Tag: auschwitz

ON THIS DAY: The death of Anne Frank (1945)

On this Day March 12, 2026 at 15:47

On 12 March 1945, in the final months of the Second World War, the young German-Jewish girl Anne Frank died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration...

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

Life February 20, 2025 at 16:01

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

International January 28, 2025 at 17:16

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 this Day January 27, 2025 at 15:57

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

International January 27, 2025 at 10:36

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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