The U.S. War Department rejected proposals to attack trains to Auschwitz and the death camp itself as “impracticable,” claiming it would require “considerable diversion” of planes needed elsewhere.The ...

The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum is free to visit every day between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., but most months offer extended hours. (Note: Visitors will not be admitted up to 90 minutes ...

About two years ago I was talking with Mike, a friend of mine I've known since Ronald Reagan was still in the White House, and he asked me a question out of left field: What if we went on a tour of ...

Auschwitz The Death Camp Photo Essay The remains of a gas chamber and crematorium at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau or Auschwitz II in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019.

The "helpers" of Auschwitz worked in communications, as telephone, telegram, and radio operators. They would report back to superiors in Berlin with information about the camp's operations.