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.
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.
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,
‘Never forget’: Auschwitz survivor recalls Nazi crimes ahead of anniversary
On Monday she will be among some 50 survivors who will return to Auschwitz for the 80th anniversary of its liberation by Soviet troops at a special ceremony with heads of state including Britain’s King Charles III.
Survivors centre stage for 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
Some of the few remaining survivors of Auschwitz will gather at the site of the Nazi death camp on Monday as the world marks the 80th anniversary of its liberation
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.
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 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 ...
'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 ...
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 ...
'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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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King Charles to make history as he visits Auschwitz on 80th anniversary of camp's liberation
The King will make history as he becomes the first British monarch to visit the Auschwitz concentration camp on Monday.
Woman born at gates of Nazi concentration camp survived because of ‘luck’
A woman who was born at the gates of a concentration camp after her mother volunteered to follow her husband to Auschwitz has ...