During police questioning, Hubert Zafke initially denied having been present at Auschwitz but later admitted that he had been there.

Former SS medic Hubert Zafke, accused of aiding in 3,681 murders in Auschwitz in 1944, attends his trial on September 12, 2016 at the court in Neubrandenburg.