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Infamous Nazi war criminal helped set up top drug cartel and worked with Pablo Escobar, report says
Dubbed the "Butcher of Lyon" for his wartime torture of prisoners, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie fled to South America after the end of World War II.
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The friendship of a Chilean dictator and a Nazi war criminal
In “38 Londres Street”, a gripping new book, Philippe Sands shows that the long-rumoured connection between the men was real.
Recent Nazi deaths not the end, German court still searching for ‘accessories’ to WWII mass murder
A special court in Germany is still going after Nazi criminals more than 80 years after the end of the Second World War ...
Could crimes like those done by Nazi Germany happen in US? Most say yes in poll
In a YouGov survey, 52% of respondents said it is possible that crimes like those enacted by Germany’s Nazi regime in the ...
Smithsonian Magazine5d
The Daring Polish Resistance Fighter Who Volunteered to Be Sent to Auschwitz So He Could Sabotage the Nazi Death Camp From the Inside
Witold Pilecki smuggled reports about Germany's war crimes to the Allies, urging them to stop the atrocities at Auschwitz by ...
What is the special tribunal for Ukraine that world leaders have backed?
“The crime of aggression is sometimes referred to as the ‘mother of all other crimes’ because it precedes all of the other ...
Xi and Putin vow stronger ties at Russia's World War II Victory Day parade ahead of U.S.-China trade talks
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s presence at the parade gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a boost as he tries to show that ...