Xhafer Deva News Today

As part of an ongoing investigation, the Forward has, for the first time, documented hundreds of statues and monuments around the world to people who abetted or took part in the murder of Jews and other minorities during the Holocaust.

House of Xhafer Deva, who was the interior minister of Albania’s collaborationist government in 1944, was planned to be renovated turned it into a cultural centre.

The decision follows protests by the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) - The renovation of a house in Kosovo that belonged to a minister in a pro-Nazi government during World War Two has prompted an outcry, with Germany warning of historical "whitewashing" and the European Union and United Nations halting the project.

Xhafer Deva's role in a Nazi-backed government prompted UN and EU officials to retreat from a Kosovar heritage project to restore his former home in one of the Balkans' most bitterly divided cities.

The decision follows protests by the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — Authorities in Kosovo on Wednesday suspended the restoration of an old house linked to an Albanian official who was a notorious Nazi collaborator during World War

Culture minister rejects Holocaust denial accusation; Jewish activist says project should go ahead but include exhibit on local Jews killed by the Nazis

MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — Authorities in Kosovo on Wednesday suspended the restoration...

MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — Authorities in Kosovo on Wednesday suspended the restoration...