After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission
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After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission

LA Times  

Naftali Fürst will never forget his first view of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, on Nov. 3, 1944. “In Slovakia, we knew that people who went to Poland didn’t return.” Strokes of luck Fürst and his family arrived at the entrance to Auschwitz on Nov. 3, 1944 — one day after Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler ordered the cessation of the use of the gas chambers ahead of their demolition, as the Soviet troops neared. “It just kept getting worse all day, we couldn’t get any information what was happening with them,” said Fürst. “We saw the horrors, that we couldn’t imagine this type of horror is happening in 2023, 80 years after the Holocaust.” Toward midnight on Oct. 7, Peleg’s neighbors sent word that the family had survived. Fürst knows that he is one of very few Holocaust survivors still able to travel to Auschwitz, so it’s important for him to be present there to mark the anniversary.

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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
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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 …

World marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
2 months ago

World marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation

Raw Story  

by Dario THUBURN Some of the few remaining survivors of Auschwitz returned to the notorious Nazi death camp on Monday as the world marked the 80th anniversary of its liberation. "When I arrived in Auschwitz and got off the train, I saw the pits where human corpses were burned because the crematoria could not keep up," Iwanska, a 94-year-old Warsaw-born …

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

After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission
2 months ago

After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission

Associated Press  

HAIFA, Israel — Naftali Fürst will never forget his first view of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, on Nov. 3, 1944. “In Slovakia, we knew that people who went to Poland didn’t return.” Strokes of luck Fürst and his family arrived at the entrance to Auschwitz on Nov. 3, 1943 – one day after Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler ordered the cessation …

The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war

The Independent  

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The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war

Associated Press  

OSWIECIM, Poland — Holocaust survivors and survivors of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel were among thousands who took part Monday in the March of the Living, a yearly memorial march at the site of Auschwitz that honors the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and celebrates the state of Israel. This year, the mood at the march was …

Annual memorial march at Auschwitz former death camp overshadowed by Israel-Hamas war
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Annual memorial march at Auschwitz former death camp overshadowed by Israel-Hamas war

LA Times  

People walk through the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau as they attend the annual Holocaust remembrance event, the March of the Living, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Monday in memory of the 6 million Holocaust victims. U.S. university presidents joined Holocaust survivors and thousands of Israelis on Monday for the March of the Living, a yearly memorial march at the …

Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day
1 year, 2 months ago

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

Associated Press  

OSWIECIM, Poland — A group of survivors of Nazi death camps marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony Saturday in southern Poland. Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the survivors were accompanied by Polish Senate Speaker Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska, Culture Minister Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz and Israeli Ambassador to Poland Yacov Livne. …

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

Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day
1 year, 2 months ago

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

LA Times  

Holocaust survivors and relatives arrive for a ceremony at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, on Saturday. A group of survivors of Nazi death camps marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony Saturday in southern Poland. Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the survivors were accompanied by …

International Holocaust Remembrance Day rings differently this year
1 year, 2 months ago

International Holocaust Remembrance Day rings differently this year

NPR  

International Holocaust Remembrance Day rings differently this year Enlarge this image toggle caption Wilfredo Lee/AP Wilfredo Lee/AP A small, sepia photograph of little boys standing in a synagogue, wearing prayer shawls and payos sits behind glass in the first gallery of the Holocaust Museum L.A. "I feel very lucky to have a photo of my grandfather as part of our …

International Holocaust Remembrance Day has special significance for young people with Jewish roots in Poland
1 year, 2 months ago

International Holocaust Remembrance Day has special significance for young people with Jewish roots in Poland

Hindustan Times  

For ten years now, an empty streetcar has rolled silently through the streets of Warsaw on January 27. Of the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust, the vast majority were killed in occupied Poland, which is why many Jews continue to regard Poland as a large cemetery. Searching for their Jewish roots It is not unusual in Poland for …

Warsaw Ghetto uprising survivor honored on 80th anniversary
1 year, 11 months ago

Warsaw Ghetto uprising survivor honored on 80th anniversary

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Tova Gutstein was born in Warsaw the year Adolf Hitler took power in Germany. At the height of the ghetto’s horrors in 1941, one Jew died on average, every nine minutes from infectious diseases, starvation or Nazi violence, said David Silberklang, a senior historian at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center. At last year’s Holocaust remembrance ceremony, …

Auschwitz anniversary marked as peace again shattered by war
2 years, 2 months ago

Auschwitz anniversary marked as peace again shattered by war

Associated Press  

OSWIECIM, Poland — Auschwitz-Birkenau survivors and other mourners commemorated the 78th anniversary Friday of the Nazi German death camp’s liberation, some expressing horror that war has again shattered peace in Europe and the lesson of Never Again is being forgotten. “Remaining indifferent is tantamount to condoning murder.” Russian President Vladimir Putin attended observances marking the 60th anniversary of the camp’s …

