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Maryland ordered rail company to disclose its role in Holocaust [this day at law]
May 19, 2013 by Adiah Oreyomi
On May 19, 2011, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley signed a bill requiring French railroad company SNCF to disclose information regarding its participation in the Jewish Holocaust. SNCF was accused of transporting 76,000 Jews and other prisoners from Paris to Germany from 1942 to 1944. In October.... [more]
Europe rights court upholds ban on use of Holocaust images
November 8, 2012 by John Paul Regan
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday upheld a German injunction preventing the activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) from using Holocaust images in an animal rights poster campaign. The campaign featured pictures of Holocaust victims alongside images of.... [more]
Slovakia police begin investigation of accused Nazi from Hungary
September 27, 2012 by Rebecca DiLeonardo
Police in Slovakia announced on Thursday that they have launched an investigation of a 97-year-old Hungarian man suspected of war crimes in connection with the Holocaust. Laszlo Csatary was arrested in Hungary in July on allegations of abusing and helping deport thousands of Jews during the.... [more]
Germany court confirms wanted Nazi doctor is dead
September 21, 2012 by Michael Haggerson
The regional court in Baden-Baden, Germany announced on Friday that it is ending its inquiry into Aribert Heim, a wanted Nazi war criminal known as "Dr. Death." Heim was accused of experimenting on Jewish prisoners during the Holocaust, including performing operations and amputations without.... [more]
UN rights experts urge wider acceptance of Roma communities
August 3, 2012 by Dan Taglioli
Two independent UN human rights experts noted Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday by calling on the international community to find solutions to the persistent exclusion of Roma denizens from larger society in all countries. "Pharrajimos" is observed each August 2 in remembrance of the.... [more]
Slovakia files charges against accused Nazi arrested in Hungary
August 3, 2012 by Dan Taglioli
Slovakian authorities on Thursday announced that they have filed new charges against a 97-year-old Hungarian man arrested in Budapest last month on allegations of abusing and helping deport thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. The charges concern facilitating the deportation of Jews to Germany,.... [more]
Slovakia to seek extradition of accused Nazi from Hungary
July 30, 2012 by Dan Taglioli
Slovakian authorities on Monday announced plans to seek the extradition of a 97-year-old Hungarian man arrested in Budapest earlier this month on allegations of abusing and helping deport thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. Slovak Justice Minister Tomas Borec asked a court to seek the.... [more]
Hungary charges suspected ex-Nazi with war crimes
July 18, 2012 by Dan Taglioli
Hungarian authorities on Wednesday took into custody a 97-year-old Hungarian man suspected of abusing and helping deport thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. The man alleged to be Laszlo Csatary was arrested in Budapest after the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC), a Jewish human rights.... [more]
Nazi war crimes suspect allegedly in Hungary
July 17, 2012 by Sung Un Kim
Hungarian authorities on Monday announced plans to investigate into whether a former Nazi resides in the country's capital amid demands by various rights groups to prosecute the war criminal. The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC), a Jewish human rights organization committed to finding and.... [more]
Germany court rejected Spain Demjanjuk extradition request [this day at law]
June 9, 2012 by Cynthia Miley
On June 9, 2011, a Munich court denied Spain's request to extradite retired US autoworker and convicted concentration camp guard John Demjanjuk to stand trial in Madrid. The Spanish National Court had sought Demjanjuk's extradition so he could stand trial on charges of genocide and crimes against.... [more]
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