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Leon Rupnik, wearing a suit, giving the Nazi salute with German soldiers in Slovenia sometime between 1943 and 1945. (Archives of the Republic of Slovenia)

Slovenian court voids Nazi collaborator’s treason conviction

The 1946 trial of Leon Rupnik, who liquidated the country’s Jewish population and was executed, was ruled unjust.

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 14, 2020 11:46 am

Nazi hunter: Israel’s silence on Croatia’s Holocaust distortion is abdication of duty

The Simon Wiesenthal Center's Efraim Zuroff cited a flattering statement about the Balkan country by the Israeli prime minister just as Croatia's Jews announced a boycott of state-organized commemorations.

January 24, 2017 8:39 am

Andreja Preger, pianist who fought with partisans, celebrates 100th birthday

Andreja Preger, a noted concert pianist who survived the Holocaust as part of Yugoslavia’s anti-Nazi partisans, celebrated his 100th birthday in Belgrade.

March 26, 2012 2:13 pm