Holocaust

Vatican City (AFP) - The March 2 unsealing of the archives of Pope Pius XII, the controversial World War II-era pontiff, whose papacy lasted from 1939 to 1958, has been awaited for decades by Jewish groups and historians.The controversy over Pius XII hinges on whether the head of the Catholic…

I’ve always found the fictional idea of “hunting Nazis” after the end of World War II to be confusing. For one thing, you didn’t have to “hunt” very hard to find Nazis, even after the Nazi Party was no more. Former Nazis like Kurt Waldheim rose to positions like the…

David Baddiel struggled to contain his anger during a dramatic confrontation with a Holocaust denier, who accuses Jewish people of 'hating Europeans', 'sacrificing Christian babies' and 'controlling the BBC' in a new documentary. The comedian, 55, from London, whose mother Sarah escaped to the UK from Nazi Germany as a newborn with her…

Al Pacino wants those Nazi scalps — and will do anything to get them — in Amazon's gruesome, big-budget B-movie. “Hunters” is the kind of black-comic thriller that takes a common phrase like “eat shit” to the literal extreme, but couches its outrageous moments in historical import. Al Pacino isn’t just…

In this web exclusive Michael Bornstein, who was four years old when he was freed from Auschwitz at the end of World War II, tells correspondent Martha Teichner why, for years, he did not talk about his experience in the Nazi concentration camp – and then why, after viewing a…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The bombing of Dresden created a firestorm that destroyed the centre of the city "The firestorm is incredible... Insane fear grips me and from then on I repeat one simple sentence to myself continuously: 'I don't want to burn to death'. I do not…

'Jojo Rabbit' screenplay writer and director Taika Waititi won the Oscar for Writing (Adapted Screenplay) at the 92nd Academy Awards. Watch his full press room interview!#TaikaWaititi #Oscars #HollywoodReporter #THR #JoJoRabbitSubscribe for Roundtables, Box Office Reports, & More! ►► http://bit.ly/THRSubscribeStay in The Know With all Things Hollywood, Subscribe to THR News!…

In honor of the fast-approaching 92nd Academy Awards—airing this Sunday, February 9—Film Club is looking back at the Best Picture nominees we didn’t cover last year. The last nominee on the list is Taika Waititi’s “anti-hate satire,” Jojo Rabbit, a film that is part-Holocaust drama, part-broad satire, but wholly unremarkable.…

January 27 marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the deadliest Nazi concentration camp, by Soviet forces. Liliana Segre was deported to Auschwitz in 1944 with her father, who perished in the camp. Many years after the camps were liberated, she began speaking publicly about what she went…

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's departure from the royal family could propel Kate Middleton to "step forward" within her role, according to a royal expert. While the Duke and Duchess of Sussex enjoy spending time in Canada, the Duchess of Cambridge has been…