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'Who were the Nazis?': This book asks key questions about men behind Hitler

Richard J Evans' 'Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich' is being justifiably lauded for its elegance and scope

'Who were the Nazis?': This book asks key questions about men behind Hitler
Updated On : 18 Aug 2024 | 11:06 PM IST

Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation

A group of survivors of Nazi death camps will mark the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony Saturday in southern Poland. Some 20 survivors from various camps set up by Nazi Germany around Europe were to lay wreaths at the Death Wall in Auschwitz and hold prayers at the monument in Birkenau. They will memorialize some 1.1 million camp victims, mostly Jews. The attentively preserved memorial site and museum are located near the city of Oswiecim. Nearly 6 million European Jews were killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust the mass murder of Jews and other groups before and during World War II. Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the survivors are to be accompanied by Polish Senate Speaker Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska, Culture Minister Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz and Israeli ambassador Yacov Livne. The theme of the observances is the human being, symbolised in simple, hand-drawn portraits. They are meant to str

Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
Updated On : 27 Jan 2024 | 11:31 AM IST

1923: A year of reckoning

Volker Ullrich's account of the rise of Hitler offers timeless lessons in governance

1923: A year of reckoning
Updated On : 02 Nov 2023 | 10:04 PM IST

Anne Frank: A betrayal theory

The Last Secret of the Secret Annex sheds light on a complex historical mystery

Anne Frank: A betrayal theory
Updated On : 18 Oct 2023 | 9:52 PM IST

Sanatana Dharma remark row: BJP compares Udhayanidhi Stalin with Hitler

Further, hitting out at the newly formed opposition bloc, the party said that Congress and INDIA coalition support for 'Stalin's bile is most disconcerting'

Sanatana Dharma remark row: BJP compares Udhayanidhi Stalin with Hitler
Updated On : 05 Sep 2023 | 12:25 PM IST

Bawaal trailer out: Reference to Hitler creates 'bawaal' on social media

Bawaal trailer was released on July 9, and fans couldn't find a connection between the love story and a reference to Adolf Hitler and World War II. Bawaal will release on July 21 on Amazon Prime

Bawaal trailer out: Reference to Hitler creates 'bawaal' on social media
Updated On : 10 Jul 2023 | 5:47 PM IST

Does China's intransigence remind you of the actions of 1930s Germany?

China will probably also adopt an old tactic. "I will keep what I have taken. You accept that. And we will all calm down then"

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Updated On : 11 Mar 2023 | 11:35 AM IST

Kanye West urges Jews to 'forgive Hitler', stop forcing pain on others

Rapper Kanye West once again made another round of anti-Semitic comments

Kanye West urges Jews to 'forgive Hitler', stop forcing pain on others
Updated On : 07 Dec 2022 | 11:38 AM IST

Delhi BJP spokesman puts up poster comparing CM Kejriwal to Hitler

The poster outside the BJP office in the national capital, says: "Kejriwal is second... Ruler who converted his city into a gas chamber... Hitler was first..."

Delhi BJP spokesman puts up poster comparing CM Kejriwal to Hitler
Updated On : 05 Nov 2022 | 2:26 PM IST

Hitler's watch sells at Maryland auction for $1.1 million as 'WWII relic'

A Maryland auction house had estimated the value of wristwatch that once belonged to Adolf Hitler between $2-4 million, describing the watch as a "World War II relic of historic proportions."

Hitler's watch sells at Maryland auction for $1.1 million as 'WWII relic'
Updated On : 01 Aug 2022 | 7:17 AM IST

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov compares EU and NATO to Hitler

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that the European Union (EU) and NATO were building a coalition to engage in a war with Moscow and compared them to "Hitler during World War II"

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov compares EU and NATO to Hitler
Updated On : 25 Jun 2022 | 12:29 PM IST

'Apologise to PM Modi, country': Thakur slams Congress over Sahay's remark

Sahay, a former Union minister, on Monday kicked up a row when he said Modi is behaving like Adolf Hitler and "will die like Hitler" if he follows the path of the German dictator.

'Apologise to PM Modi, country': Thakur slams Congress over Sahay's remark
Updated On : 20 Jun 2022 | 11:38 PM IST

Winston Churchill as villain

Mr Ali's occasional colourful language might thrill a section of readers; but he sometimes trivialises his otherwise competitive position on a number of issues

Winston Churchill as villain
Updated On : 19 May 2022 | 2:47 AM IST

European Union set to ban Russian oil, ministers hold crisis talks on gas

The UN human rights office said on Monday that the death toll of civilians killed in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24 had exceeded 3,000 people

European Union set to ban Russian oil, ministers hold crisis talks on gas
Updated On : 02 May 2022 | 10:42 PM IST

Hindi cinema's Weltanschauung

One can see the parallels in our own and in world politics

Hindi cinema's Weltanschauung
Updated On : 15 Oct 2021 | 12:02 AM IST

The Hitler Indians should know

Mr Purandare reminds us that Hitler's view of India was shaped by another Briton, a political philosopher called Houston Chamberlain

The Hitler Indians should know
Updated On : 28 Sep 2021 | 10:58 PM IST

How local politics and nationalism shaped football as we know it today

The sport, which began capturing global imagination just after World War I, has been used as a platform to make political and racial statements and broadcast ethnic identities

How local politics and nationalism shaped football as we know it today
Updated On : 13 Jul 2021 | 8:07 PM IST

Fake history

Book review of The Hitler Conspiracies: The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination

Fake history
Updated On : 24 Feb 2021 | 12:13 AM IST

Australian BP worker fired for Hitler memes wins $143,000 compensation

An employee of BP Plc's Australian refinery who was fired last year for mocking management online using a well-known meme of Adolf Hitler has been awarded more than $143,100 in compensation

Australian BP worker fired for Hitler memes wins $143,000 compensation
Updated On : 11 Aug 2020 | 4:05 PM IST
Updated On : 04 Apr 2020 | 9:27 PM IST