Among 34,000 people in the town of Oświęcim is just one Jew – a young Israeli named Hila Weisz-Gut. It’s an interesting choice of residence, given the most famous feature of the town is its proximity to the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz – where at least 1.
Some of the few remaining survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau have returned to the Nazi-German concentration and death camp, condemning a "huge rise" in antisemitism on the 80th anniversary of its liberation.
Tova Friedman of Highland Park knows the definition of antisemitism. She lived it as a child, and as a survivor of Auschwitz.
World leaders and a dwindling group of survivors joined in a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp by the Red Army.
Politicians were asked not to speak at this year's event, as it could be the last time survivors gather on 27 January, the date when the Soviets liberated the Nazi death camp in 1945. View on euronews
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.
The liberation of Auschwitz is being commemorated in the shadow of rising antisemitism in Australia and globally.
Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazis' largest death camp, witnessed unimaginable horrors, where 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered. Survivors gathered on International Holocaust Remembrance Day,
The virulent antisemitism that led to the Holocaust is still rampant around the globe today, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder said against the backdrop of Monday’s solemn commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the former Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was liberated on January 27, 1945. 80 years later, it is our responsibility to remember. #WeRemember.
Billionaire Elon Musk’s exuberant use of a Nazi salute multiple times at the inauguration of Donald Trump is as despicable as it can get and has profound implications on the direction of the United States under Trump’s second term as President.