Dig for Nazi gold BEGINS: Treasure hunters start excavating at Polish palace

Treasure hunters have started digging for 10 tonnes of Nazi gold at an 18th century palace in southern Poland. Led by the Silesian Bridge Foundation, the dig in the village of Minkowskie is concentrating on an old orangery in a small area of the 14-hectare palace park.  It is thought treasures, stolen on the orders … Read more

Dig for Nazi gold BEGINS: Treasure hunters start excavating at Polish palace

Treasure hunters have started digging for 10 tonnes of Nazi gold at an 18th century palace in southern Poland. Led by the Silesian Bridge Foundation, the dig in the village of Minkowskie is concentrating on an old orangery in a small area of the 14-hectare palace park.  It is thought treasures, stolen on the orders … Read more

Mass grave containing bones, clothes and shoes of Nazi victims is uncovered near Belarus village

Bone remains, fragments of clothing and shoes are among the items Belarusian investigators have uncovered at a mass grave of civilians killed by the Nazis during World War II. Chilling photos show officials working to unearth ammunition, bones and, at times, full skeletons from the previously unknown mass grave, discovered near the village of Logoza. … Read more

Mass grave containing bones, clothes and shoes of Nazi victims is uncovered near Belarus village

Bone remains, fragments of clothing and shoes are among the items Belarusian investigators have uncovered at a mass grave of civilians killed by the Nazis during World War II. Chilling photos show officials working to unearth ammunition, bones and, at times, full skeletons from the previously unknown mass grave, discovered near the village of Logoza. … Read more

Lidl employee sacked after showing off ‘Nazi swastika’ tattoo at work wins unfair dismissal claim

Lidl caretaker who was sacked after showing off his ‘Nazi swastika’ tattoo at work WINS unfair dismissal claim as judge rules he should have been given a ‘stern warning’ instead Istvan Horvarth started working at Lidl in Telford Hadley, Shropshire, in 2013 He was sacked in April 2019 after complaint was made by a colleague … Read more

Lidl caretaker sacked after showing off his Nazi swastika tattoo at work wins unfair dismissal claim

A supermarket employee who showed off his swastika tattoo at work has won his unfair dismissal case after a judge ruled he should have been give a ‘stern warning’ instead.    Lidl caretaker Istvan Horvarth won an unfair dismissal claim after the budget chain sacked him from his job at the Telford Hadley store in Shropshire after he … Read more

Cycling to the church where Tom Sharpe, his Nazi dad, and NHS architect Lord Beveridge were buried 

An ancient church, high on the barren Northumbrian moors, is the surprise last resting place of one of our national heroes as well as the unofficial and ultimately temporary burial place of a best-selling author. Before the latest lockdown, I cycled out there to find out why. I uncovered a bizarre tale involving a 1930s … Read more

Cycling to the church where Tom Sharpe, his Nazi dad, and NHS architect Lord Beveridge were buried 

An ancient church, high on the barren Northumbrian moors, is the surprise last resting place of one of our national heroes as well as the unofficial and ultimately temporary burial place of a best-selling author. Before the latest lockdown, I cycled out there to find out why. I uncovered a bizarre tale involving a 1930s … Read more

Duke of Windsor was a staunch Nazi sympathiser, new book claims

Fresh from their honeymoon, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were looking forward to the highlight of their 12-day tour of Nazi Germany: afternoon tea with Adolf Hitler. They would be meeting him at the Berghof, his private retreat in the Bavarian Alps. At last, they thought, they would be able to thank Hitler in … Read more

Duke of Windsor was a staunch Nazi sympathiser, new book claims

Fresh from their honeymoon, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were looking forward to the highlight of their 12-day tour of Nazi Germany: afternoon tea with Adolf Hitler. They would be meeting him at the Berghof, his private retreat in the Bavarian Alps. At last, they thought, they would be able to thank Hitler in … Read more