Auschwitz survivors will be joined by world leaders on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops. The anniversary at the site of the camp, which Nazi Germany set up in occupied Poland during World War Two,
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.
French President Emmanuel Macron honours Geneviève Callerot, a WWII Resistance activist and author, who passed away at 108.
PARIS — France’s President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to ... that combatted the country’s World War II occupation by Nazi Germany, died Thursday in a care home in Saint-Aulaye ...
Holocaust survivors, President Andrzej Duda and First Lady Agata Kornhauser–Duda and world leaders gathered in Poland on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German Auschwitz–Birkenau death camp, where more than 1.1 million people perished during World War II.
World leaders, royalty and dignitaries are meeting at Auschwitz-Birkenau today to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation, but the remaining survivors and their message will remain the focus of events.
Dozens of world leaders, including Britain’s king and the president of Ukraine, joined a dwindling group of Nazi death camp survivors on Monday in southern Poland to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Red Army’s liberation of Auschwitz,
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 on the 80th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation.
On Saturday, at a rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Elon Musk called on Germany to “move on” from its “past guilt”, provoking controversial reactions. The statement, made just days before the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz,
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.
In all, 56 survivors gathered under a huge tent on Monday set up over a gate and railway tracks at the site of the former camp.
King Charles has made history today as the first British head of state to visit Auschwitz, joining European royalty to mark 80 years since the Nazi death camp's liberation. The King attended a poignant ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial in Poland,