Auschwitz survivors and world leaders mark 80 years since Nazi death camp's liberation
The solemn commemoration came amid a worldwide spike in antisemitism and new surveys suggesting basic knowledge of the Holocaust is eroding.
Auschwitz survivors lay candles and wreaths as world remembers camp's liberation 80 years on
About 50 survivors are joining King Charles and world leaders for commemorations including a service and speeches.
Auschwitz: How death camp became centre of Nazi Holocaust
In just over four-and-a-half years, Nazi Germany systematically murdered at least 1.1 million people at Auschwitz, built in the south of occupied Poland near the town of Oswiecim. Auschwitz was at the centre of the Nazi campaign to eradicate Europe's Jewish population, and almost one million of those who died there were Jews.
80 years after Auschwitz liberation, a survivor's powerful plea: 'We cannot forget'
Tova Friedman, 86, is one of a dwindling number of survivors sharing their message on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025.
House next to Auschwitz opens to public amid alarming international survey results on Holocaust
The family home next to Auschwitz – immortalized on screen in last year’s Oscar-winning film ‘The Zone of Interest’ - is opening its doors to the public for the first time. This coincides with an alarming international survey examining Holocaust knowledge and awareness.
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 choice of residence, given the most famous feature of the town is its proximity to the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz – where at least 1.
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Half of American Adults Cannot Name a Concentration Camp
This chart shows the share of respondents unable to name a single Nazi concentration camp in a survey (in percent).
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Russia Marks 80th Anniversary of Liberation of Auschwitz
The Jewish Museum of Moscow commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Red Army’s liberation of Auschwitz, attended by Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar and five ambassadors. A "March of Life" occurred in Kaliningrad,
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Museum works to preserve shoes belonging to Auschwitz’s youngest victims
On the 80th anniversary of its liberation, survivors of the Holocaust gathered at the extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. Of the more than six million Jews murdered by the Nazis, 1.1 million were killed at Auschwitz,
'If you lost weight, you were sent to the gas chamber': Auschwitz ordeal of 13-year-old girl separated from her family
An Auschwitz survivor who was just 13 when she arrived at the concentration camp says the recent rise in antisemitism is driven by "ignorance". Separated from her mother as she passed through the gates,
Auschwitz survivors to mark 80th anniversary of camp’s liberation
Last milestone anniversary’ will see political leaders listening to survivors’ voices rather than making speeches
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Montrealers commemorate 80 years since Auschwitz liberation
The Gelber Centre was packed Monday night for the Montreal Holocaust Museum’s commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp where more than a million