The solemn commemoration came amid a worldwide spike in antisemitism and new surveys suggesting basic knowledge of the Holocaust is eroding.
Gut’s grandmother survived Auschwitz. In 2023, Weisz-Gut moved to the town where the concentration camp is located.
Among 34,000 people in the town of Oświęcim is just one Jew – a young Israeli named Hila Weisz-Gut. It’s an interesting choice of residence, given the most famous feature of the town is its proximity to the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz – where at least 1.
Survivors of Auschwitz are returning to the notorious Nazi concentration camp to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation by the Red Army. NBC News’ Jay Gray reports from Oświęcim, Poland.
One man's daring mission to infiltrate Auschwitz revealed its atrocities to the world – this is his story.
The largest camp in the entire system of Nazi concentration and extermination camps, where more than 1 million people perished at the hands of Hitler’s regime, has become one of the best-known symbols of the Holocaust.
Around 50 survivors of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz gathered together for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp.
Monday's ceremony is widely being treated as the last major observance that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend.
King Charles is the first British monarch to visit the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Tomorrow marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi concentration and death camp where more than 1.1 million people were murdered between 1940 and 1945, about 85% of whom were Jews.
Russian diplomats will not participate in the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oświęcim, announced Sergey Andreev, the Russian ambassador to Poland.
Holocaust survivors and world leaders attended ceremonies in Poland on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.