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How music saved the life of a teenage Jewish cellist in Auschwitz

The Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops on 27 January 1945. Anita Lasker, a Jewish teenager, managed to survive there...

Holocaust survivors warn of rising antisemitism on 80th anniversary

OSWIECIM, Poland, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Auschwitz survivors warned of the dangers of rising antisemitism on Monday, as they marked the 80th anniversary of...

ON THIS DAY: The liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau (1945)

On 27 January 1945, Soviet forces liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest and most notorious Nazi concentration and extermination camp, located in occupied Poland. This historic...

World leaders in Poland to mark 80th Holocaust Memorial Day

World leaders will be in Poland Monday to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Britain’s...

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ON THIS DAY: Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin (1928)

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Britain bans Israelis from London defence college over Gaza escalation

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