The representatives of Russia will not be invited to the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp which will be celebrated on 27 January 2025. Source: statement ...

Testimonies of Auschwitz survivors will be at the heart of events marking the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the ...

When Jerry Wartski saw the infamous gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau for the first time, which ironically read “Arbeit Macht Frei” – or German for “Work will set you free” – it was moments before his ...

Eva Schloss, who has died aged 96, was a friend of Jewish war diarist Anne Frank and a survivor of the Nazi death camps; in November 1953, she became Anne’s posthumous step-sister following the ...

"We tell these stories because perhaps we know that not to listen, not to want to know, would lead you to indifference, and indifference is never the answer." - Elie Wiesel, author and Auschwitz ...

They replace the March of the Living’s tradition of placing messages on plaques on the former concentration camp’s train tracks. (JTA) — Virtual memorial plaques were projected on to the “Arbeit Macht ...

The Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkinau is an enduring symbol of the Holocaust. Part of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's "Final Solution" plan of genocide against European Jews, the camp operated ...

In 1944, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escaped from Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Their harrowing testimonies and detailed sketches of the camp’s mass extermination practices exposed the ...

On one of the last days of the “before” era, I went to the Met Breuer to see “Gerhard Richter: Painting After All” — an extraordinary show that you can now see in a video tour online. As I walked to ...