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Oldest Auschwitz survivor dies

The oldest known survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp has died aged 108 in Debno, north-west Poland, officials say.

A teacher, Antoni Dobrowolski was imprisoned for giving secret lessons during Germany's occupation of Poland.

Mr Dobrowolski was arrested by the Gestapo and sent to the Nazi concentration camp in 1942.

He was later transferred to the Gross Rosen and Sachsenhausen camps in Germany, before being freed in 1945.

"Auschwitz was worse than Dante's hell," he said in a video made when he was 103.

Education for Poles was restricted to just four years during the Nazi occupation, in an effort to suppress Polish culture.

Mr Dobrowolski was part of an underground effort to continue education for children.

India Hitler shop to change name

The owners of a new Indian clothing store called Hitler say they will rename it after receiving complaints.

Rajesh Shah, one of the shop's co-owners, told the BBC there would be a new name "tomorrow or the day after".

Jews in the city of Ahmedabad, where the shop opened last month, said using the Nazi dictator's name was offensive. Israeli diplomats also raised the issue with the Gujarat state government.

U.N. Ban Ki Moon slams Holocaust denial in Iran

U.N. slams Holocaust denial in Iran (cnn)

• NEW: Ban calls denial of the Holocaust "outrageous"
• NEW: He deplores racism toward Israel
• Khamenei also slams the U.N. Security Council
• "Peaceful use of nuclear energy is a right of every country," Khamenei says

Hamas condemns Palestinian official's Auschwitz visit

A spokesman for Palestinian militant movement Hamas condemns a visit by a Palestinian official to the site of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.

Laszlo Csatary: Is Hungary's Nazi suspect worth pursuing?

Laszlo Csatary: Is Hungary's Nazi suspect worth pursuing? (bbc)

Anti-fascist protesters and journalists are besieging the Budapest flat of Laszlo Csatary, 97-year-old former Hungarian police officer accused by Nazi-hunters of crimes against Jews in the Second World War. 

Hungary arrests 'Nazi criminal'

Hungarian authorities have taken Nazi war crimes suspect Laszlo Csatary into custody for questioning, prosecutors have said.

He is number one on the Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Center's wanted list and is accused of assisting in the murder of 15,700 Jews.

Last week, reporters from British newspaper The Sun found the 97-year-old living in Budapest.

Prosecutors reportedly want him to be held under house arrest.

This will enable the authorities to confiscate his passport.

Alleged Nazi criminal found in Hungary

Alleged Nazi criminal found in Hungary (cnn)

• The Simon Wiesenthal Center says it tracked down Ladislaus Csizsik-Csatary
• He allegedly participated in sending 15,700 Jews to Auschwitz in spring 1944
• Facing deportation, he fled Canada in 1997
• The center is urging Hungarian authorities to prosecute him