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New paving stones in Zurich tell tragic stories of Nazi victims

1+ hour, 38+ min ago  (1660+ words) The stumbling stones for Lea Berr and her son Alain were laid in Zurich in 2020. They were murdered in Auschwitz in February 1945. Six new Stolpersteine will be laid in Switzerland on Thursday. They commemorate the people who were persecuted, murdered,…...

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"I was super happy to go to war with the boys"

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (250+ words) Despite wasting their chances, the Swiss national field hockey team notched up their second win in the second game of the home World Cup. That's what goalscorer Timo Meier, goalie Sandro Aeschlimann and coach Jan Cadieux had to say after…...

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Putin confident of victory in Ukraine war - parade without tanks

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (415+ words) Russia: Putin confident of victory in Ukraine war - parade without tanks | blue News blue News Russia Putin confident of victory in the Ukraine war - parade without tanks At the military parade on May 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his certainty…...

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Without tanks and missiles - Putin takes part in military parade

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (298+ words) On Red Square in Moscow, the big military parade to mark the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany has begun with thousands of soldiers under massive security precautions. Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is holding the parade without tanks, missiles and…...

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bluewin. ch > en > news > international > kiev-surprises-moscow-with-its-own-push-for-ceasefire-3220146. html

Kiev surprises Moscow with its own push for ceasefire

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (318+ words) Ahead of Victory Day on 9 May, which is particularly important for Russia, Kiev has surprisingly followed Moscow in announcing its own ceasefire. "We are announcing a ceasefire, starting at midnight (23: 00 CEST) on the night of May 5-6," announced Ukrainian President Volodymyr…...

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Russia announces two-day ceasefire on Victory Day

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (206+ words) Putin and US President Donald Trump first discussed a possible ceasefire over the holiday during a telephone conversation at the end of April. Putin was considering such a ceasefire, said his foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov. But Trump also claimed…...

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bluewin. ch > en > news > international > this-woman-rescued-thousands-of-children-from-nazi-hell-and-yet-almost-no-one-knows-her-3089511. html

This woman rescued thousands of children from Nazi hell - and yet almost no one knows her

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (930+ words) She saved around 2, 500 Jewish children from certain death and kept quiet about it for decades. Irena Sendler is one of the most important helpers of the Holocaust - and is still comparatively little known today. In the middle of occupied Warsaw,…...

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Congress Hall: Nuremberg's Nazi building becomes a cultural venue

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (311+ words) The story: Congress Hall: Nuremberg's Nazi building becomes a cultural venue | blue News'blue News The story Congress Hall: Nuremberg's Nazi building becomes a cultural venue The congress hall built by the Nazis in Nuremberg is to become a cultural venue....

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bluewin. ch > en > news > switzerland > dietlikon-municipality-accidentally-disposes-of-artwork-by-juerg-altherr-3029695. html

Dietlikon municipality accidentally disposes of artwork by J'rg Altherr

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (257+ words) A work of art by Zurich sculptor J'rg Altherr was accidentally disposed of in Dietlikon ZH - and it's not the only case. Other works have also disappeared without a trace in the region. For many years, roughly hewn stone blocks…...

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