Russia slams Poland for not inviting its envoy to commemorate liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp
2 years, 2 months ago

Russia slams Poland for not inviting its envoy to commemorate liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp

Firstpost  

In the Holocaust, 6 million Jews were wiped out by the Nazis and their allies New Delhi: The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Thursday slammed Poland’s decision to not invite the Russian ambassador to the events commemorating the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by the Soviet Red Army in 1945. Maria Zakharova said on Telegram: “No matter how our …

‘No more fascism.’ Auschwitz survivors mark anniversary as war in Ukraine evokes grim parallels
2 years, 2 months ago

‘No more fascism.’ Auschwitz survivors mark anniversary as war in Ukraine evokes grim parallels

LA Times  

Zvika Karavany, 72, a Yemeni-born Israeli, wipes his tears in front of the Death Wall at Auschwitz during ceremonies marking the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp in Poland. “Remaining indifferent is tantamount to condoning murder.” Russian President Vladimir Putin attended observances marking the 60th anniversary of the camp’s liberation in 2005. “Of …

Survivors unite to deliver message on Holocaust remembrance
2 years, 11 months ago

Survivors unite to deliver message on Holocaust remembrance

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Holocaust survivors across the world have united to deliver a message on the dangers of unchecked hate and the importance of remembrance at a time of rising global antisemitism. In a video released Thursday to mark Yom HaShoah -- Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day -- 100 Holocaust survivors asked people to stand with them and remember the Nazi …

Survivors unite to deliver message on Holocaust remembrance
2 years, 11 months ago

Survivors unite to deliver message on Holocaust remembrance

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 Holocaust survivors across the world …

Auschwitz survivors mark anniversary online amid pandemic
4 years, 2 months ago

Auschwitz survivors mark anniversary online amid pandemic

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. Other institutions around the world, including the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial …

On 75th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz, Holocaust survivors plead for world to 'never forget' atrocities
5 years, 2 months ago

On 75th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz, Holocaust survivors plead for world to 'never forget' atrocities

Firstpost  

The ceremony at Auschwitz culminated a week of events around the world, including a commemoration in Jerusalem attended by dozens of world leaders, who urged collective vigilance against a resurgence of anti-Semitism worldwide Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland: They wore scarves emblazoned with their prisoner numbers, the same ones tattooed on their arms. I’m sorry, I apologise for the emotions.” The ceremony at …

Auschwitz was liberated 75 years ago. But survivors know anti-Semitism is alive and well
5 years, 2 months ago

Auschwitz was liberated 75 years ago. But survivors know anti-Semitism is alive and well

LA Times  

Polish President Andrzej Duda walks with survivors through the gates of Auschwitz for the 75th anniversary of its liberation in Oswiecim, Poland. Fears of such indifference have increased recently with growing violence against Jews in Europe and the U.S. “We are in the factory of death,” said Polish President Andrzej Duda, a host of the ceremony. The declining number of …

75 years after Nazi death camp was liberated, the world pauses to remember (opinion)
5 years, 2 months ago

75 years after Nazi death camp was liberated, the world pauses to remember (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Ronald S. Lauder is president of the World Jewish Congress, which has just launched the #WeRemember campaign in the lead-up to International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27. CNN — Seventy-five years ago, the Soviet army reached Auschwitz-Birkenau, threw open the extermination camp’s hateful gates and liberated those who had survived the Nazis’ horrors. Ronald S. Lauder World …

Russia-Poland feud over history clouds Auschwitz anniversary
5 years, 2 months ago

Russia-Poland feud over history clouds Auschwitz anniversary

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Over the next several days, world leaders will gather twice to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of Nazi Germany’s death camps. Ahead of Thursday’s ceremony in Jerusalem, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin implored world leaders assembled for a dinner at his official residence to “leave history for the historians.” “The role …

AP PHOTOS: After Auschwitz, survivors still bear witness
5 years, 2 months ago

AP PHOTOS: After Auschwitz, survivors still bear witness

Associated Press  

Seventy-five years after the killing stopped at Auschwitz, the survivors still bear witness, and many observe the rising hatred and anti-Semitism in the world today with a sense of deep disquiet. Ahead of commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by the Soviet army, Associated Press reporters and photographers visited survivors in Germany, Poland, Sweden, Russia, the …

Auschwitz was liberated 75 years ago. But politics are complicating the celebration
5 years, 2 months ago

Auschwitz was liberated 75 years ago. But politics are complicating the celebration

