Between Jan. 26 and 27, 1945, some survivors dispersed behind the gates of the camp at Auschwitz watching the arrival of Soviet troops who have come to free them.

Upon their arrival at Auschwitz, Mr. Kun’s father was separated from the rest of the family and sent to work. He was later transferred to Dachau. Mr.

Helen “Zippi” Tichauer came to Auschwitz in 1942, deported from her hometown of Bratislava, Slovakia. Courtesy of Michael Berkowitz The new arrivals were stripped naked before being ...

The disparaging, historically loaded nickname for the facility popped up on Bluesky, X and other social media platforms, and ...

‘Hell on Earth’: Who were the victims killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz? January 27 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the notorious Nazi extermination camp in Poland.

As the horrors of Auschwitz unfolded around them, two 20-somethings found love, lost one another then reunited decades later – leading to one of the most remarkable escapes of WWII ...

Commemorations are being held Monday on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp, part of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

For the first time since the Holocaust: The Jewish center in Oświęcim, near the Auschwitz extermination camp, will offer kosher meals.

After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission. By MELANIE LIDMAN The Associated Press, Updated January 24, 2025, 1:09 p.m.

The vast majority — approximately 900,000 people — were gassed and cremated within hours of arrival. In the face of the advancing Soviets, the Nazis began evacuating tens of thousands of prisoners ...

Eighty years ago, the Soviet Red Army liberated survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi extermination camp in the Silesian region of southern Poland. The arrival of the Allies gave the world its ...