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Pink Responds to Criticism Over Her Kids Running in the Holocaust Memorial

17 Jul 2019
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Alison Lesley

"The very person who constructed this believed in children being children...Please keep your hatred and judgment to yourselves" Superstar Pink posted several pictures on social media of her family's...

German Cleric Urges Forgiveness for Predator Priests Labeled as ‘Criminals’

08 Jul 2019
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Alison Lesley

Members of the Holy Spirit Church walked out the sermon in protest This message by Zurkuhlen comes at a difficult time for the Roman Catholic Church which is currently dealing with a barrage of allegations...

German Scientologist Wins Unlawful Dismissal Case from Munich Art Museum

19 Apr 2019
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Nathan Glover

Museum agreed to compensate him with a €110,000 severance and a pension A case filed by a German Scientologist, fired two years ago from his position at the Haus Der Kunst Museum in Munich, has come...

Germany Has Seen Dramatic Drop in Protestantism

13 Feb 2019
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Kelly Frazier

The decline has outpaced German Catholics The rate of those moving away from the religion has outpaced a decline in the number of Catholic Germans. The numbers are all too clear. Protestants comprised...

Last Known Nazi Guard, Deported After Decades in the U.S., Dies in Germany

20 Jan 2019
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Elisa Meyer

Jakiw Palij died in a retirement facility at 95. Richard Grenell, U.S. Ambassador, tweeted on Thursday announcing the death of Jakiw Palij, an ex-Nazi prison guard for the infamous concentration camps....

Germany Pays Compensation to WWII Child Refugees

28 Dec 2018
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C Barnett

Every survivor will receive about $2,800. These are children who evacuated to the United Kingdom to escape the then expanding clutches of Nazis before the beginning of the Second World War. The children...

Holocaust Survivors Speak Out Against Anti-Semitism on Day 3 of Hanukkah

07 Dec 2018
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C Barnett

It was the second annual International Holocaust Survivors Night event. In some Jewish communities, there are very few survivors left to tell the tales that occurred during the Holocaust. With most...

Former Nazi SS Camp Guard Trial has Begun in Muenster, Germany

07 Nov 2018
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Nathan Glover

Johann Rehbogen will be tried in a juvenile court as he was below 21 years of age when he was an SS guard. The 94-year-old is charged with accessory to murder for the crimes he committed during the Second...

Leaked Church Report: Over 3,600 Kids Sexually Abused by German Catholic Priests

15 Sep 2018
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Kelly Frazier

The church withheld access to documents from 1946 to 2014. The contents were leaked prior to the September 25 publication date. The report said as many as 1,670 church personnel committed abuse....

The Pope Said No: Non-Catholic Spouses Cannot Receive Communion

06 Jun 2018
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Kelly Frazier

Conservative Catholic bishops have voiced their disapproval The pontiff explicitly said this issue touches the integrity of the Catholic Church in its entirety and thus is too important to deal with...