Auschwitz survivors and world leaders mark 80 years since Nazi death camp's liberation
The solemn commemoration came amid a worldwide spike in antisemitism and new surveys suggesting basic knowledge of the Holocaust is eroding.
Auschwitz survivors warn of rising antisemitism at 80th anniversary of camp's liberation
Auschwitz survivors warned of the dangers of rising antisemitism on Monday, as they marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops in one of the last such gatherings of those who experienced its horrors.
At Auschwitz memorial, survivors see echoes of the past in rising antisemitism
Auschwitz survivors have warned of the rising antisemitism and hatred in the modern world as they gathered with world leaders and European royalty on the 80th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation.
Survivors of Auschwitz deliver warning from history as memories die out
World leaders rubbed shoulders with 56 survivors of Hitler's death camp as they marked 80 years since its liberation.
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.
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 exclusion to eventual internment to finally extermination. Millions of regular Germans—and Europeans more broadly—facilitated or silently accepted these actions.
‘Nothing will be easy about returning:’ Survivors mark 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
It doesn’t do any good for your heart, for your mind, for anything,” said Holocaust survivor Jona Laks, 94, about her return to Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
Holocaust survivors mark 80 years since liberation of Auschwitz
Survivors of Auschwitz marked 80 years since the liberation of the death camp. They warned of rising antisemitism in a ceremony Monday at the site where Nazis murdered more than a million people, mostly Jews.
Holocaust Memorial Day event recalls Auschwitz and prays for peace
Blackburn Cathedral has hosted an event to remember the Holocaust and other genocides on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and death camp.
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