The solemn commemoration came amid a worldwide spike in antisemitism and new surveys suggesting basic knowledge of the Holocaust is eroding.
This seemingly ordinary house next door serves as a chilling reminder of "just how close heaven can be to hell on earth."
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
At Auschwitz, the Germans left behind barracks and watchtowers, the remains of gas chambers and the hair and personal belongings of people killed there. The “Arbeit macht frei” (work will set you free) gate is recognized the world over.
Auschwitz survivors warned Monday of the rising antisemitism and hatred they are witnessing in the modern world as they gathered
In all, the Nazi regime murdered 6 million Jews from all over Europe, annihilating two-thirds of Europe's Jews and one-third of all Jews worldwide. In 2005, the United Nations designated Jan. 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
A HOLOCAUST survivor has revealed she was minutes away from being sent to her death at Auschwitz – before her train was diverted in a lucky twist of fate. Agnes Kaposi, 92, was just 11 years
Auschwitz survivors warned Monday of the rising antisemitism and hatred they are witnessing in the modern world as they gathered with world leaders and European royalty.
Chabad Shliach Rabbi Shalom Ber Stambler sounded the shofar and Israel's former Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau recited Kaddish at the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp in Auschwitz.
A ceremony Monday marking 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration camp will be attended by heads of state from around the world, but will focus on the voices of survivors some of whom may not live to see another commemoration .
The German authorities founded the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1940 in the Polish town ... remorse for the nation's crimes under Hitler, will be represented by both Chancellor Olaf Scholz ...