the court has upheld the conviction of a man who worked at the auschwitz death camp.he 95-year-old appealed a lower court ruling that convicted him of being an accessory to mass murder in the second world war. he was sentenced to four years in jail. the conviction broke new legal ground because he did not kill anyone himself. >> now 95, he's become known as the bookkeeper of auschwitz. he worked at the death camp in 1944. in two months that year 3000 hungarian jews were murder. he collected money stolen from the prisoners to help the nazi cause. for decades german courts left administrators like him on prosecuted. in recent years the law has changed and even those who played an indirect role in extermination can be prosecuted. >> the accused worked on the unloading ramps and by so doing, contributed to the threatening atmosphere created their to keep the deportees in the dark. in that way, he supported their main crimes. the judges say that in helping the camp function, he was a part of the machinery of death. the verdict is a win for the organization pushing to inves

a german court former auschwitz guard charged with accessory to murder. 95-year-old oskar groening was sentenced to four years in prison last year. the federal court of justice's decision to reject groening's appeal sets an important precedent for prosecutors' efforts to pursue others who allegedly served at death camps. it's the first time an appeals court has ruled on a conviction obtained under the logic that simply serving at a death camp, and helping it operate was enough to convict someone as an accessory to the murders committed d.c. police are trying to find out who pistol whipped and robbed a mailman, while he was on the job. two men attacked him saturday night.. on second and "u" streets northeast. they stole his phone, keys, pants, and shoes after they realized he didn't have any cash. he's now out of the hospital, after getting three stitches on his forehead. he did not want to be identified. the attackers were dressed all in black, with masks over their faces. the u.s. postal inspection service is offering a 50-thousand dollar reward for information leading to an arrest an

when the inmate was brought in he would say welcome to auschwitz. >> he ez they would fb give out empty food trays to look faz they were feeding them! there's ways to use your bodys to cover the cameras. the way the camera can't view if you give them a tray. a tray with nothing on it. laxatives to dehydrate them more! when oscar davis and darryl richardson, i believe they died from something associated with starvation. >> hempstead believes a number of inmates died from abuse including a mren tally disabled man from tampa. he says he watched the guards walk him up to the shower chamber. >> the water was turned on. we started hearing yells. >> he says they were purnishing him for defecatingn >> it's hot. get me out. the last probably ten to fifteen twenty minutes he was yelling i'm sorry. i can't take it anymore! they locked him in the scolding showers for hours until hi skin cooked off. sgli heard him fall in the shower. >> hemp citied said the guards told him to wash away the evidence. they told you to clean up the crime scene. >> inside the yellow tape. we had yellow tape on the door

and he was indeed taken to auschwitz where he was killed. he wrote one of the most poignant letters that i think i have in my book where he says how he's so sorry for all the trouble that he's caused suzanne but he doesn't regret staying in paris for as long as he did because it shortened the time that he was away from her. in understanding the question that i oppose right at the beginning, why does jewelry flourish in time of war, why is it that women want to buy items of jewelry at such a terribly difficult time for so many others? there are a number of reasons, and although from looking at the file cards of van cleef and arpels now it certainly was not only the german soldiers who were buying, it was also the french. and i begin to understand this when i went in to discuss it with the archivist who showed me these objects. in order to have any jewelry made during the war you had to taking the exact weight of metal for the new object you want it created. because there just were not supplies. in fact, there was something in platinum, you ha

justice has upheld the conviction of a former ss sergeant for being accessory to mass murder at the auschwitzth camp. he was a bookkeeper and had no direct part in the murder of jews and others. the court ruled that he was an accessory. nowruling sets a precedent for similar prosecution. in france, former prime minister francois fillon has been chosen to represent the center-right party in next year's presidential election. he will face the socialist candidate and marine le pen of the far-right national front. there are concerns among the socialists after prime minister manuel valls has suggested he would stand against francois hollande in the party primary. pope francis has met physicist stephen hawking at the vatican. the meeting took place during a conference at the vatican on science and the environment and sustainability. during his speech to the scientist, the pope stressed a lack of political determination in protecting the environment. you are watching "bbc world news america." come, three weeks after the presidential election, it is the talk of recounts and voter fraud that dominates

and this image of auschwitz with trump's name added, the message, this is in all of your ilk's future. hollywood days of subrogation is over. >> did you see my military information? >> and easternest walker denied a free meal at chillies, and a manufacture questioned whether he truly served allegedly saying he served? janua -- he served there. the manager took his side. >> you're taking my food away from me now? >> even after he showed his military credentials and his service dog, chili's issued an apology, thanked him for his service and saying the manager has been removed. >> the senate defamation league that tracks and combats anti-semitism in new york alone, they say there have been fivence deb -- five incidents of anti-semitism and are only meant to refuel anxiety. don. >> thank you very much. joining me is earnest walker and his attorney tim t coal. thank you so much for your service, first of all. >> thank you, i appreciate it. >> we just heard a little bit of what happened from veterans day. explain your reaction there. >> first of all he really made me feel like i was almost

celebrity supporter trolled on twitter this image of auschwitz with trump's name added, the message,his is in all of your ilk's future. you will be seeing a train shortly. hollywood days of subjugation is over, seig heil. >> and in dallas african-american veteran ernest walker denld a free meal at chili's on veteran's day after a man wearing a trump shirt questioned whether he truly served, allegedly he served in germany and they didn't let blacks serve there. the manager took the trump supporter's side. >> oh, no, now you grabbing my food away from me? you're taking my food away from me now. >> taking away walker's meal even after he showed his military credentials for him and his service dog. chili's issued a lengthy apology to mr. walker, thanked him for his service and saying the chili's manager was removed. >> the anti-defamation league that tracks anti-semitism in new york says there have been five incidents of anti-semitism. they say these acts are meant to breed fear and fuel an zie i the. non- >> miguel, thank you very much. joining me is ernest walker and his attorney kim t

