One man's daring mission to infiltrate Auschwitz revealed its atrocities to the world – this is his story.

But Pilecki's smuggled reports about Auschwitz's horrors fell on deaf ears, and so he escaped in 1943 - only to be imprisoned by Poland's Communist regime after the war and then executed.

DW looks back at the heated debate in Poland triggered by the decision.There are places on Polish soil that hold a deep significance not only for Poles but also for Jews and many people in Israel.

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — 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 ...

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Oded Balilty started with the AP as a freelancer in Jerusalem in 2002. He became a full-time staffer in 2005 and won the Pulitzer in ’07 for ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — 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 ...

Holocaust survivors gathered Monday, Jan. 27, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in ...

On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, survivor Tova Friedman says she thought she was the "only Jewish child in the world".

Oswiecim, Poland — A memorial service to mark 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops was held Monday at the site of the former death camp, a ceremony that was widely treated ...

World leaders rubbed shoulders with 56 survivors of Hitler's death camp as they marked 80 years since its liberation.

WARSAW, Poland — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday visited the Nazi German extermination camp at Auschwitz, voicing his “sheer horror” at what he saw there, before holding talks ...

Before the Nazis chose Oswiciem as the site of the infamous death camp, Jews thrived in the city for half a millennium. Now, ...