A Holocaust survivor who lived through four concentration camps as a young boy will return to Auschwitz to mark 80 years since the liberation of one of the Nazi's most
Fürst, now 92, is one of a dwindling number of Holocaust survivors able to share first-person accounts of the horrors they endured, as the world marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazis’ most notorious death camp. Fürst is returning to Auschwitz for the annual occasion, his fourth trip to the camp.
A Holocaust survivor who lived through four concentration camps as a young boy will return to Auschwitz to mark 80 years since the liberation of one of the Nazi's most
On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, portraits of Holocaust survivors serve as a reminder of the consequences of antisemitism
HAIFA, Israel (AP) -- Naftali Fürst will never forget his first view of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, on Nov. 3, 1944. He was 12 years old. SS soldiers threw open the doors of the ...
That creates risks: the Holocaust didn’t begin with mass murder. The dehumanization of Jews progressed gradually from public exclusion to eventual internment to finally extermination. Millions of regular Germans—and Europeans more broadly—facilitated or silently accepted these actions.
Prior to the Monday afternoon commemoration event, a group of WJC steering committee members, leading Jewish communal officials, and representatives from Bayer and BASF visited the site of Monowitz (Auschwitz III).
Jews in Hungary and around the world are observing Holocaust Remembrance Day 80 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.
The situation of Jews today is the worst it has been since the Holocaust, and the lessons of Auschwitz demand that we act — not just to protect Jewish communities but to uphold the dignity and
An Auschwitz survivor has warned "do not allow yourself another lesson to learn", ahead of the 80th anniversary of the concentration camp's liberation. Susan Pollack, 94, asked why antisemitism has not yet been eradicated and said "it has the capacity to raise itself like a devil".
The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being observed at the site of the former death camp.