Germany

German prosecutors are investigating a 105-year-old man on suspicion of being an accessory to multiple murders at a Nazi prisoner of war camp during the Second World War. The investigation centres on Stalag 326 VI K in western Germany, where between 180,000 and 200,000 Soviet prisoners were held bet

A Syrian doctor has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a German court for committing crimes against humanity, including murder and torture, during his time working in military hospitals and detention centres in Syria. Alaa Mousa, 40, was found guilty by the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court of par

An appeal by a 99-year-old woman convicted of being an accessory to the murder of 10,505 people when she was secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp has been rejected. Germany's Federal Court of Justice upheld the conviction of Irmgard Furchner, who was given a

An antisemitic sculpture can remain on the facade of a church, Germany's highest court has ruled. The 13th century Judensau in the eastern town of Wittenberg depicts a rabbi lifting the tail of a sow while two Jewish children suckle at its teats.