The rail tracks of Auschwitz still cross the area as aging reminders of horror
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The rail tracks of Auschwitz still cross the area as aging reminders of horror

Associated Press  

OSWIECIM, Poland — During World War II, men, women and children were transported from across Europe to Auschwitz-Birkenau, horrendous journeys in which they were packed into cramped cattle cars. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Old railroad tracks once used to transport Jews and others from across Europe to Auschwitz, the Nazi German extermination and labor camp, runs along a road in the town of Oswiecim, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 23. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Old railroad tracks once used to transport Jews and others from across Europe to Auschwitz, the Nazi German extermination and labor camp, cut through the town of Oswiecim, Poland, Friday, Jan. 24. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Old railroad tracks once used to transport Jews and others from across Europe to Auschwitz, the Nazi German extermination and labor camp, cut through the town of Oswiecim, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 23. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Old railroad tracks once used to transport Jews and others from across Europe to Auschwitz, the Nazi German extermination and labor camp, cut through the town of Oswiecim, Poland, Saturday, Jan. 25.

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World War II Nazi camp survivors revisit the site they were tortured | Photos
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World War II Nazi camp survivors revisit the site they were tortured | Photos

Hindustan Times  

World War II Nazi camp survivors revisit the site they were tortured | Photos World War II Holocaust survivors gathered at Auschwitz on Monday to honour lost lives. World War II Holocaust survivors gathered at Auschwitz on Monday to honour lost lives. 1 / 10 On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp …

Watch: Auschwitz survivors return to camp on 80th anniversary of liberation
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Watch: Auschwitz survivors return to camp on 80th anniversary of liberation

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Watch as Holocaust survivors returned …

‘Hell on Earth’: Who were the victims killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz?
2 months ago

‘Hell on Earth’: Who were the victims killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz?

Al Jazeera  

“The sky was red, and the air smelled like burned meat. People like us.” — Ceija Stojka, Auschwitz survivor Eighty years ago, the Soviet Red Army liberated survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi extermination camp in the Silesian region of southern Poland. Defined as “racially inferior”, the Roma were placed in a designated “Gypsy family camp”, or “Zigeunerlager”, located in the …

Auschwitz: Survivors mark 80th anniversary of liberation of Nazi death camp
2 months ago

Auschwitz: Survivors mark 80th anniversary of liberation of Nazi death camp

CNN  

CNN — “It doesn’t do any good for your heart, for your mind, for anything,” said Holocaust survivor Jona Laks, 94, about her return to Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. “It’s necessary for the world to know.” Monday marks Holocaust Memorial Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz camp complex, where Laks spent more than a …

Auschwitz survivors warn of rising hatred on 80th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation
2 months ago

Auschwitz survivors warn of rising hatred on 80th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation

LA Times  

Survivors and relatives place candles near the Death Wall during a ceremony at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former Nazi-run concentration camp in Poland, on Jan. 27, 2025. Auschwitz survivors warned Monday of the rising antisemitism and hatred that 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 …

Silence pervades Auschwitz on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation
2 months ago

Silence pervades Auschwitz on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation

Associated Press  

OSWIECIM, Poland — Silence pervades the site of Auschwitz-Birkenau today. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print People visit the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, a former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Friday, Jan. 24. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print People visit the …

Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle
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2 months ago

Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — The world’s focus will be on the remaining survivors of Nazi Germany’s atrocities on Monday as world leaders and royalty join them for commemorations on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The main observances take place at the site in southern Poland where Nazi Germany murdered over a million people, most of them Jews, but …

Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day
1 year, 1 month ago

Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A group of survivors of …

Greek city marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz train convoy
2 years ago

Greek city marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz train convoy

Associated Press  

THESSALONIKI, Greece — Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, commemorated on Sunday the 80th anniversary of the departure of the first train convoy for the Auschwitz camp. European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas said that, just like the Nuremberg court administered justice after World War II, “The Hague awaits those who think they will play history’s executioners.” Schinas also made reference to …

Partying at Auschwitz: Photos show Nazis as they relax at death camp where 1.1million were killed
2 years, 7 months ago

Partying at Auschwitz: Photos show Nazis as they relax at death camp where 1.1million were killed

Daily Mail  

Photos of Nazis taken at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during its most lethal period, June 1944 to January 1945, in which 400,000 Hungarian Jews were murdered, show them sunbathing, eating blueberries and preparing Christmas trees. A nazi can be seen lighting Yule Trees at the Auschwitz camp in the Christmas period of 1944 while Jews are killed This photo was taken …

Mass burial site found near Auschwitz
3 years, 9 months ago

Mass burial site found near Auschwitz

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Prosecutors in Poland are in …

AP PHOTOS: Auschwitz, 75 years after its liberation
5 years, 2 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Auschwitz, 75 years after its liberation

Associated Press  

OSWIECIM, Poland — On Jan. 27, 1945, the Soviet Red Army liberated the Auschwitz death camp in German-occupied Poland. Auschwitz is in fact not one camp, but two: Auschwitz I, built in an abandoned Polish military base, and Auschwitz II, or Birkenau, a much bigger complex that went up later about two miles away to expedite the Nazis’ Final Solution. …

Auschwitz Museum protests death camp images on skirts, bags
5 years, 10 months ago

Auschwitz Museum protests death camp images on skirts, bags

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — The Auschwitz Memorial and Museum has complained to an e-commerce site that was selling miniskirts, tote bags and other items printed with photos of the former Nazi German death camp where around 1.1 million people were killed during World War II. The museum in Poland learned about the products offered on Australian e-commerce site Redbubble from people …

Auschwitz museum tells visitors to WWII Nazi concentration camp to stop posing for pictures on train tracks
6 years ago

Auschwitz museum tells visitors to WWII Nazi concentration camp to stop posing for pictures on train tracks

ABC  

The Auschwitz memorial and museum has been forced to issue a reminder to visitors to not use the train tracks at the site of the Nazi German concentration camp as a "balance beam". Key points: The Auschwitz museum says visitors "should behave with due solemnity and respect" Trains were used to transport prisoners to Nazi concentration camps during World War …

Naked men and women slaughter a sheep at Auschwitz camp
8 years ago

Naked men and women slaughter a sheep at Auschwitz camp

Daily Mail  

A group of naked men and women today slaughtered a sheep in a bizarre ritual at the former Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Poland. More than 100,000 non-Jews, including Poles, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war and anti-Nazi resistance fighters also died at the death camp Museum guards at the site in the southern city of Oswiecim immediately intervened, and police …

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