Poland Auschwitz 80th Anniversary

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.
Survivors mark liberation from Auschwitz on 80th anniversary
World leaders, royalty and dignitaries are meeting at Auschwitz-Birkenau today to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation, but the remaining survivors and their message will remain the focus of events.
History Today: How the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated 80 years ago
Soviet forces approached the Auschwitz concentration camp and liberated the prisoners from the Nazi regime’s horrific crimes. This day is now observed as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Also,
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.
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,
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.
80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz: Imperialist barbarism returns
Eighty years after the liberation of Auschwitz, genocide, the persecution of millions of people because of their origin, war ...
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 ...
Anti-extremism center opens in former house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss
Anti-extremism center opens in former house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss - A U.S.-based organization is transforming ...
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 ...
'If you lost weight, you were sent to the gas chamber': The Auschwitz ordeal of a 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 ...
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 ...
One of the dwindling numbers of Auschwitz survivors makes telling the stories his mission
A dwindling number of Holocaust survivors are able to share first-person accounts of the horrors they endured, as the world ...
How We Must Continue to Fight Antisemitism 80 Years After the Liberation of Auschwitz
M onday, Jan. 27, marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Ten days prior to the ...
Auschwitz was an 'industrial apparatus to kill people'
Most of them were Jews, but countless thousands were Roma and Sinti, people with disabilities, homosexuals, politicial ...