In a letter emblazoned with the insignia of the U.S. House of Representatives, 29 members of Congress reprimanded the German state of Bavaria for neglecting its historical responsibility to victims of the Nazis. “The Free State of Bavaria has yet to fully honor its pledge regarding restitution or compensation for Holocaust-related confiscations of property, including artwork, made under duress,” read the Nov. 9 letter addressed to Bavaria’s governor, Horst Seehofer. “The importance of these Read more [...]

Ulrich Weber, the lawyer representing the alleged victims, was commissioned by the church diocese to look into the cases. In a press conference on Friday, he said: "I have here 231 reports of physical abuse." These ranged from beatings to food deprivation, sexual assault and rape, Weber told journalists. "The reported cases of sexual abuse in Regensburg were mostly concentrated in the period of the mid-to-late1970s," he said. According to the lawyer, "50 victims spoke of 10 perpetrators" at the Read more [...]

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's BND intelligence agency has resumed joint internet surveillance with the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) after halting collaboration with Washington last year following a row over spying practices, German media reported. Last May, German intelligence sources told Reuters that the BND had stopped sending the NSA information gathered from its surveillance station in Bad Aibling in Bavaria. Read more [...]