>> that did not happen we could discuss that but i think that he claimed to have liberated auschwitz. he was not completely detached from reality but in 1967 when he was in the governor's office this been some time that the reagan library after a few days they said would do like to deoking inside his desk? and it turns out there were five boxes and is laypeopleca spasms cards but there is some interesting documents they cannot bear to throw away when he would clean outhr his desk one is an article from 1967 with a translation attached that when they came to interview him from sacramento 1967 to say i am not scheerer he would want to see me but it was superior they thought they just got him in the office they could convince them but as a capitalist governor but by the end of that he said he is very gracious and bygr the end of it he kept his keptbut this is what he did water was the correspondence or any of the soviet leaders at this point if i couldld just get them alone in a room i think i could convince them. >> his secret sauce was his charm and his weakness. he could charm anybody

role in organizing the mass deportation of european jews into nazi extermination camps in such as auschwitz during world war ii. coverage of this trial not only put the holocaust on the front page of world newspapers, but the decision by the israeli government to call so many survivors as witnesses was unprecedented. in the nurnberg trials, in the 1940's, perpetrators and written documentation had been the focal point. victims left to the side. now, the victims and lived experience were at the center of the trial. one might say that the testimony of the first witness not only represent a rupture in the trial but also in broader, popular understandings of the holocaust. she opted to speak in you dish -- yiddish rather than hebrew. as she gave her testimony. on hearing the language of the slaughtered and the burned. the project became in part the memory of survival and often graphic murder of european jews by the nazi regime and survivor testimony resonated far beyond the israeli courtroom. it brought into being a heightened holocaust consciousness in the 1970's, and it also directly and prof

i think that's a myth with reagan, that he claimed to liberate auschwitz. he was not completely detached from reality. but in 1967 when reagan was in the governor's office, well, first, a preface. i went to the reagan library and after i was there a few days would you like to look inside reagan's desk? sure, it turns out. he kept, five boxes and they're the things he took from california to washington, back to california, and you know, it's like people's business cards and matchbooks from restaurants, kind of thing, but there are also some really interesting documents in there and these were things that he couldn't bear to throw away when he would clean his desk, he'd hold onto. one is a photostat of an article from provda and it was that they came to interview him in 1967 in sacramento. theccount saying i wasn't sure that reagan would want to see me. but he wanted to convince me that capitalism was superior to communism. [laughter] and reagan clearly had had this article translated because he thought if he just got this guy in the office, he could convince

being jewish, i had family held in auschwitz. jackson and lee were men of god. 150 years ago, if i showed my ankle, you could be lynched, as a woman. the representation of women in that era, you follow me? we have come a long way. i want unity. i'm not happy about anybody being in slave. the irish indentured servants. the native americans that were slaughtered in american history. it's all pathetic and sad. i want us to move on in 2016. thank you for all that you are saying. i want an open, fair dialogue on american history, and i want us all to love each other. my question is -- are you happy with the way the millennials for the younger generation are handling a lot of the racial crises that have been perpetuated since dylan roof -- dylann roof and the whole thing that happened a year ago? mr. juarez: interesting question. reverend douglas: yes, and i'm not sure which millennials you are speaking up, but what i am happy about is that we are in this place, meaning not simply this place, but this place in our history where the que

we can discuss why that didn't happen but a that amyth about reagan, claiming to have librated auschwitz. he was not completely deattacheded from reality in 1967 when reagan was in governor's offers -- first, and i time at the reagan library and they said would you like to look inside reagan's desk, and i said, sure. what is that? and its turns out he had kept -- five boxes and the things he took from california to washington, back to california, and it's like people's business cards and matchbooks from restaurants kind of thing but also some really interesting documents in there, and these were things he couldn't bear to throw away when he would clean his desk. one is a photostat of an allergy from photograph -- pravda with an english translation. they dime interview himmin' 1967, and the correspondent who was called yura start this account saying i wasn't sure that reagan would want to see me, but he wanted to convince me that capitalism was superior to communism, and reagan clearly had had this article translated because he thought if he just got this guy in the office, he could convi

we can discuss why, but i think that was a myth about reagan, that he claimed to have liberated auschwitz. [laughter] he was not completely detached from reality. but in 1967 when reagan was in the governor's office -- well, first, just a little prep. i spent some time at the reagan library, and after i was there a few days, they said would you like to look inside reagan's desk? i said, sure, what's that? it turns out he had kept -- there were these five boxes, and they're things that he took from california to washington, back to california, and, you know, it's like people's business cards and matchbooks from restaurants kind of thing, but there are also some really interesting documents in there. these were things that he couldn't bear to throw away when he would clean his desk. and one of them is a photostat of an article from pravda in 1967 with an english translation attached. what this article was pravda came to interview him in sacramento in 1967. and the correspondent who was called yuri starts the account saying i wasn't sure that reagan would want to see me. but he wanted to con