Frank-Walter Steinmeier becomes first German leader to recognize sacrifice of Czechoslovak paratroopers, who then died in gunfight

Shrine honors 2.5 million war dead, as well as senior military and political figures convicted of war crimes by an international tribunal; China, South Korea angered by visit

Leon Kopelman fought the Germans in the ghetto and later managed to survive and join the Polish resistance; he said his large family was his greatest victory over the Nazis

Imst officials plan further research into history of Nazi activity and victims in the region

Russian, UK envoys to Tehran reenact historic meeting to commemorate allies' fight against Nazis; outgoing FM Zarif calls it 'inappropriate' due to UK-Soviet invasion during war

Official leading fight against antisemitism says parliamentary meeting before massacre's survivors 'is laying the foundations for a truth-based reconciliation' with country's past

New Berlin museum, located between former Gestapo HQ and railway station from which Jews were sent to Theresienstadt, places Germans' plight in context of Hitler's genocide

A dozen skulls and several bones turned up near river where German prisoners held by Soviets after World War II were buried

Declassifying records, author Leah Garrett uncovers amazing story of X Troop, a unit of German-speaking refugee volunteers determined to outwit and outfight the Nazis at all costs

While the aristocracy is often lauded for the July 1944 plot to kill Hitler, evidence in a compensation claim sought by the Hohenzollern house may expose a closet full of skeletons