GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - It is getting harder and harder to hear about the Holocaust from people who lived through it. In Gulfport Sunday night, there was a rare opportunity to hear about Nazi-occupied Poland from a Jewish woman.
Auschwitz survivors will be joined by world leaders on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops, in what will likely be one of the last such gatherings of those who experienced its horrors.
The extermination of Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II took place largely in occupied Poland. But for many Poles, Holocaust remembrance remains a challenge.In the center of a forest 120 kilometers northeast of Warsaw,
The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being observed at the site of the former death camp.
The 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation is marked by Holocaust Memorial Day on Monday, January 27 this year. It's a day to remember the millions murdered by Nazi persecution and one that should never be forgotten. As Holocaust survivor and human rights campaigner Elie Wiesel said: "To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice."
A U.S.-based organization is transforming the house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss into a research center devoted to fighting extremism
World leaders and a dwindling group of survivors are joining ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp by the Red Army.
Commemorations are being held Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp by Soviet troops
A ceremony Monday marking 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration camp will be attended by heads of state from around the world, but will focus on the voices of
Janine Webber BEM, 92, hid under a wardrobe with her family to avoid Nazi persecution during the Second World War
The world marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on Monday, with some of the few remaining survivors set to attend ceremonies at the site of the notorious Nazi death camp.
Eighty years after the liberation of Auschwitz, genocide, the persecution of millions of people because of their origin, war and even the possible use of nuclear weapons are once again considered “normal.