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 ...
Remembering Auschwitz: 80 years on
The International Holocaust Remembrance Day is taken to be on 27th January, as the Auschwitz Concentration Camp in present-day Poland, the largest concentration camp under the regime of Adolf Hitler ...
The Times of Israel3d
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, ...
Jewish Journal2h
A Former Nazi “Paradise” Will Be Transformed into a Global Center for Combatting Antisemitism
The former Polish residence of the Nazi commandant at Auschwitz will soon open its doors to the public as a center dedicated ...
The Press of Atlantic City4d
New Stockton exhibit commemorates liberation of Auschwitz
A new exhibit by Stockton University’s Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center will commemorate the 80th anniversary ...
cathstan.org6d
‘God suffered a great deal in every single person’ who was in Auschwitz, cardinal says
“God suffered a great deal in every single person who was here. God suffered a great deal in this place,” Cardinal Rys added.
London Evening Standard6d
King pays tribute to Holocaust survivors amid Auschwitz commemorations
Commemorations at the concentration camp began earlier when Poland’s president Andrzej Duda joined Auschwitz survivors in laying wreaths and candles at a symbolic site. Their tributes were left ...
WFMZ-TV5d
Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle
(AP Photo, File) The German authorities founded the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1940 in the Polish town of Oswiecim after their invasion of Poland in 1939. Early on it was a camp for Polish ...
‘I have to survive’: San Diego Holocaust survivor tells story on anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
"I always thought I got to survive," Midler said. "I didn't think of would I survive. I said to myself I have to survive." ...
The Yorkshire Post6d
Why I am glad my Polish father took me to see Auschwitz as a teenager - Carl Les
In the 1960s the Polish government became more enlightened ... Arrested in September 1939 he was sent to Auschwitz, the concentration camp, then to become forced labour. A big man in stature ...