Auschwitz survivors warn of rising hatred on 80th anniversary of death camp's liberation
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.
Survivor speaks on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 80th anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation
This International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi labor and extermination camp where 1.1 million people were murdered. SS chief Heinrich Himmler was the mastermind of what’s known as the “final solution” the deliberate and systematic plan for the mass murder of the Jewish people
Silence pervades Auschwitz on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation
Silence pervades the site of Auschwitz-Birkenau today. Sometimes the only sounds are the soft footsteps of visitors, people who come from all over the world to mourn and to learn, and the voices of their guides speaking in hushed tones into microphones trying to explain the ungraspable.
AP Photos: Silence pervades Auschwitz on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the camp's liberation
Silence pervades the site of Auschwitz-Birkenau today. It can feel that time has stood still at the place where Nazi German forces killed 1.1 million people, most of them Jews. There are the barracks which housed prisoners,
Holocaust survivors mark 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
Some of the last living survivors spoke of worrying signs that safeguards of “never again” are falling away while antisemitism rises.
80 years after Auschwitz liberation, a survivor's powerful plea: 'We cannot forget'
Tova Friedman, 86, is one of a dwindling number of survivors sharing their message on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025.
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