Of Old and New Nazis – DW – 07/04/2025
Trial of a Nazi Criminal
In May 1960, Adolf Eichmann was kidnapped in Buenos Aires by Mossad agents. During the Holocaust, he was responsible for the murder of millions of Jews. This is a story about Nazi hunters, justice, and a trial that shook the world.
'Unter Grund': Young and right-wing
A family secret, deafening silence, and the gradual descent into right-wing extremism: Annegret Liepold's novel 'Unter Grund' is the story of 16-year-old Franka from provincial southern Germany and how violence emerges secretly and quietly.
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Of Old and New Nazis – DW – 07/04/2025
In 1961, Hannah Arendt attended the trial of Adolf Eichmann, Nazi bureaucrat of the Holocaust and saw in him the "banality of evil.' And a new novel asks how right-wing hatred arises. Stories of guilt and silence. Trial of a Nazi Criminal In May 1960, Adolf Eichmann was kidnapped in Buenos Aires by Mossad agents. During the Holocaust, he was responsible for the murder of millions of Jews. This is a story about Nazi hunters, justice, and a trial that shook the world. 'Unter Grund': Young and right-wing A family secret, deafening silence, and the gradual descent into right-wing extremism: Annegret Liepold's novel 'Unter Grund' is the story of 16-year-old Franka from provincial southern Germany and how violence emerges secretly and quietly. SAT 05.07.2025 – 05:02 UTC SUN 06.07.2025 – 07:30 UTC SUN 06.07.2025 – 12:30 UTC SUN 06.07.2025 – 15:30 UTC SUN 06.07.2025 – 22:30 UTC MON 07.07.2025 – 17:30 UTC TUE 08.07.2025 – 06:30 UTC THU 10.07.2025 – 00:30 UTC Lagos UTC +1 | Cape Town UTC +2 | Nairobi UTC +3 Delhi UTC +5,5 | Bangkok UTC +7 | Hong Kong UTC +8 London UTC +1 | Berlin UTC +2 | Moscow UTC +3 San Francisco UTC -7 | Edmonton UTC -6 | New York UTC -4
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