Any and all Nazis that were involved in the mass murder of the Jewish people should be convicted and sent to jail. No question about it in my mind. It gets a little excessive though when a German court is putting Hubert Zafke on trial for the fourth attempt. I’m only saying that because the man is 95 years old…. Read more »
United Russia, backed by President Vladimir Putin, has won a majority in the country’s parliamentary election, far ahead of rival parties. With 93% of the votes counted, the party has secured 54.2% of ballots and 343 seats in the 450-member parliament, officials say. Mr Putin said his party had “achieved a very good result”, however the turnout was a record… Read more »
Germany’s CDU, the party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, has described the party’s historic losses in Berlin state elections as a “bitter defeat”. It was ousted from the state coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats. Meanwhile right-wing anti-migrant party Alternative for Germany (AfD) will enter the state parliament for the first time with 14% of the vote. Mrs Merkel’s popularity has… Read more »
A 95-year-old former SS medic has gone on trial in Germany, after his mass murder trial was postponed three times for health reasons. Hubert Zafke appeared in court in Neubrandenburg in north-eastern Germany accused of assisting in the killing of 3,681 people at the Auschwitz death camp. The indictment covers one month, from 15 August to 14 September 1944. The… Read more »
Former UK PM David Cameron has stood down as an MP, triggering a by-election in his Oxfordshire seat of Witney. Mr Cameron, 49, who resigned as prime minister after June’s EU referendum, said he did not want to be a “distraction” for new PM Theresa May He said Mrs May had “got off to a cracking start”, while she praised… Read more »