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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.

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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Watch live: Holocaust survivors return to Auschwitz on 80th anniversary of liberation

Watch live as Holocaust survivors return to Auschwitz in Poland on Monday, 27 January, marking 80 years since the concentration camp was liberated. Holocaust Memorial Day is held yearly on 27 January to commemorate the memory of the six million Jews and other groups who the Nazis murdered in the Holocaust.

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Holocaust Memorial Day: Auschwitz on 80th anniversary of liberation

General views of the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau on the 80th anniversary of its liberation. Heads of state and world leaders will gather at the site later to remember those who perished at the hands of the Nazi regime.

Hungarian Jews remember Holocaust tragedy

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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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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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Pittsburgh families tell survivors' stories from Auschwitz 80 years later on Holocaust Remembrance Day

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the families of two survivors who resettled in Pittsburgh shared their stories.

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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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Oświęcim’s sole Jewish resident reflects on modern antisemitism on 80th anniversary of Auschwitz camp’s liberation

Among 34,000 people in the town of Oświęcim is just one Jew – a young Israeli named Hila Weisz-Gut. It’s an interesting ...

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‘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 ...

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

Auschwitz survivors have warned of the rising antisemitism and hatred in the modern world as they gathered with world leaders ...

Museum works to preserve the shoes of Auschwitz’s youngest victims

The Holocaust • The Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between ...

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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 ...

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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