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 who come from all over the world to mourn and to learn, and the voices of their guides speaking in hushed tones into microphones trying to explain the ungraspable.
Auschwitz survivors recall suffering 80 years after camp's liberation
When Teresa Regula arrived at Auschwitz as a 16-year-old, the first real pain she experienced was of her ears burning. "They shaved us down to bare skin, and it was a scorching hot day, August 4... That was the first authentic pain I felt,
Never Forget Auschwitz Horrors, Pope Francis Says Ahead of 80th Anniversary
The pontiff noted that this year marks 80 years since the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp.
80 Years After Liberation Of Auschwitz-Birkenau
January 27, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Over one million
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,
Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle
Commemorations are being held Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp by Soviet troops
We Must Fight Antisemitism 80 Years After the Liberation of Auschwitz
Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Ten days prior to the opening of the gates, Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews, was detained. He disappeared and his fate remains unknown.
80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
Monday, the world will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a Nazi extermination camp in occupied Poland. At least a million people — mostly Jews — were murdered there as the camp became a symbol of the Holocaust.
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.
Auschwitz marks 80 years since liberation, potentially last with living survivors
Officials say the commemorative event marking the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation could be the last of its kind.
Oświęcim’s sole Jewish resident reflects on modern antisemitism on 80th anniversary of Auschwitz camp’s liberation
Among 34,000 people in the town of Oświęcim is just one Jew – a young Israeli named Hila Weisz-Gut. It’s an interesting ...
Auschwitz Photo Gallery
A wooden sign with the word STOP stands in front of what was an electric barbed wire fence inside the former Nazi German ...
After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission
Fürst, now 92, is one of a dwindling number of Holocaust survivors able to share first-person accounts of the horrors they ...
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‘I did not understand I was still alive’: At 100, Auschwitz survivor recalls Holocaust horrors
A 100-year-old Holocaust survivor in San Francisco recounts the horrors of the Lodz Ghetto and the concentration camps. She ...
Her grandfather drove trains to Auschwitz. My great-grandmother died there
I never got to meet my grandfather Ludvig, who survived the Holocaust, or his mother Rachel. They were put onto a cattle cart ...
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 ...
The Tattooist of Auschwitz's son visits camp for first time - 'my knees were shaking'
Gary Sokolov's journey to Auschwitz was more than a visit; it was a haunting pilgrimage to the heart of his family's history, ...