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Nuremberg Opens in Theaters With Russell Crowe’s Standout Turn as Göring

Critics describe a glossy tone that can blunt the impact, with its questions about justice still landing as urgent.

Michael Smuss, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Fighter and Holocaust Educator, Dies at 99

James Carville Describes 'Fantasy' to Publicly Shame Trump 'Collaborators'

Catholic Calendar for Oct. 23 Centers on St. John of Capistrano

Ray Dalio Warns U.S. Faces a Developing Civil War as Debt Pressures Mount

Valentino’s ‘Fireflies’ Shows Alessandro Michele’s Restraint at Paris Fashion Week

Vera Jarach, Founding Mother of Plaza de Mayo, Dies at 97

‘Orwell: 2+2=5’ Opens in Select Theaters as Raoul Peck Launches Five-City Tour

Early Reviews Hail Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket as Noir Return Ahead of October Release

Georg Stefan Troller, Pioneering TV Journalist, Dies at 103 in Paris

Alex Jones Debuts Hitler-Style Mustache, Calls It a 'Social Experiment'

Brandenburg Parliament Backs Nuclear Disarmament in Symbolic Vote

Last Surviving FTP‑MOI Résistant Léon Landini Dies at 99

Met Opera Opens Season With Bates’s Kavalier & Clay

Trump Says He Is Designating Antifa as a Terrorist Organization

Flensburg Prosecutors Open Hate-Incitement Probe Over Shop’s “Jews Banned” Sign

Germany’s Culture Minister Warns of 1930s-Like Antisemitism in the Arts

International Day of the Journalist Observed on September 8

Medvedev Accuses Finland of War Preparations, Announces Border Barriers

Sachsenhausen Marks 80 Years Since Soviet Special Camp With Calls for Nuanced Remembrance