Now playing Next World News Remembering World War II – your stories To mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, we asked our audience for their personal family stories relating to the War, of which here is a collection. 04/05/2015
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Now playing Next Poland Nationalist Russian bikers visit Auschwitz After being barred from riding into Poland members of the Russian Night Wolves bike club arrived by car to visit Auschwitz on Wednesday. They were 29/04/2015
Now playing Next Germany Replica of Nazi camp gate installed at Dachau A recreation of the gate bearing the Nazi slogan “Arbeit macht frei” – “Work sets you free”- has been installed at the site of the former Dachau 29/04/2015
Now playing Next USA Japan PM Abe tells US Congress of 'repentance' over World War Two Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed “deep repentance” over his country’s role in World War Two, during a landmark speech to the 29/04/2015
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Now playing Next Israel Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day Israel came to a two minute standstill on Thursday to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day. To the sound of a siren people stood in solemn silence in 16/04/2015
Now playing Next Germany Buchenwald: 70th anniversary of Nazi concentration camp's liberation Survivors and veterans have been gathering at what was Buchenwald Concentration Camp to mark the 70th anniversary of its liberation on April 11 11/04/2015
Now playing Next Germany Germany dismisses Greece's demand for billions in war reparations Bavaria's state finance minister has called Greece's World War Two reparation claims "inappropriate" and "not very clever" 08/04/2015
Now playing Next Cinema Matthias Schoenaerts, Kristin Scott Thomas co-star in adaptation of 'Suite Francaise' Based on Irène Némirovsky’s novel of the same name, ‘Suite Francaise’ centres on a romance between a French villager and a German soldier during the 17/03/2015
Now playing Next Latvia Latvia remembers WWII troops who fought against Soviet occupation Several hundred people in the Latvian capital Riga have remembered soldiers who fought on the side of German forces against Soviet troops during 16/03/2015
Now playing Next Greece Greece threatens to seize German state-owned property in compensation for Nazi massacre Greek court ruling allows for seizure of German state-owned property to compensate victims of Nazi massacre in Greek village of Distomo 12/03/2015
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