The Polish town standing in Auschwitz’s shadow strains between its fraught history and its future
Oswiecim has more than eight centuries of history, and some are growing resentful that the world knows little about them ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency10d
The only Jew in Oświęcim, Poland, can see Auschwitz from her bedroom window
Gut's grandmother survived Auschwitz. In 2023, Weisz-Gut moved to the town where the concentration camp is located.
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Poland: Former Auschwitz commandant's house converted into anti-hate centre
From the windows of the house in which the infamous commandant of Auschwitz lived, one can still see the barracks of the ...
Survivors Mark Auschwitz 80th Liberation Anniversary
The ceremony is widely regarded as the last major observance likely to see a significant number of survivors in attendance.
Auschwitz survivors the focus of ceremony to mark 80 years since camp's liberation, Holocaust Remembrance Day
Survivors of the Nazi's notorious Auschwitz death camp are taking center stage at the memorial service to mark 80 years since ...
Chicago Sun-Times10d
Auschwitz survivors warn of rising hatred on 80th anniversary of death camp's liberation
Monday marked the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp in Oswiecim, Poland. Czarek Sokolowski/Associated Press Share OSWIECIM, Poland ...
The Times of Israel5d
In the shadow of Auschwitz, a museum commemorates an ancient Polish Jewish community
Before the Nazis chose Oswiciem as the site of the infamous death camp, Jews thrived in the city for half a millennium. Now, ...
Yahoo10d
Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle
FILE - Part of the Auschwitz war crimes court inspects the former Nazi extermination center in Poland in Dec. 1964, where more than four million, mostly Jews, perished during World War II ...
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 ...
Memorializing the Holocaust Needs to Go Beyond Auschwitz
That creates risks: the Holocaust didn’t begin with mass murder. The dehumanization of Jews progressed gradually from public ...
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Auschwitz survivors mark Holocaust Remembrance Day 80 years after liberation
BERLIN — World leaders and dozens of Holocaust survivors gathered Monday at the former site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death ...
Los Angeles Times10d
Auschwitz survivors warn of rising hatred on 80th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation
OSWIECIM, Poland — Auschwitz survivors warned Monday of the rising antisemitism and hatred that they are witnessing in the modern world as they gathered with world leaders and European royalty ...