German citizens saluting Adolf Hitler at the opening of the 11th Olympiad in Berlin, 1936.

German citizens saluting Adolf Hitler at the opening of the 11th Olympiad in Berlin, 1936.

Hitler Youth on parade in the Lustgarten. A group of girls from the Bund Deutscher Maedel stand at attention with Nazi flags in the upper center of the photograph, (USHMM) 1933.

Hitler Youth on parade in the Lustgarten. A group of girls from the Bund Deutscher Maedel stand at attention with Nazi flags in the upper center of the photograph, (USHMM) 1933.

Supporters of the Socialist Party of Germany (SPD) cheer as M. Loebe, the former president of the Reichstag, delivers a speech in the Lustgarten in front of the Berlin Cathedral, condemning Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party

Supporters of the Socialist Party of Germany (SPD) cheer as M. Loebe, the former president of the Reichstag, delivers a speech in the Lustgarten in front of the Berlin Cathedral, condemning Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party

Adolf Hitler walks to his car after addressing an SA rally in the Berlin Lustgarten, convened to celebrate the third anniversary of his chancellorship, 1936.

Adolf Hitler walks to his car after addressing an SA rally in the Berlin Lustgarten, convened to celebrate the third anniversary of his chancellorship, 1936.

Adolf Hitler salutes the crowd from his open car during the Reichsparteitag (Reich Party Day) parade in Nuremberg, (Heinrich Hoffmann) Sept 1934.

Adolf Hitler salutes the crowd from his open car during the Reichsparteitag (Reich Party Day) parade in Nuremberg, (Heinrich Hoffmann) Sept 1934.

A Waffen-SS Tiger I engages enemy armor during Operation Citadel, Kursk, Russia, June 1943. 

A Waffen-SS Tiger I engages enemy armor during Operation Citadel, Kursk, Russia, June 1943. 

Soldiers of the Waffen-SS advance in armoured vehicles during Operation Citadel, Russia June 1943.

Soldiers of the Waffen-SS advance in armoured vehicles during Operation Citadel, Russia June 1943.

Nazi supporters gather in Hamburg, Germany in 1932 before the July 1932 election.

Nazi supporters gather in Hamburg, Germany in 1932 before the July 1932 election.

An Allied tanker torpedoed by German submarines begins to sink below the surface under the heat of fire during the Battle of the Atlantic, 1942.

An Allied tanker torpedoed by German submarines begins to sink below the surface under the heat of fire during the Battle of the Atlantic, 1942.

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German police arrest 93-year-old ‘Auschwitz guard’ | World news | guardian.co.uk

Hans Lipschis who was deported from US in 1983 over his Nazi past claims he was a cook not a death camp guard.
A 93-year-old man who was deported from the US for lying about his Nazi past was arrested by German authorities on Monday on allegations he served as an Auschwitz death camp guard, Stuttgart prosecutors said.
Hans Lipschis was taken into custody after authorities concluded there was “compelling evidence” he was involved in crimes at Auschwitz while posted there from 1941 to 1945, prosecutor Claudia Krauth said.

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German police arrest 93-year-old ‘Auschwitz guard’ | World news | guardian.co.uk

Hans Lipschis who was deported from US in 1983 over his Nazi past claims he was a cook not a death camp guard.

A 93-year-old man who was deported from the US for lying about his Nazi past was arrested by German authorities on Monday on allegations he served as an Auschwitz death camp guard, Stuttgart prosecutors said.

Hans Lipschis was taken into custody after authorities concluded there was “compelling evidence” he was involved in crimes at Auschwitz while posted there from 1941 to 1945, prosecutor Claudia Krauth said.

Nazi soldiers march through the streets of Bremen, (USHMM) Germany in 1932.

Nazi soldiers march through the streets of Bremen, (USHMM) Germany in 1932.

Prisoners of Sachsenhausen, December 1938.

Prisoners of Sachsenhausen, December 1938.

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‘All roads lead to Berlin!’: Soviet Artists Fight The Nazis In WWII

“Nobody did satire like the Soviets. They could really rip you,” says Jim Lapides of International Poster Gallery, which is exhibiting Soviet WWII posters.

"The Führer wishes that the Old Reich and Protectorate are emptied and freed of Jews from the west to the east as soon as possible."

Heinrich Himmler, letter to Arthur Greiser, Reich Governer and Gauleiter of the Warthegau, Sept 1941.

A map produced by the Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood illustrates potential resettlement plans in the east, 1939.

A map produced by the Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood illustrates potential resettlement plans in the east, 1939.