The solemn commemoration came amid a worldwide spike in antisemitism and new surveys suggesting basic knowledge of the Holocaust is eroding.
KCRA Documentary screens at University of Arkansas The home is the former residence of the commander of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, Rudolph Höss. The house recently featured heavily in the movie "Zone of Interest,
This seemingly ordinary house next door serves as a chilling reminder of "just how close heaven can be to hell on earth."
The main observances take place at the site in southern Poland where Nazi Germany murdered over a million people
On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, Tamás Léderer still can't shake the sense that the world hasn't learned from the horrors of the 20th
The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops was observed at the site of the former Nazi death camp.
Commemorations are being held Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp by Soviet troops ... for elimination in Adolf Hitler's racial ideology.
The Soviet Red Army troops that arrived here on Jan. 27, 1945, helped uncover one of the greatest atrocities ever committed by — and against — humankind. Inside the Auschwitz concentration ...
OŚWIĘCIM, Poland — The Soviet Red Army troops that arrived here on Jan. 27, 1945, helped uncover one of the greatest atrocities ever committed by — and against — humankind. Inside the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, the soldiers liberated ...
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,
So, on Monday to be in the presence of survivors of this atrocity surrounded by global leaders was indeed a privilege. Thankfully, these global leaders took a back seat and listened, for perhaps the last time to those who suffered and witnessed at first hand one of humanity’s greatest atrocities.
We commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, designated by the United Nations to mark the anniversary of the January 27, 1945 liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp.