For Hateful Comic in France, Muzzle Becomes a Megaphone

Despite dozens of charges, French officials have been confounded in efforts to stop the performances of Dieudonné M’bala M’bala, who is seen as anti-Semitic.

    



Himmler Papers Shed Light on Personal Life of a Nazi

Excerpts from a collection of letters, diaries and photographs from Heinrich Himmler, chief of the Nazi Gestapo, and his family have been published for the first time.

    



Peter Matthiessen to Publish New Novel

Mr. Matthiessen, 86, said the new novel, about a group that comes together for a meditation retreat at the site of a World War II concentration camp, “may be my last word.”

    



German Magazine Said to Glorify Nazis Will End

Der Landser said it was just offering tales of ordinary soldiers in World War II but was the subject of complaints by an American Jewish group.

    



Elisabeth Maxwell, Expert on Holocaust, Dies at 92

After Dr. Maxwell’s life was turned upside down by the death of her husband, Robert Maxwell, in 1991, she focused on being a Holocaust scholar, writer and lecturer.

    

Wiesenthal Center Calls for Closing of German Magazine It Says Glorifies Nazism

A Jewish group’s complaint against the magazine Der Landser has added to the debate over the balance between free speech and efforts in Germany to eradicate the neo-Nazi movement.

    

William Miles, Maker of Documentaries About Black History, Dies at 82

Among other topics, Mr. Miles, who specialized in unearthing lost material about forgotten subjects, made films about the history of Harlem and a black regiment that fought in World War I.

    

Forged Hitler Diaries Now Part of Germany’s Archives

The magazine Stern handed over 60 handwritten volumes that it published in 1983, mistakenly claiming they were Hitler’s undiscovered journals, to Germany’s Federal Archives for posterity.

    

Media Decoder: A Boy Saved by Oskar Schindler: Memoir Will Tell the Story

Leon Leyson was 10 when the Germans invaded Poland, but was saved, along with some members of his family, by Oskar Schindler, who employed them in his factories.