Sixty additional pieces by Picasso, Renoir, Monet and others found among the haul at Cornelius Gurlitt’s Salzburg home.
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Anne Frank’s Toys Found by Old Childhood Playmate
She asked her neighbor to safeguard them shortly before she went into hiding
Meet the Nazi Hunter: Israel’s Efraim Zuroff Helps German Court Case
Efraim Zuroff never aspired to become the world’s most prominent Nazi hunter. Growing up in Brooklyn in the 1960s, his dream was to be the first Orthodox Jew to play basketball in the NBA. That would have been a career, he says, …
U.S. Pushes Germany to Reveal Hoard of Nazi-Looted Art
Germany is skirting an international deal on the restitution of art to Holocaust victims, U.S. negotiator tells TIME
Why the Man Who Hoarded Nazi-Looted Art May Get to Keep It All
Under German law, art hoard found in Munich likely belongs to the son of Hitler’s art dealer
Berlusconi: My Family Feels Like Jews Persecuted by Hitler
Comparison draws outraged responses from politicians and Italy’s Jewish community
Nazi War Criminal Dies at 100 in Italy
Erich Priebke evaded capture for his war crimes for 50 years
Iran Doesn’t Deny the Holocaust, New Foreign Minister Says on Twitter
Iran’s new U.S.-educated Foreign Minister offers latest indication of rapprochement
Germany’s Neo-Nazi Trial: The Banality of Evil Has a New Face
When Beate Zschäpe arrived at Munich’s Upper Regional Court on Tuesday, wearing a plain gray suit, her calm appearance contrasted with what some commentators are calling one of the most important trials in Germany’s postwar …
French Satirical Cartoons Spark Ire in the Arab Spring’s Birthplace
Charlie Hebdo’s offensive cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad led to protests and fears of violence across the Muslim world, including the place where the Arab Spring’s upheavals first began
Must-Reads from Around the World, August 2, 2012
Thursday’s selections include Hamas Holocaust-deniers and a Somali constitution.
A Muted Anniversary: Are Europeans Forgetting the Holocaust?
Limited public and media reaction to news events rooted in World War II atrocities raises concerns that societies may be starting to forget the dark, hard lessons of the Holocaust
On Holocaust Day, Israelis Debate Netanyahu’s Parallel with Iran
Thursday was Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel, an annual event marked by solemn ceremony, highways dotted with drivers standing beside their cars stopped for a mid-morning moment of silence and, this year, a lively debate on …