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 ...
A gift shop at Auschwitz? New films, memoir explore the contradictions of ‘dark tourism’
The works explore a process familiar to Jewish visitors to the death camps and the former homes of vanished loved ones: an ...
Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle
At Auschwitz, the Germans left behind barracks and watchtowers, the remains of gas chambers and the hair and personal ...
‘Nothing will be easy about returning:’ Survivors mark 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
It doesn’t do any good for your heart, for your mind, for anything,” said Holocaust survivor Jona Laks, 94, about her return ...
Auschwitz survivors warn of rising hatred on the 80th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation
In all, 56 survivors gathered under a huge tent on Monday set up over a gate and railway tracks at the site of the former ...
At Auschwitz, a Solemn Ceremony at a Time of Rising Nationalism
World leaders and a dwindling group of survivors joined in a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.