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The Graf Spee eagle – the Nazi icon an Argentine businessman wants to destroy

12-01-2022 21:52 The Graf Spee cruiser was scuttled after the battle of the River Plate in 1939, the first Anglo-German naval clash of World War II and the only one fought in South American waters.

by Darío Silva D'Andrea

LONG READ

Austria's newest citizens reclaim birthright stolen by the Nazis

03-05-2021 12:09 Almost 76 years after the end of the Holocaust, the descendants of those forced out of Austria by the Nazis are reclaiming the nationality stolen from their refugee ancestors.

NAZI GERMANY

Evil on trial: 60th anniversary of Eichmann in the dock

09-04-2021 09:54 For four months in 1961 the barbarism of Nazi Germany was focused on the gaunt bespectacled figure of Adolf Eichmann, standing alone in a dock in Jerusalem.

Russian president

Putin puts on display of military might ahead of key vote

24-06-2020 15:14 Vladimir Putin put Russia’s military strength on display Wednesday in a parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the World War II defeat of Nazi Germany, braving the coronavirus pandemic ahead of a referendum that may allow him to rule until 2036.

GUEST VOICE

The truth, until it comes out, will not sleep

23-05-2020 08:36 Ramón Carrillo was not a Nazi. But he belonged to a generation that professed certain philosophical and scientific ideas that have long fallen into disrepute. He was contaminated, like my grandfather, by a poison that spread to the remotest corners of the planet.

by Uki Goñi

Eichmann capture, 60 years on

60 years on, Israel prosecutor recalls Eichmann trial

10-05-2020 09:30 Sixty years ago, Adolfo Eichmann was snatched on May 11 by a Mossad team in Argentina, where he had been living under an assumed name. Gabriel Bach's life was forever changed.

DISCOVERY

Wiesenthal Center reveals names of 12,000 alleged Nazis that lived in Argentina

04-03-2020 11:47 Argentine researcher Pedro Filipuzzi discovers list detailing 12,000 names of alleged Nazis who ended up in Argentina via bank accounts connected to the Credit Suisse Bank.

FILM FESTIVAL

Spotlight on diversity, Latin America and Nazi past at 70th Berlinale

18-02-2020 15:12 One of Europe's biggest cinema events alongside Cannes and Venice, the Berlinale will this year showcase female directors as well as Latin-american artists while facing the resurgence of its murky history.