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The Liberation of Auschwitz—Where More Than One Million Jews Were Killed—Took Place on This Day in 1945
When the Red Army liberated the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau on January 27, 1945, the ...
At Auschwitz, a Solemn Ceremony at a Time of Rising Nationalism
World leaders and a dwindling group of survivors are joining ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the ...
'My family was murdered at Auschwitz. Her grandfather drove trains to the camp'
I never got to meet my grandfather Ludvig, who survived the Holocaust, or his mother Rachel. They were put onto a cattle cart to the Auschwitz death camp in 1944. Ludvig, who was about 15 at the time, ...
The rail tracks of Auschwitz still cross the area as aging reminders of horror
During World War II, men, women and children were transported from across Europe to Auschwitz-Birkenau, horrendous journeys ...
On This Day: Soviets liberate Auschwitz
On Jan. 27, 1945, the Soviet army liberated the Auschwitz network of concentration camps in Poland, freeing some 7,000 ...
Girl's Auschwitz survival retold in drama
The story of a 13-year-old girl who escaped death at Auschwitz by lying about her age is being retold as a drama. Milton ...
King’s ‘deeply personal pilgrimage’ as he becomes the first monarch to visit Auschwitz
Charles III will pay Holocaust Memorial Day tribute ‘both as man and monarch’ to mark 80th anniversary of death camp’s ...
Anti-extremism center opens in former house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss
A U.S.-based organization is transforming the house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss into a research center devoted to ...