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WARSAW, POLAND: A Nazi SS-man inspects a group of Jewish workers in April 1943 in the Ghetto of Warsaw. In November 1940, the Germans established the Warsaw ghetto. The Jewish population still living outside was brought inside the special area, and the Polish living within the designated ghetto boundaries were ordered to move out. On November 15th no Jew was allowed to leave the Jewish precincts. In the Summer of 1942, about 300,000 Jews were deported to Treblinka. When reports of mass murder in the killing center leaked back to the ghetto, a surviving group of mostly young people formed an organisation called Z.O.B. (Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa, Jewish Fighting Organisation) calling for the Jewish people to resist. On April 19, 1943 the Warsaw ghetto uprising began after German troops and police entered the ghetto to deport its surviving inhabitants. Seven hundred and fifty fighters fought for nearly a month. But on May 16, 1943, the revolt ended The Germans had slowly crushed the resistance. Of the more than 56,000 Jews captured, about 7,000 were shot, and the remainder were deported to killing centers or concentration camps. (FILM) AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/Getty Images)

German History

The Second World War

From the rise of Hitler and the Third Reich to the Wehrmacht and the Holocaust, DW takes a closer look at the darkest chapter in German history from 1939-1945.

Military history

Uncovered files shed light on Hitler's Wehrmacht

The discovery of files in Washington has provided fresh insight into a perennially controversial issue: the Nazi Wehrmacht, its self-image and its war crimes. DW talked to historian Felix Römer about his findings. (17.10.2012) 

Death match in the shadow of war

In summer 1942, Ukrainian and German soccer teams met in Kyiv. The Wehrmacht was marched in. This was no ordinary soccer match – one side was the occupiers, the other the occupied. (06.06.2012) 

Life in the Third Reich

Alpine club examines historical ties to Nazis

Because it was the first major sporting group to exclude Jews in the 1930s, the German Alpine Association examined its role in Nazi Germany and how climbing feats became fodder for Hitler's propaganda machine. (02.09.2012) 

The Holocaust

German comic depicts true Holocaust story

Reinhard Kleist tells the story of the Polish Jew Harry Haft in the form of a comic. To entertain the Nazi soldiers in Auschwitz, Haft had to box against other prisoners - for life or death. (13.08.2012) 

Archive on deportation of French Jews opens

Discovered in a cupboard 20 years ago, the only surviving police archive documenting the deportation of French Jews has been opened up to public view for the first time. The contents are a treasure trove for historians. (27.07.2012) 

Warsaw Ghetto deportations remembered

Poland has commemorated the 70th anniversary of the first deportations from the Warsaw Ghetto, which led to more than a quarter million of the city's Jews being killed, including 50,000 children. (22.07.2012) 

France marks 70th anniversary of Jewish deportations

France's president has used a ceremony marking a black day in the country's history to pledge to crack down on all forms of anti-Semitism. More than 13,000 French Jews were rounded up and sent to Auschwitz in July, 1942. (22.07.2012) 

Buchenwald: Lessons from past and present

75 years ago in July, 1937, the concentration camp Buchenwald was built near the city of Weimar. The memorial there today draws people from around the world, and its program has seen some shifts in recent years. (13.07.2012) 

Topography of Terror grapples with Holocaust

Here were the desks at which the Holocaust was organized, and atrocities were planned. The Topography of Terror Documentation Center looks back over 25 years with an exhibition which asks how it happened. (04.07.2012) 

Amsterdam through Anne Frank's eyes

Anne Frank left footprints all over Amsterdam. Now the Anne Frank House has developed an app that links the past with the present and offers locals a whole new perspective on their own city. (20.06.2012) 

Exhibition documents German help for Jews

Hans Rosenthal survived the Second World War hiding in a Berlin garden. The author Valentin Senger survived with fake papers. These are the fates of two Jews documented in a new exhibition in Frankfurt. (11.05.2012) 

The search for the last Nazi henchmen

It's a race against time: Germany's Central Office for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes is looking for more than 50 former concentration camp guards. Even 70 years later, it could still secure convictions. (29.04.2013) 

Holocaust survivors

At 90, Holocaust survivor lives to remember

Journalist and author Inge Deutschkron survived the Holocaust in Berlin. She shares her experiences in her books and in schools. This courageous woman is now celebrating her 90th birthday. (23.08.2012) 

Auschwitz survivor historian Arno Lustiger dies

After experiencing the atrocities of World War Two, Arno Lustiger remained silent for 40 years. Then, in the 1980s, he began to write about Nazi horrors and Jewish resistance, lending history his words and voice. (18.05.2012) 

Culture & Ideology

How the Nazis destroyed diversity in art

The Nazis systematically persecuted artists whose work they did not approve of, denouncing it as "degenerate art." A new exhibition shows how the disastrous consequences of the campaign can still be felt today. (04.04.2013) 

Art detectives trace Nazi confiscations

They've been hot on the trail of works by Dix, Kollwitz and Marc. For years, experts and students have been solving the mysteries behind artworks confiscated by the Nazis and have created a one-of-a-kind database. (17.04.2013) 

Cultural incineration: 80 years since Nazi book burnings

Some of Germany's most valuable creative works went up in flames on May 10, 1933. The mass book burnings marked a turning point in the Nazis' ideology campaigns. And they were largely organized by university students. (10.05.2013) 

Holocaust Survivors

Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg named Australia's first honorary citizen

A Swedish diplomat who assisted in saving several thousand Jews during the Holocaust has been given the distinction of becoming Australia's first honorary citizen. Many of the rescued Jews settled in Australia. (06.05.2013) 

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Europe

Who will lose out?

Free trade is good for the US and the EU but other regions will lose out, says Bernd Riegert.

At G-8, US and EU move forward on free trade

Past comparisons overshadow Obama's Berlin visit

News

A police officer stands near the wall where an explosive device was reportedly hidden before going off, near the Francesca Morvillo Falcone high school in Brindisi, Italy, Saturday, May 19, 2012. An explosive device went off outside a high school in southern Italy named after a slain anti-Mafia prosecutor as students arrived for class Saturday, killing one of them and wounding seven others (Photo:Lapresse/AP/dapd)

Life sentence for school bombing

A court in Italy has sentenced a man to life in prison for the murder of a student, who died when a homemade bomb exploded outside her school. The attack was met with shock across the country.

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