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Why Descendants of Holocaust Survivors Are Replicating Auschwitz Tattoos
Over the course of Auschwitz’s existence, more than 400,000 prisoners were assigned serial numbers. Cohen draws meaning from her tattoo in that it signifies her grandmother’s history and her ...
Eighty years after Auschwitz liberation, a Canadian Holocaust survivor returns and recalls the stroke of luck that saved her life
More than one million people died in Auschwitz-Birkenau during its five years of operation, the vast majority of them Jews ...
Photos show the horrors of Auschwitz, the largest and deadliest Nazi concentration camp, 80 years after its liberation
Over 1.1 million people were murdered at Auschwitz, including nearly a million Jews. On the day of liberation 80 years ago, ...
Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle
Commemorations are being held Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp by Soviet ...
Holocaust survivors gather at Auschwitz to mark 80 years since liberation
Holocaust survivors and their supporters marked the 80th recognition of Soviet Union soldiers liberating Auschwitz on Monday.
‘My father was the Tattooist of Auschwitz – it took me five attempts to visit his prison home’
After 40 years of trying, Gary Sokolov finally saw the death camp where his parents met – he felt terror but also a sense of ...
Auschwitz survivors lay candles and wreaths as world remembers camp's liberation 80 years on
About 50 survivors are joining King Charles and world leaders for commemorations including a service and speeches.
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Italian politician apologizes for referring to Holocaust survivor by her Auschwitz tattoo number
(JTA) — A local politician in Italy apologized for referring to a well-known Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre by her concentration camp tattoo ... number on Segre’s arm when she 13 at the ...
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Peacock’s ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ tackles a Holocaust love story based on real events
(JTA) — A Holocaust romance, sparked when a prisoner at Auschwitz-Birkenau is forced to tattoo a number on another prisoner’s arm and they fall in love at first sight, sounds almost ...
The Tattooist of Auschwitz's son visits camp for first time - 'my knees were shaking'
Gary Sokolov's journey to Auschwitz was more than a visit; it was a haunting pilgrimage to the heart of his family's history, ...