The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked at the site of the former death camp, a ...
Nazi German forces murdered some 1.1 million people at the site in southern Poland, which was under German occupation during World War II.
World leaders and survivors will gather on the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation to commemorate the lives lost and ...
The largest camp in the entire system of Nazi concentration and extermination camps, where more than 1 million people ...
The anniversary has taken on added poignancy due to the advanced age of the survivors, even as new wars makes their warnings ...
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 ...
The ceremony is widely regarded as the last major observance likely to see a significant number of survivors in attendance.
The solemn commemoration comes amid a worldwide spike in antisemitism and new surveys suggesting basic knowledge of the ...
On Jan. 27, 1945, the Soviet army liberated the Auschwitz network of concentration camps in Poland, freeing some 7,000 ...
Eighty years after the liberation of Auschwitz, genocide, the persecution of millions of people because of their origin, war ...
OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — A U.S.-based organization is transforming the house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss into a ...
The liberation of Auschwitz is being commemorated in the shadow of rising antisemitism in Australia and globally.