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, ...
Auschwitz commander's home open to the public, converted into center for Holocaust history
The house, until this year, had always been in private hands. A U.S.-based group, the "Counter Extremism Project," has ...
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 ...
The Forward on MSN11d
The only Jew in Oświęcim, Poland, can see Auschwitz from her bedroom window
Some of them encountered the single Jew who lives there. Hila Weisz-Gut, 34, moved from Israel to Oświęcim, the Polish town ...
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, ...
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 ...
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.
CBS News13d
Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle
The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum says it expects about 50 survivors ... founded the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1940 in the Polish town of Oswiecim after their invasion of Poland in 1939.
Time on MSN11d
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 ...
Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle
The main observances take place at the site in southern Poland where Nazi Germany murdered over a million people ...
Yahoo11d
Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle
(AP Photo/Oded Balilty) Visitors look at the Gestapo office at the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, a former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland ...
Newsday13d
Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle
WARSAW, Poland — The world's focus will be ... even as new wars makes their warnings as relevant as ever. The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum says it expects about 50 survivors of Auschwitz ...