Outrage after German biscuit heiress's WWII forced labour claim
An heiress of the Bahlsen biscuit empire in Germany has sparked uproar over her claim that her company treated forced workers "well" during World War II.
11,000 evacuated after Kreuzberg bomb find
Officials had to evacuate 11,000 people from their homes in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin on Sunday after a 250-kg bomb was found during renovations.
Poland to deploy army to hunt for Nazi gold train
Poland said on Tuesday it would deploy the military to look for an alleged Nazi "gold train" that sparked global fascination after two anonymous treasure hunters claimed they had pinpointed where it is buried.
Merkel shuns Moscow WW2 commemoration
The Chancellor has decided not to attend a memorial day in Moscow marking 70 years since the defeat of Nazism.
WWII massacre: Case dropped against German
The case against an 89-year-old man from Germany who was charged in connection with the notorious World War II massacre of hundreds of French villagers, was thrown out on Tuesday.
Town at standstill for bomb defusal
Authorities evacuated 1,700 people from their homes early on Friday morning after an unexploded bomb from World War Two was found in Oranienburg, north of Berlin.
Nazi assassin dies in prison hospital
Former SS assassin Heinrich Boere has died in a German prison hospital aged 92, two years after starting a life term for killing three civilians in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
German court keeps Eichmann files classified
A German court on Thursday rejected a journalist's request to force the country's foreign intelligence service to release all its files on the top Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann and on how long its spies knew he was hiding out in Argentina.
Post-war intelligence service recruited mass-murdering Nazi
The fledgling post-war German secret service hired and trained a Nazi wanted for more than 90,000 murders, contracting him to infiltrate Castro’s Cuba, according to newly released documents.