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Muslim religious leaders to visit Auschwitz

Fourteen Muslim clerics from across the globe will visit the former Nazi German Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland next week as part of a Holocaust awareness and anti-genocide program, organisers said Friday.

Interfaith harmony: Imams to visit Auschwitz

A Saudi preacher is among 14 Muslim scholars from across the globe who will visit the former Nazi Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland next week as part of a Holocaust awareness and anti-genocide program, organizers said yesterday.“This is an opportunity for imams who are influential in their communities to look at the Holocaust first hand and to go to Auschwitz, to see what that kind of ...

German 'ex-Auschwitz guard' arrested

A 93-year-old alleged ex-guard at the Auschwitz extermination camp, Hans Lipschis, is arrested in Germany on suspicion of complicity in murder.

Alleged Auschwitz death camp guard arrested

Visiting Auschwitz

Caitlin Marsh joins a group of young people From Dorset as they visit Polish concentration camps to learn about history first-hand

Germany arrests 'Auschwitz guard' on murder charges

German authorities arrested Monday a 93-year-old alleged former guard at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz on charges of complicity in the mass murder of prisoners.

Germany weighs belated justice for Auschwitz guards

The arrest in Germany this week of a 93-year-old alleged former Auschwitz guard on charges of complicity in mass murder reopened an emotional debate on whether a measure of justice can be too late in coming.

German police arrest alleged former Auschwitz guard Lipschis

STUTTGART (Reuters) - German police on Monday arrested a suspected former guard at the Auschwitz death camp and Nazi-hunting group Simon Wiesenthal named him as Hans Lipschis. Prosecutors in the southwestern city of Stuttgart did not name the man but said police had arrested a 93-year-old alleged former Auschwitz guard with the "strong suspicion" he was involved in murder there. The Simon ...

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Germany: Man who worked at Auschwitz arrested

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have arrested a 93-year-old alleged former Auschwitz guard who once lived in the United States on suspicion of accessory to murder.        

Muslim religious leaders to visit Auschwitz

(MENAFN - AFP) Fourteen Muslim clerics from across the globe will visit the former Nazi German Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland next week as part of a Holocaust awareness and anti-genocide ...

Germany arrests 'Auschwitz guard'

A 93-year-old alleged former Auschwitz guard has been arrested on charges of complicity to mass murder.

Ex-Chicagoan suspected of being Auschwitz guard arrested in Germany

A suspected Auschwitz concentration camp guard and former Chicago resident was arrested Monday in Germany, according to a Nazi-hunting group.        

Alleged Auschwitz guard, 93, arrested in Germany

An undated photograph of the main gate of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland. The sign over the gate reads: "Arbeit macht frei" (Work Sets You Free). / AP

Alleged Auschwitz death camp guard arrested

BERLIN—A 93-year-old man who was deported from the U.S. for lying about his Nazi past was arrested by German authorities Monday on allegations he served as an Auschwitz death camp guard, Stuttgart prosecutors said.

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Alleged Nazi SS Auschwitz Guard, 93, Arrested

A 93-year-old man has been arrested by German police for allegedly serving as an Auschwitz death camp guard and being complicit in the mass murder of prisoners.

Alleged Auschwitz Guard Arrested In Germany

An alleged Auschwitz guard was arrested in Germany shortly after he was deported from the US for lying about his Nazi past. Authorities said there is “compelling evidence” that 93-year-old Hans Lipschis was involved in crimes at the concentration camp during World War II. Although the man previously stated that he was assigned to an [...] Alleged Auschwitz Guard Arrested In Germany is a post ...

Germany: Former Auschwitz guard arrested

German authorities say they've arrested 93-year-old alleged former Auschwitz guard on suspicion of accessory to murder

The Long Shadow of Auschwitz

Before his execution by hanging in 1947, Auschwitz commander Rudolf Hoess confessed to his role in the industrialized slaughter of millions of Jews and other “enemies” of Hitler’s Third Reich.

Alleged Auschwitz Guard Arrested

German authorities arrest man on allegations he served as Auschwitz guard        

German police arrest alleged former Auschwitz guard Lipschis

STUTTGART (Reuters) - German police on Monday arrested a suspected former guard at the Auschwitz death camp and Nazi-hunting group Simon Wiesenthal named him as Hans Lipschis. Prosecutors in the south-western city of Stuttgart did not name the man but said police had arrested a 93-year-old alleged former Auschwitz guard with the "strong suspicion" he was involved in murder there. The Simon ...

Germany Arrests 93-Year-Old 'Auschwitz Guard'

Hans Lipschis was deported from the United States to Germany in 1983 after U.S. authorities found that he lied about his past. German authorities are expected to charge Lipschis with accessory to murder.

Former Auschwitz guard arrested 70 years after alleged war crimes

Hans Lipschis is facing a criminal trial, but not everyone agrees that legal action is the best way to handle alleged Nazi war criminals this long after the Holocaust.

Germany probes former Auschwitz guard

Germany is investigating an alleged former Auschwitz death camp guard, prosecutors said Wednesday, who according to media reports is listed among the Simon Wiesenthal Center's most-wanted Nazis.

With Auschwitz’s historic grounds falling into disrepair, Poland appeals for international funds to preserve ...

By amassing just over $150 million, the Auschwitz-Birkenau foundation hopes that the interest payments on the fund will be enough to cover annual restoration projects on the former Nazi death camp.

Suspected former Auschwitz guard arrested

Stuttgart prosecutors allege suspect worked at the extermination camp from 1941 until 1945        

Auschwitz death camp guard arrested in Germany

A 93-year-old man has been arrested by German police for allegedly serving as an Auschwitz death camp guard.

German police arrest 'Auschwitz guard', 93, who is one of the 'world's most-wanted Nazis'

GERMAN police have arrested a suspected former guard at the Auschwitz death camp on charges of complicity in the mass murder of prisoners.        

Alleged former Auschwitz guard arrested

German police on Monday arrested a suspected former guard at the Auschwitz death camp and Nazi-hunting group Simon Wiesenthal named him as Hans Lipschis.

German police arrest former Auschwitz guard, 93, for being an 'accessory to murder'

Hans Lipschis was taken into custody Monday after prosecutors concluded there was 'compelling evidence' he was involved in crimes at Auschwitz while there from 1941 to 1945.

'Former Auschwitz guard' arrested

German police have arrested a suspected former guard at the Auschwitz death camp.