Auschwitz survivors and world leaders mark 80 years since Nazi death camp's liberation
The solemn commemoration came amid a worldwide spike in antisemitism and new surveys suggesting basic knowledge of the ...
Auschwitz commander's home open to the public, converted into center for Holocaust history
The house, until this year, had always been in private hands. A U.S.-based group, the "Counter Extremism Project," has purchased it. Now, in conjunction with the Auschwitz Museum and UNESCO, they have ...
Auschwitz commandant's daughter relives childhood with 'wonderful dad' Rudolf Hoess
Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess oversaw the slaughter of around 1.1 million Jews, along with 20,000 gypsies and tens of ...
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Ohio survivor of Holocaust shares stories of horrors
Even though Helen Marks has been alive more than eight decades, she remains in the unenviable position of still searching for ...
At Auschwitz memorial, survivors see echoes of the past in rising antisemitism
Auschwitz survivors have warned of the rising antisemitism and hatred in the modern world as they gathered with world leaders ...
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Museum works to preserve the shoes of Auschwitz’s youngest victims
The Holocaust • The Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between ...
Pittsburgh families tell survivors' stories from Auschwitz 80 years later on Holocaust Remembrance Day
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the families of two survivors who resettled in Pittsburgh shared their stories.
Auschwitz through Jewish eyes: Lessons and reflections on memory
The Wannsee villa in Berlin, where Nazi officials gathered to decide that the Jews of Europe will be killed, is where the ...
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Holocaust survivor speaks to area students
Marks had been just two years old when her mother sent her to live with a Catholic family to hide her from Nazis.