Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle
The main observances take place at the site in southern Poland where Nazi Germany murdered over a million people
Survivors return as world remembers Auschwitz 80 years after liberation
About 50 survivors of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau will return to the site on Monday to remember the day it was finally liberated on 27 January 1945. They will be joined by heads of state including King Charles and other European royalty,
Holocaust Survivors Prepare To Mark 80th Anniversary Of Auschwitz Liberation
Thousands of people including dozens of Holocaust survivors are gathering in Poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on January 27. As RFE/RL's Una Cilic reports, more than 1 million people -- mostly Jews -- were murdered at the infamous World War II Nazi death camp.
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On 80th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz, a call to never forget
Auschwitz prisoner Primo Levi, describing his Soviet liberators. Monday is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II. It also marks the commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
AP Photos: Silence pervades Auschwitz on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the camp's liberation
Silence pervades the site of Auschwitz-Birkenau today. It can feel that time has stood still at the place where Nazi German forces killed 1.1 million people, most of them Jews. There are the barracks which housed prisoners,
Looking ahead to the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp
Jan. 27, marks International Holocaust Day. NBC News' Jay Gray reports from Auschwitz, where the 80th anniversary of its liberation will bring forth memories and messages that resonate today.
On 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation, survivors keep memories alive
Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. Younger generations in Atlanta are keeping alive Holocaust survivors' stories, including the harrowing experience of Murray Lynn.
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People visit a surviving gas chamber and crematorium at the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, a former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Saturday, Jan. 25. 2025.
Poland: 80 years after the Liberation of Auschwitz
On 27 January 2025, we will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz. The main commemoration will begin at 4.00 pm in a special tent that will be built over the gate to the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp.
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Poland: Former Auschwitz commandant's house converted into anti-hate centre
From the windows of the house in which the infamous commandant of Auschwitz lived, one can still see the barracks of the ...
Silence pervades Auschwitz on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation
Silence pervades the site of Auschwitz-Birkenau today. Sometimes the only sounds are the soft footsteps of visitors, people ...
King to visit Auschwitz on Holocaust Memorial Day
The Prime Minister has warned a similar atrocity could happen again unless society upholds its duty to ‘make never again ...
80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, amid rising antisemitism, the memory of the Holocaust remains contentious
The liberation of Auschwitz is being commemorated in the shadow of rising antisemitism in Australia and globally.
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A gift shop at Auschwitz? New films and a graphic memoir explore the contradictions of ‘dark tourism’
In a fraught moment in the film “A Real Pain,” Kieran Culkin, playing the more volatile of a pair of Jewish cousins who go on ...
Auschwitz 80 years since liberation: Ryszard Horowitz's story of survival and making the American Dream
An exclusive interview with Auschwitz survivor and award-winning photographer Ryszard Horowitz, on his extraordinary life and ...
Stop ‘grotesque’ antisemitism politicking, ministers say at Auschwitz
In Poland for a Holocaust remembrance service, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus took aim at those he says are politicising ...
After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission
A Holocaust survivor who lived through four concentration camps will return to Auschwitz to mark 80 years since liberation of ...