Thirty years after Germany came back together, the former East has become the stronghold of a once-marginalized movement that now sits in Parliament.
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Hit Hard by Coronavirus, Russia Holds a Mostly Mask-Free Victory Parade
Tens of thousands turned out for the delayed annual celebration of Russia’s defeat of Nazi Germany but few, including veterans in their 80s and 90s, took precautions.
With Many Dents to Its Image, Nobel Peace Prize Is Hit With a Few More
Myanmar’s onetime champion of democracy and Ethiopia’s prime minister join a roster of figures who, one way or another, have given the Nobel Peace Prize a contentious image.
Hitler’s Birth Home in Austria to Become a Police Station
The authorities decided to turn the house in Braunau into a law enforcement hub to deter neo-Nazi pilgrims.
Frank Giles, 100, Editor Snared in ‘Hitler Diaries’ Hoax, Is Dead
At The Sunday Times of London, he learned at the last minute that the diaries were fake, but the paper’s owner, Rupert Murdoch, ordered them published.
‘Hitler or Höcke?’ Germany’s Far-Right Party Radicalizes
In elections on Sunday, the AfD is set to make another strong showing in eastern Germany. Its local leader, Björn Höcke, is considered an extremist by the intelligence service.
Ex-Nazi Bunker Will Soon House Hotel Guests
An air raid shelter in Hamburg, built by forced laborers during World War II, will become a “design and lifestyle” hotel.
Revisiting Hitler, in a New Authoritarian Age
With nationalism and anti-Semitism on the rise around the world, two big new biographies look at the Nazi leader’s march to power.
Austria Is Ordered to Pay $1.7 Million for House Where Hitler Was Born
The government sought for decades to take over the property in Braunau, to ensure that it did not fall into the hands of someone seeking to glorify its dark history. But it didn’t pay enough for the property, a court has found.
A Thai Singer Wore a Swastika. Was It Prejudice or Ignorance?
The episode is one of several Nazi-related controversies to crop up in Asia, where Holocaust awareness is patchy, swastikas resemble an ancient symbol, and some see Hitler as a model of strength.