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
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
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
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
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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