About 50 survivors are joining King Charles and world leaders for commemorations including a service and speeches.
Auschwitz survivors were being joined by world leaders on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops, one of the last such gatherings of those who experienced its horrors.
About 50 survivors are joining King Charles and world leaders for commemorations including a service and speeches.
The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being observed at the site of the former death camp.
World leaders and a dwindling group of survivors are joining ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp by the Red Army.
Nazi German forces murdered some 1.1 million people at the site in southern Poland, which was under German occupation during World War II.
The ceremony is widely regarded as the last major observance likely to see a significant number of survivors in attendance.
Monday, marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen
Holocaust survivors and world leaders gathered in Poland on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, where the Nazi Germans killed more than 1.1 million people during World War II.
Polish President Andrzej Duda speaks at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the camp's liberation in Oswiecim,
Elderly camp survivors, some wearing striped scarves that recall their prison uniforms, walked to the the Death Wall, where prisoners were executed. Across Europe, officials were pausing to remember.
By Barbara Erling and Kuba Stezycki OSWIECIM, Poland (Reuters) -Auschwitz survivors were being joined by world leaders on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops,