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French President Emmanuel Macron is paying tribute to the heroism of members of the World War II Resistance based at a remote Alpine plateau who were attacked by the Nazi army and French collaborationist forces. Members of the resistance used the Vercors Plateau as a refuge after the occupation of France from 1940, receiving airdrops from the Allies and even occasional visits by British agents with the top-secret Special Operations Executive (SOE) unit. With 2024 marking 80 years since the penultimate year of World War II, Macron is making a series of high-profile commemorations to remember resistance heroes but also to note the role played by native French collaborationist militia (milice) in the German occupation. IMAGES
A German court hands a five-year jail sentence to a 101-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard, the oldest person so far to go on trial for complicity in war crimes during the Holocaust. IMAGES of the accused arriving in the Court Room
Moscow, May 9 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Maxim Shipenkov/Yury Kochetkov) Russia commemorated on Sunday the 76th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany with a military parade in Moscow's Red Square for Victory Day.FOOTAGE OF THE VICTORY DAY PARADE IN MOSCOW.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier attend a ceremony in Berlin marking 75 years since the end of World War II. IMAGES
Former Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's Mercedes-Benz will go on auction at Worldwide Auctioneers in Scottsdale, Arizona on January 17. The 1939 Mercedes-Benz 770, is one of only 88 ever produced and was custom-built for Hitler. It was seized by Allied forces after the fall of Berlin in 1945. The car is expected to sell for several million dollars while 10 percent of the earnings will go to the Simon Wiesenthal Center, an international Jewish human rights organisation.
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