Exclusive: Research uncovers programme to make centuries-old records legible to detect people’s ancestry

Large numbers of paper restorers and bookbinders were recruited by the Nazis and “contributed directly to genocide” during the second world war, according to research.

A British historian has uncovered a Europe-wide programme in the 1930s and 1940s in which restorers repaired and cleaned historic church and civil records, making them legible so that the Nazis could detect anyone with Jewish ancestry.

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Switching from noirish drama to funk stomps, neo-soul to showgirl glamour, this is a big, bold show from a singer who has entered her ‘dramatic era’

On the variety show-style poster for this tour, Raye pledged her gigs would contain everything from dramatic endings to a jazz cover via a nightclub segment, a brass band, and “musical medicine for those in need”.

She also promised new music. Ahead of her forthcoming album This Music May Contain Hope, she teases its contents from the off, with I Will Overcome. Raye is in a long fake fur coat, leather gloves and sunglasses, looking like the lead from a film noir with the song as its soundtrack: she begins with third-person narration but switches into singing as the character she’s created. When the curtain drops, it reveals a huge band that launches into the rousing and infectious funk stomp of Where Is My Husband!. Raye and her singers reappear in sparkling red dresses, creating an air of elegance and glamour reminiscent of old school Vegas, before thundering drums, brass and strings collide with the theatrical heft of a James Bond number. It’s a beginning so huge that it resembles a finale. “I’ve fully entered my dramatic era,” Raye declares.

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Digital Development Minister Maksut Shadayev said the alleged access was being used in combat operations against Russian forces in Ukraine.

Blauw, rood, zwart, wit, groen: de coach van dertien landen heeft jassen in alle kleuren. Coach en choreograaf Benoit Richaud begeleidt deze Winterspelen zestien kunstschaatsers…

In ‘Winter vol liefde’ proberen Hans en Victor het hart van droomdeskundige Claudia te winnen. Niet overal op tv verloopt het verlangen om gezien en gehoord te worden zo subtiel.

Curling is een van de oudste sporten ter wereld en wordt met stenen gespeeld die altijd afkomstig zijn van één Schotse leverancier.

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Een dag na het gelijkspel van Sparta tegen NEC is er verdeeldheid aan de tafel van Sparta naar Voren! "Waarom ben je er tevreden mee als je nog zoveel beter kan?, meent Anton Slotboom. Over één onderwerp is geen enkele discussie: Marvin Young is klaar voor een topclub uit de eredivisie.