51. A former Lithuanian security chief, charged with sending scores of Jews to their deaths during the Nazi occupation, proclaimed his innocence in court Thursday from a wheelchair. 52. A half-century after World War II, Norway began talks with its tiny Jewish community this week over property stolen from them during the Nazi occupation. 53. A recent investigation by the central bank found approximately a ton of gold in its reserves that may have been looted during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. 54. A Russian law largely bans repatriating booty art, seen by Russians as just compensation for an estimated several hundred thousand items destroyed or lost during the Nazi occupation. 55. According to the article, many thousands of French men and women had denounced fellow citizens to the Gestapo during the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. 56. Although looting is against international conventions, Russia argues that it is a special case because of the immense damage done by the Nazi occupation. 57. Also Wednesday, hearings began in Bordeaux for Maurice Papon, who was a high-ranking official of the Vichy collaborationist regime during the Nazi occupation. 58. Although the two countries are close partners now, the Dutch still remember the brutal Nazi occupation in World War II. 59. Although Norway is now rich on North Sea oil, the housing program emerged in a time of acute need after the devastating Nazi occupation during World War II. 60. At the time Touvier was the head of the militia in the Lyon area for the Vichy regime, which collaborated with the Nazi occupation of France. |
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