Over 1.1 million people were murdered at Auschwitz, including nearly a million Jews. On the day of liberation 80 years ago, only 7,000 were saved.

During World War II, men, women and children were transported from across Europe to Auschwitz-Birkenau, horrendous journeys in which they were packed into cramped cattle cars.

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 ...

Why didn't the Allies bomb Auschwitz? While today's technology could have easily enabled an attack on the camp, would an air raid have genuinely changed the fate of thousands of prisoners? Although no ...

(AP Photo, File) The German authorities founded the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1940 in the Polish town of Oswiecim after their invasion of Poland in 1939. Early on it was a camp for Polish ...

Shoes that were taken from prisoners are displayed at the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau ... Jan. 23. 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) The Kansas City Chiefs cheerleaders honored former ...

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 ...

The anniversary has taken on added poignancy due to the advanced age of the survivors, even as new wars makes their warnings ...