Most of them were Jews, but countless thousands were Roma and Sinti, people with disabilities, homosexuals, politicial prisoners, and members of other minority groups. "The site was chosen because of its central location in Europe,

About 50 survivors of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau will return to the site on Monday to remember the day it was finally liberated on 27 January 1945. They will be joined by heads of state including King Charles and other European royalty, Emmanuel Macron of France and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Officials say the commemorative event marking the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation could be the last of its kind.

The main observances take place at the site in southern Poland where Nazi Germany murdered over a million people

M onday, Jan. 27, marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Ten days prior to the opening of the gates, Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews, was detained. He disappeared and his fate remains unknown.

Netanyahu decides not to travel to 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation despite Poland promising not to arrest him

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has visited the site of the Nazi German extermination camp Auschwitz ahead of talks with Poland's leaders on security and tightening Britain's ties with the European Union.

The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz is being commemorated in the shadow of rising antisemitism in Australia and globally. While antisemitism has a long history in Australia , the past 18 months has witnessed a sharp increase in antisemitic incidents , following the October 7 2023 Hamas attacks and the subsequent war in Gaza.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday visited the site of Nazi German extermination camp Auschwitz, voicing his “sheer horror” at what he saw and vowing that he would fight the growing antisemitism which is causing fears to rise among Jews including in Britain.

The Canadian Prime Minister will meet with Holocaust survivors, hear their stories, remember those senselessly killed, and vow to continuously oppose antisemitism, hatred, and bigotry.

The Claims Conference’s education budget helped pay, for example, for the production of “Son of Saul,” a 2015 Hungarian film set in the Auschwitz concentration camp that won an Oscar for ...

On January 27, 1945, the Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp was liberated ... the continued importance of support for peace and freedom in Ukraine, including in the context of Canada’s 2025 G7 Presidency.