LA Times  

More than 1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered at the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Partitioned by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that year, Poland lost a fifth of its population in World War II; 90% of Polish Jews were killed in the Holocaust. Putin called the Polish ambassador to Nazi Germany “a scum and an anti-Semite pig.” He …

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. …

The Auschwitz survivors who were reunited 72 years after their love bloomed among the barbed wire
5 years, 3 months ago

The Auschwitz survivors who were reunited 72 years after their love bloomed among the barbed wire

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 The first time he spoke …

Holocaust Memorial Day 2019: Three unsung heroes who helped Europe's Jews escape the Nazis
6 years, 2 months ago

Holocaust Memorial Day 2019: Three unsung heroes who helped Europe's Jews escape the Nazis

The Independent  

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Holocaust Memorial Day: Survivor fears deniers are winning
7 years, 2 months ago

Holocaust Memorial Day: Survivor fears deniers are winning

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on Saturday, January 27. The rise of social media has left Holocaust survivors facing what Goldberg calls “a losing battle.” Manfred Goldberg now lives in London with his wife, Shary. William & Kate walk through the death gates at Stutthof concentration camp with survivors Zigi Shipper & Manfred Goldberg #RoyalTourPoland pic.twitter.com/mr3p5N2s6i — Rhiannon …

Auschwitz survivors return to camp, don prisoner garb to pay homage to victims on remembrance day
8 years, 2 months ago

Auschwitz survivors return to camp, don prisoner garb to pay homage to victims on remembrance day

ABC  

Dozens of Auschwitz survivors placed wreaths and flowers at the infamous execution wall of the former German death camp, paying homage to the victims of Adolf Hitler's regime exactly 72 years after the camp's liberation. They walked slowly beneath the notorious gate with the words "Arbeit Macht Frei" and made their way as a group to the execution wall, where …

Holocaust Memorial Day: Concentration camp survivors walk back into Auschwitz
10 years, 2 months ago

Holocaust Memorial Day: Concentration camp survivors walk back into Auschwitz

The Independent  

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National Holocaust remembrance held in Amsterdam
10 years, 2 months ago

National Holocaust remembrance held in Amsterdam

NL Times  

Civic leaders in the Netherlands met in Amsterdam Sunday to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps. The ceremony began with survivors of concentration camps, residents, and leadership walking from city hall to the Auschwitz memorial in Wertheimpark, a small park in the center of Amsterdam. Amsterdam Mayor Eberhard van der Laan was joined by …

Auschwitz anniv reminder of what happens when we stay silent: World Jewish Congress President
10 years, 2 months ago

Auschwitz anniv reminder of what happens when we stay silent: World Jewish Congress President

Firstpost  

He said the commemorations on 27 January to mark the day Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz in 1945 would be the last major anniversary when survivors would be able to attend in numbers. Warsaw: Next month`s 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp is a reminder, at a time when anti-Semitism is on the rise again, of what …

Remembrance Day should only focus on World War II: Jewish groups
11 years, 10 months ago

Remembrance Day should only focus on World War II: Jewish groups

Dutch News  

The Remembrance Day commemorations on May 4 should focus only on the victims of World War II, including 102,000 Jewish Dutch nationals, according to the head of a Jewish social work group in Wednesday’s Volkskrant. Hans Vuijsje says the Jewish community has been deeply hurt by expanding the Remembrance Day event to cover soldiers who died in conflicts post 1945. …

Remembrance Day should only focus on World War II: Jewish groups
11 years, 10 months ago

Remembrance Day should only focus on World War II: Jewish groups

Dutch News  

The Remembrance Day commemorations on May 4 should focus only on the victims of World War II, including 102,000 Jewish Dutch nationals, according to the head of a Jewish social work group in Wednesday’s Volkskrant. Hans Vuijsje says the Jewish community has been deeply hurt by expanding the Remembrance Day event to cover soldiers who died in conflicts post 1945. …

Remembering the Holocaust one scrap at a time
11 years, 11 months ago

Remembering the Holocaust one scrap at a time

Salon  

For its 20th birthday this year, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum went on “tour” – its word, not mine. To the Hilton, a grandmother brought a stuffed rabbit that had been made for her in Theresienstadt, the “artists’ camp,” where she’d been deported as a child. I gave away too much to the Schpielberg people,” she said, meaning the …

Survivors, world leaders mark 65th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz
15 years, 2 months ago

Survivors, world leaders mark 65th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz

China Daily  

Holocaust survivors joined world leaders in southern Poland on Wednesday to mark the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the infamous World War II Nazi concentration camp. Hundreds of people braved snow and sub-freezing temperatures to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day at Auschwitz, Nazi Germany's most infamous concentration camp. Auschwitz and nearby Birkenau, were the largest of the concentration …

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