In 1944, the Nazis placed them in a cattle car with no windows or food and took them to Auschwitz. "He remembers that there was an orchestra playing music as they arrived," Max said. When they got ...

Auschwitz survivors warned against increasing antisemitism across the globe while they gathered with world leaders at the site of the death camp for the 80th anniversary of their liberation.

When Auschwitz was eventually liberated, it had more than 40 camps and subcamps. People from all over Europe were crammed into cattle wagons without windows, toilets, seats or food, and ...

Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess oversaw the slaughter of around 1.1 million Jews, along with 20,000 gypsies and tens of thousands of Polish and Russian political prisoners. Metres away, his ...

Oswiecim, Poland — A memorial service to mark 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops was held Monday at the site of the former death camp, a ceremony that was widely treated ...

Once they arrived at Auschwitz, the Red Army and the Polish Red Cross worked to provide food and medical care to the emaciated survivors. Upon seeing Auschwitz, Soviet General Vasily Petrenko ...

“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.

Their numbers are dwindling but the voices of the Auschwitz survivors remain powerful. "We were stripped of all humanity," said Leon Weintraub, 99, the oldest of four who spoke beside the ...

Even then, about 75,000 Poles were killed at Auschwitz. Many Polish political prisoners were given administrative roles within the camp, which sometimes meant privileges like better food or clothing.

The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum says it expects about 50 survivors of Auschwitz and other camps to attend the events on Monday afternoon, joined by political leaders and royalty. On this ...

It was the greatest tragedy of the Holocaust. In just five years, over one million people were murdered at Auschwitz, the largest and deadliest Nazi concentration camp. Auschwitz was established ...