Eighty years ago on January 27, 1945, soldiers from Russia's Red Army entered the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland and were the first to discover the horrors of the concentration camp where more than a million people,

The 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation is marked by Holocaust Memorial Day on Monday, January 27 this year. It's a day to remember the millions murdered by Nazi persecution and one that should never be forgotten. As Holocaust survivor and human rights campaigner Elie Wiesel said: "To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice."

Charles III will pay Holocaust Memorial Day tribute ‘both as man and monarch’ to mark 80th anniversary of death camp’s liberation

Commemorations are being held Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp by Soviet troops.

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — A U.S.-based organization is transforming the house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss into a research center devoted to fighting extremism, and is introducing it to the public on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on Monday.

An exclusive interview with Auschwitz survivor and award-winning photographer Ryszard Horowitz, on his extraordinary life and his perilous childhood as a Jewish boy in Nazi-occupied Kraków.

Eighty years after the liberation of Auschwitz, genocide, the persecution of millions of people because of their origin, war and even the possible use of nuclear weapons are once again considered “normal.

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,

"To this day I remember the hug I got from my father when he said goodbye." Born in 1924, Marianne Philipps grew up in a Jewish family in the German capital, Berlin.

This year, the theme Holocaust Memorial Day is 'For a Better Future'; and marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp complex. Here on the Isle of Man, a special service held over the weekend saw people gather at St Mary of the Isle Cathedral on Hill Street in Douglas.

No film or television show can adequately communicate the horrors of the Holocaust. They can, however, function as a warning from history that we must never forget – a message especially relevant as the world marks Holocaust Memorial Day today.