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Auschwitz survivors and world leaders mark 80 years since Nazi death camp's liberation

The solemn commemoration came amid a worldwide spike in antisemitism and new surveys suggesting basic knowledge of the Holocaust is eroding.

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Photos show the horrors of Auschwitz, the largest and deadliest Nazi concentration camp, 80 years after its liberation

Over 1.1 million people were murdered at Auschwitz, including nearly a million Jews. On the day of liberation 80 years ago, only 7,000 were saved.

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Hungarian Jews remember Holocaust tragedy 80 years after liberation of Auschwitz

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, in which nearly half a million Hungarian Jews lost their lives at the hands of the Nazis ...

Hungarian Jews remember Holocaust tragedy

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The Liberation of Auschwitz—Where More Than One Million Jews Were Killed—Took Place on This Day in 1945

When the Red Army liberated the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau on January 27, 1945, the soldiers encountered unimaginable horrors, including mass graves, the smoldering remains of gas chambers and prisoners starving to death.

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Hungarian Jews remember Holocaust tragedy 80 years after liberation of Auschwitz

Jews in Hungary and around the world are observing Holocaust Remembrance Day 80 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.

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Germany marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation

German lawmakers and political leaders marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp in 1945 with a ceremony in parliament. Auschwitz was at the center of Nazi Germany's campaign to exterminate Europe's Jewish population during World War II.

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At Auschwitz memorial, survivors see echoes of the past in rising antisemitism

Auschwitz survivors warned Monday of the rising antisemitism and hatred they are witnessing in the modern world as they ...

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Holocaust survivor to return German award over far-right role in parliamentary vote

A 99-year-old Holocaust survivor said on Thursday he would return his federal order of merit award to the German state in protest over a parliamentary vote in which support from the far-right was used ...

A gift shop at Auschwitz? New films, memoir explore the contradictions of ‘dark tourism’

The works explore a process familiar to Jewish visitors to the death camps and the former homes of vanished loved ones: an ...

‘We are united’: NYC Jewish, Muslim community members commemorate Auschwitz liberation

The memory of the Holocaust reminds us that the seeds of hatred must be confronted wherever they appear,” CAM Chief ...

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

During World War II, men, women and children were transported from across Europe to Auschwitz-Birkenau, horrendous journeys ...

Auschwitz commandant's daughter relives childhood with 'wonderful dad' Rudolf Hoess

Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess oversaw the slaughter of around 1.1 million Jews, along with 20,000 gypsies and tens of ...

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Auschwitz through Jewish eyes: Lessons and reflections on memory

The Wannsee villa in Berlin, where Nazi officials gathered to decide that the Jews of Europe will be killed, is where the ...

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Holocaust survivor speaks to area students

Marks had been just two years old when her mother sent her to live with a Catholic family to hide her from Nazis.

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