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Horse Racing, WWII
Wonder Horse Attempts Comeback
The famed Seabiscuit is beaten in a courageous attempt to regain his crown, finishing third.
(Sport, Horse Racing)
War In Europe Escalates
Nazi aggression spreads to Scandinavia. In a lightning coup,...
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Asterix and Obelix celebrate their 50th anniversary
Paris, France, 27 October 2009
1. Pan of various drawings of Asterix's face
2. Close up drawing of Asterix
3. Mid shot man looking at Asterix framed illustrations
4. Close up of Asterix and Obelix illustration
5. Tilt down illustration...
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Patrick Modiano of France wins 2014 Nobel Prize in literature
Patrick Modiano of France, who has made a lifelong study of the Nazi occupation and its effects on his country, won the 2014 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for what one academic called "crystal clear and resonant" prose.
Modiano...
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GERMANY: SHAREHOLDERS & FORMER I-G FABEN WORKERS CLASH
French/Ger/Nat
Shareholders and former slave workers of I-G Farben clashed on Monday at a demonstration against delays in the closure of the company that produced gas used in Nazi death chambers.
Demonstrators disrupted the annual...
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USA: HOLOCAUST VICTIMS BANK ACCOUNTS LATEST
English/Nat
An international panel appointed by Swiss bankers and Jewish organisations found some 54-thousand unclaimed accounts in Swiss banks that may have belonged to Holocaust victims.
In a report released on Monday, the panel...
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Government puts details of artworks found in Munich apartment online
The German government has made public details of paintings in a recovered trove of some 1,400 pieces of art, many of which may have been stolen by the Nazis.
Bowing to pressure from Jewish groups and art experts, the government also said...
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USA-Nazi assets in Swiss banks during World War II
The US State Department announced on Friday (4/10) it will conduct a "thorough and immediate" review to answer growing questions about Nazi assets deposited in Swiss banks during World War II.
WS presser;
SOT Nicholas Burns, State...
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An 18th century painting stolen by the Nazis from a Polish museum was returned to the Polish people on Thursday after being found in a London gallery. (Feb. 6)
On Thursday, the U.S. returned to the government of Poland a painting stolen by the Nazis during World War II.
The painting, 'Saint Philip Baptizing a Servant of Queen Kandaki' by German painter Johann Conrad Seekatz, was stolen from...
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USA: NAZI SLAVE LABOUR VICTIMS: COMPENSATION TALKS (2)
Eng/Ger/Nat
German industry negotiators have offered 3 point 3 (b) billion U-S dollars in compensation to the survivors of Nazi slave labour camps during World War Two.
A representative for the German side said he considered the amount...
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German chancellor faces protests as she visits for talks with PM
October 8, 2012
1. Waitress pouring draft beer into a beer glass at Cargo bar
2. Close of glass filling with beer
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Athanasios Syrianos, President of "Eza" Hellenic brewery:
"Merkel's visit is a positive sign that...
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D-Day
D-Day - The Invasion Of Europe
The greatest coordination of arms and men ever assembled begins its thrust as 11,000 Allied planes plant their tons of pulverizing bombs on shore installations, strategic roads and bridges of France - then...
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Excavation begins on suspected Nazi era Jewish mass grave
1. Wide of house in grounds of the former Lieberose work camp
2. Police car patrolling at site
3. Pan from memorial sign to former work camp site
4. Wide of news conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (German) Guenter Morsch, director of the...
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PRESIDENT OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SAYS GREECE 'NOT LIKE WEIMAR REPUBLIC'
The president of the European parliament has said that Athens should not be compared to the Weimar Republic - the German democratic state that preceded Hitler's Third Reich.
"Thank God, it is not as dramatic here as it was in the Weimar...
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Stalingrad, Red Cross
The Defence Of Stalingrad
After six months of occupying the city, the German army suffers the worst defeat in its history as Russians drive Nazi troops from Stalingrad. Captured is a Nazi Field Marshal who had ordered all civilians...
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State Duma says Russia is ready to work with Ukrainian Parl; Lavrov meets OSCE director
Members of Russia's State Duma said on Wednesday that Moscow is ready to cooperate with the newly elected Ukrainian Parliament.
During a meeting of the working group on Ukraine, Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin stated that they hoped the...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
English/Nat
One of the world's leading human rights organisations on Tuesday condemned Russia for its treatment of Chechen war refugees and compared pro-Russian media coverage of the conflict to "national socialism".
Speaking at a...
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USA: SENATE HEARING CONTINUES ON THE ISSUE OF NAZI GOLD
English/Nat
The Swiss say they're feeling like international outcasts.
The Swiss Ambassador testified before Congress on Thursday, as the Senate Banking Committee held more hearings on the issue of Nazi gold.
During those hearings, Swiss...
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Nazi death camp survivors gathered Sunday at Israel's Holocaust memorial. The event came a day before Israel marks its annual Holocaust remembrance day, which commemorates the 6 million Jews murdered in World War II.
(HEADLINE: Tattoos from Auschwitz reunite survivors
CAPTION: Nazi death camp survivors gathered Sunday at Israel's Holocaust memorial. The event came a day before Israel marks its annual Holocaust memorial day, which commemorates the 6...
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USA: NAZI FORCED LABOUR - COMPENSATION NEGOTIATIONS
Eng/Ger/Nat
German and U-S negotiators have decided to go ahead with talks this month to discuss compensations to forced labourers who worked for Nazi-era industries during World War Two.
Since the war, Germany has paid about 60 (b)...
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FRANCE: EVE OF WAR CRIMES TRIAL FOR VICHY OFFICIAL MAURICE PAPON
Eng/French/Nat
Leading official of France's Vichy regime, Maurice Papon, will be charged, Wednesday, for complicity in crimes against humanity during World War II.
Papon, will face charges of the arrest and deportation of 1-thousand 690...
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End of compensation programme for slave workers in Nazi Germany
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Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, Jerusalem
1. Various stills of Jews rounded of up by Nazis
Berlin, 29 December 2006
2. Close up, book on slave workers, pan to Guenter Saathof, Head of the Foundation "Remembrance,...
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Prominent Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina reveals he is gay
A leading Kenyan author has declared that he is gay - making him one of the most high-profile Africans to do so.
Binyavanga Wainaina came out this week in an article called "I Am a Homosexual, Mum", to coincide with his 43rd birthday on...
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Art believed destroyed by Nazis found in Berlin
1. Wide of exhibition hall at Neues Museum
2. Various of sculpture "The Dancer" by Marg Moll
3. Mid of head of "The Dancer" by Marg Moll in focus to out of focus and close of head of sculpture "Standing Girl" by Otto Braun in focus ...
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German treasure hunters have begun digging for what they say may be plunder buried by the Nazis in a man-made cavern near the Czech border
HEADLINE: Nazi stolen loot found?
CAPTION: German treasure hunters have begun digging for what they say may be plunder buried by the Nazis in a man-made cavern near the Czech border. (Feb. 26)
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