Sobibor

Former secretary at Nazi death camp, 95, to stand trial for accessory to murder

The case against Irmgard F., who worked at Stutthof, follows a 2011 precedent establishing that camp staff can be held responsible for Nazi murders.

New Sobibor photos revealed, including 2 believed to show war criminal John Demjanjuk

Historians turned to biometrics experts in an attempt to confirm that the person seen in the new photos is the convicted war criminal.

Photos surface showing convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk at Sobibor camp

It reportedly is the first time that Demjanuk has been identified in photos of Sobibor, though he was convicted in Munich in 2011 as an accessory to the murder of 28,060 Jews at the death camp.

Obituaries

Last living survivor of Nazi death camp Sobibor dies

Global

Germany allocates $1.1 million for new museum at former concentration camp site

Global

Israeli whose uncle was killed by Poles honors her mother’s rescuer

Global

Who killed a Polish Holocaust hero? His family may be close to finding out.

Culture

Why a gory Holocaust film is a blockbuster in Russia

Global

Putin invites descendants of Sobibor rebellion to celebration marking Nazis’ defeat

Global

Arkady Wajspapir, key figure in Sobibor Uprising, dies at 96

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