Two Former Eichmann Aides Charged with Mass Murder
Apr. 28, 1963 - Two former aides of Adolf Eichmann have been charged with murder in the killing of at least 300,000 Hungarian Jews in...
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Apr 17, 2023
Eichmann’s Right-Hand Man Turns Himself In
Apr. 17, 1963 - Former Nazi officer Erich Rajakowitsch, alleged right-hand man of Adolf Eichmann, turned himself in to Austrian...
Apr 13, 2023
10 Ukrainians Executed for Having Served S.S. Guards During WWII
Apr. 13, 1963 - A Ukrainian court has convicted 11 Soviet citizens of having served as S.S. guards in a Nazi death camp in Poland where...
Mar 11, 2023
Austria Observes 25th Anniversary of Anschluss
Mar. 11, 1963 - Austria observed today the 25th anniversary of the day — March 11, 1938 — it disappeared from the European map a quarter...
Feb 24, 2023
West German Students Remember Hans and Sophie Scholl, Executed by Nazis
Feb. 24, 1963 - West German university students observed this weekend the 20th anniversary of the execution of Hans and Sophie Scholl...
Dec 5, 2022
West Germany Asks Chile to Extradite Former Nazi
Dec. 5, 1962 - West Germany has asked the Chilean Government to extradite Walter Rauff, an alleged former collaborator of Adolf Eichmann....
Nov 21, 2022
Gestapo Collaborator Arrested in France
Nov. 21, 1962 - In a suburb of Lille, France today, Jacques Vasseur (pictured) left his mother’s house for the first time in 17 years....
Nov 14, 2022
Ex-Nazi Charged with Murder of 40,000 in Poland in 1942
Nov. 14, 1962 - Martin Fellenz (pictured during WWII), a former major in the Nazi Elite Guard, went on trial today, charged with the...
Nov 13, 2022
Testimony on Nazi War Crimes Heard in Coblenz
Nov. 13, 1962 - A witness testifying in Germany’s biggest war crimes trial since the Nuremberg cases said today that Nazi S.S. troops...
Aug 21, 2022
Ex-Nazi Mass Murderer Hangs Himself in Prison
Aug. 21, 1962 - Hermann Höfle (pictured last year), facing trial in Vienna on charges of participating in the mass slaughter of Jews in...
Jul 23, 2022
Nazi “Mercy Killers” Charged in West Germany
July 23, 1962 - More than 17 years after the collapse of the Nazi regime, one of Hitler’s chief planners for the “mercy killings” of the...
Jul 13, 2022
Former SS Captain Gets Five Years for Role in Mass Murder
July 13, 1962 - Otto Hunsche (left), former SS captain and a close associate of Adolf Eichmann, was sentenced today to five years in...
Jun 25, 2022
Anti-Semitic Violence Flares in Argentina
June 25, 1962 - An anti-Semitic attack on a girl university student was denounced today by the Argentine-Israeli Association, which urged...
Jun 22, 2022
Ex-Nazi Gets Life Imprisonment for Mass Murder
June 22, 1962 - A West Berlin court has sentenced Dr. Albert Filbert, 56 years old, a former colonel in the Nazi S.S., to life...
Jun 8, 2022
Hitler's "Wolf's Lair" Now a Tourist Attraction
June 8, 1962 - The so-called “Wolf’s Lair,” the supreme command post of Adolf Hitler in what formerly was German East Prussia, has been...
Jun 1, 2022
🚨Eichmann Hanged in Israel
June 1, 1962 - Adolf Eichmann (pictured in 1942) was hanged in Israel this morning just after midnight for the part he played in the...
May 28, 2022
Eichmann's Appeal Rejected in Jerusalem
May 28, 1962 - Israel’s Supreme Court unanimously rejected today Adolf Eichmann’s appeal against his death sentence for a major role in...
May 16, 2022
Former Nazi Admits Murdering Jewish Hostages
May 16, 1962 - A West Berlin bank manager admitted today that, as a Nazi officer, he had ordered firing squads to shoot Jewish hostages....
Mar 9, 2022
Nazi Rockwell Won't Press Charges Against Jewish Student Who Slugged Him
Mar. 9, 1962 - A Jewish student who slugged George Lincoln Rockwell during a student forum in San Diego yesterday acted only on a sudden...
Mar 8, 2022
Jewish College Student Slugs Nazi Rockwell
Mar. 8, 1962 - George Lincoln Rockwell (right), leader of the American Nazi party, was slugged by a Jewish college student (center) today...
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