Nazi

21°

Weather

YnetGlobal Channels

Sites & Sources

more channels

Contact

Nazi

Germans can now search Nazi files to uncover family secrets

Newly accessible US archives on millions of Nazi Party members are allowing Germans to investigate relatives’ roles in the Third Reich and Holocaust, despite years of restrictions under Germany’s privacy laws

Zeev Avrahami, Berlin | 05.11.26

שלט של מוג'תבא חמינאי המנהיג העליון של איראן ברחוב ב טהרן

Nazi Germany's final days carry a warning for Trump as he waits for Iran's fanatics to bend

Opinion: If Trump chooses to wait patiently for Iran’s rulers to awaken from their fanaticism, he may discover that patience was wasted; Europe’s history 81 years ago offers a harsh warning about regimes that keep fighting until defeat is imposed

Sever Plocker | 05.10.26

Swiss intelligence to open Josef Mengele file after decades of secrecy

The file may reveal whether the Auschwitz doctor was in Switzerland in 1961 and how authorities handled one of the world’s most wanted Nazi war criminals

Itamar Eichner | 05.04.26

How Nazi concentration camps weaponized dogs into a calculated system of fear, control and terror

Dogs accompanied prisoners at every moment in concentration camps — during selections, marches and forced labor — leaving lasting trauma, as evidence shows a system that turned fear into method, even forcing prisoners to build the kennels

Dr. Daniela Ozacky Stern | 04.14.26

German activist who leads pro-Israel marches reveals Nazi family past

After Leonie Feininger discovered that her great-grandfather was an active member of the SS and her great-grandmother volunteered for the Nazi Party in Vienna, she joined the March of Life movement

Dina Halutz | 04.13.26

From music student to mass murderer: now his German hometown Halle wants to understand how

In 1964, an Israeli historian named Shlomo Aharonson sat in a Baltic garden listening to the widow of Reinhard Heydrich - the architect of the Holocaust - describe her husband as a sensitive musician and devoted husband; eighty years later, the city where Heydrich was born is still grappling with what made him possible

Dr. Daniela Ozacky-Stern | 04.09.26

הפושע הנאצי הרברטס צוקורס בתמונה שצולמה בברזיל

How Mossad hunted ‘the Butcher of Riga’: Nazi war criminal found dead in a crate in Uruguay

Herberts Cukurs, a Latvian pilot who helped murder tens of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust, fled to South America after World War II; Nearly 20 years later, a Mossad team lured him to Uruguay and carried out an assassination

Oded Kramer, Itzik Shasho | 03.14.26

נשיא צרפת עמנואל מקרון בסיס צוללות בריטאני נאום נשק גרעיני דוקטרינה חדשה מגדיל את הארסנל

From Hitler to Tehran: Europe cheered fall of Nazi regime but is restrained over ayatollahs' end

Opinion: The leaders of 1945 saw the elimination of the Nazi regime as a moral victory; Today they view operation in Iran - which has a similar purpose - as a source of concern; The ultimate goal is now avoiding war at all cost, and that is worrying

Gadi Ezra | 03.04.26

כוחות של בעלות הברית מחלצים אמנות גנובה באוסטריה, מאי 1945

Heirs of Dutch Jewish art dealers seek reopening of Nazi-era restitution denials

Katz family appeals 4 rulings that rejected claims for 222 artworks sold under Nazi occupation, arguing the Netherlands Restitutions Committee applied harsher standards than in comparable cases and ignored post-2021 reforms favoring Jewish claimants

ynet Global | 02.26.26

היטלר לצד גרינג, בימים אחרים. המברק השפיע עליו מאוד

How paper restorers aided the Nazi hunt for Jewish ancestry during the Holocaust

Oxford research reveals how book restorers and binders were recruited in the 1930s and 1940s to make church records legible, enabling Nazis to trace Jews by ancestry, including Christians married to Jews and descendants of converts to Christianity

ynet | 02.22.26

International Olympic Committee store sells Nazi propaganda T-shirt from 1936 Berlin Olympics

Online shop of the International Olympic Committee offered a shirt featuring imagery from the 1936 Berlin Games, used by Adolf Hitler’s regime for propaganda; German officials condemn move as item quickly sells out

ynet | 02.14.26

Antisemitic vandalism: 'Jew' engraved on mailbox in Hamburg

Antisemitic graffiti was discovered on the mailbox of a Jewish family in Hamburg, drawing widespread condemnation and messages of support, while several online responses included expressions of hate and support for the act

Yogev Israeli | 02.12.26

Lufthansa’s Nazi past: Airline reexamines role in Nazi Germany

After decades of separating its modern identity from its Third Reich-era predecessor, Germany’s national airline is taking responsibility; CEO Carsten Spohr saying at its centenary that ignoring the dark years was 'dishonest' as a new book details the exploitation of 12,000 forced laborers, including children

Reuters | 02.08.26

נמו, נציג.ת שווייץ, בגמר האירוויזיון 2024

Report: Eurovision winner's family included Nazi party members, Holocaust deniers

Swiss paper reports several relatives of 2024 winner Nemo backed Nazi ideology during World War II, citing historians and archival records, and criticizes singer for not addressing family history while taking public political stances

Daniel Bettini | 01.29.26

Fire breaks out at site of country residence built for Goebbels during Nazi era

Lakeside complex includes several buildings, and is best known for the villa built for Goebbels as a place to host and entertain Nazi leadership, artists and actors — and reportedly as a setting for his extramarital relationships

ynet | 01.22.26

Hot Tags

Today

This Week

This Month

Judicial reform Ahmad al-Sharaa Airstrike Amsterdam Antisemitism Ariel Bibas Benjamin Netanyahu Bitcoin Climate crisis Columbia University

Hot Tags

Today

This Week

This Month

Judicial reform Ahmad al-Sharaa Airstrike Amsterdam Antisemitism Ariel Bibas Benjamin Netanyahu Bitcoin Climate crisis Columbia University