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Remains of 8,000 Nazi war victims found in Poland

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 14 09:16 AM

The grim discovery of around 17.5 tons (15,800 kilograms) of human ashes means it can be claimed that at least 8,000 people died there. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 11, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 11 11:47 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

US enacts law to ban Xinjiang imports over China's forced labor

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 24 04:05 PM

US President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law a bill effectively banning all imports from China's Xinjiang region amid concerns over the use of forced labor involving its Uyghur ethnic minority, immediately triggering a backlash from the Communist-led government. Read more »

'Uyghur Tribunal' hears allegations of rampant China abuses

Callum Paton, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 05 12:21 AM

A London panel investigating the plight of Uyghurs in China on Friday heard witness testimony of torture and gang rapes, in a process slammed by Beijing as a mendacious smear. Read more »

Pope kisses concentration camp tattoo on survivor's arm

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at May 26 08:43 PM

Pope Francis kissed the number tattooed on the arm of a survivor of medical experiments at the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp when she was introduced to him on Wednesday.   Read more »

Austria's newest citizens reclaim birthright stolen by the Nazis

Blaise Gauquelin, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 03 04:02 PM

VIENNA, Austria - Even if they rarely speak German and some have never set foot on Austrian soil, nearly 76 years after the Holocaust, descendants of those forced out of Austria by the Nazis are reclaiming the nationality stolen from their ancestors.  Read more »

US says no justification for 'concentration camps' in China

David Brunnstrom and Andrea Shalal, Reuters
Posted at Oct 23 11:04 PM

The deputy White House national security adviser on Friday denounced China's treatment of Uighur Muslims, saying there was no justification for the country maintaining "concentration camps" within its borders. Read more »

California to apologize for WWII internment of Japanese

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 19 11:45 AM

More than 120,000 Japanese-Americans were sent to 10 concentration camps throughout western states and Arkansas during World War II after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order.   Read more »

How the world discovered the Nazi death camps

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 11:32 AM

PARIS, France - Images of what the Allies found when they liberated the first Nazi death camps towards the end of World War II brought the horror of the Holocaust to world attention.   Read more »