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Dec 26, 2022

European Christians Who Helped Jews in WWII To Be Acclaimed as “Righteous Gentiles”

Dec. 26, 1962 - European Christians who secretly befriended Jews in Nazi-occupied countries will now be acclaimed. Jews in free-world...

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 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 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 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....

Feb 26, 2022

Former S.S. Guard Faces Charges for Murdering 20 Jews in WWII

Feb. 26, 1962 - A former S.S. (élite guard) sergeant went on trial in Stuttgart today, charged with the murder of 20 Jews during World...

Feb 19, 2022

Eichmann's Appeal to Be Heard March 22

Feb. 19, 1962 - Adolf Eichmann’s appeal of his conviction and death sentence will be heard by the Supreme Court in Jerusalem March 22, an...

Sep 19, 2021

Kennedy Praises Anne Frank, Victim of Nazis

Sept. 19, 1961 - President Kennedy said in a special message today that millions of persons were living under the shadow of another...

Aug 14, 2021

Eichmann Trial Done - Former Nazi Expects Death

Aug. 14, 1961 - The trial of Adolf Eichmann, which began April 11 and involved some of the most sickening testimony every heard in a...

Aug 10, 2021

Israeli Prosecutor Asks for "True and Righteous" Verdict: Death for Eichmann

Aug. 10, 1961 - Attorney General Gideon Hausner demanded today the conviction of Adolf Eichmann as a merciless and insatiable murderer of...

Aug 8, 2021

Israeli Prosecutor Calls Eichmann Unrepentant "Henchman of Hitler"

Aug. 8, 1961 - Israel's Attorney General, Gideon Hausner, began today a wrathful summation of Israel's case against Adolf Eichmann...

Aug 7, 2021

Summations in Eichmann Trial Tomorrow, Former Nazi Likely to Face Death Penalty

Aug. 7, 1961 - Summations in the trial of Adolf Eichmann will begin tomorrow in Jerusalem. Attorney General Gideon Hausner will demand...

Jul 24, 2021

Eichmann Completes Testimony, Verdict Likely in November

July 24, 1961 - Adolf Eichmann completed his testimony today before an Israeli tribunal trying him on charges of having directed the...

Jul 21, 2021

Israeli Judges Question Eichmann

July 21, 1961 - The cross-examination of Adolf Eichmann by Israeli Attorney General Gideon Hausner has ended and the three judges are now...

Jul 18, 2021

Shocking Details on Himmler's Jewish Skull Collection Emerge at Eichmann Trial

July 18, 1961 - Adolf Eichmann admitted at his trial today that the supplying of 150 skeletons of Jews for the skull collection of...

Jul 10, 2021

Israeli Prosecutor Ridicules Adolf Eichmann

July 10, 1961 - At the trial of Adolf Eichmann today, prosecutor Gideon Hausner employed heavy sarcasm, addressing the former Nazi...