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. They arrived onto an ...
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 ...
When the Red Army liberated the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau on January 27, 1945, the soldiers encountered unimaginable horrors, including mass graves, the smoldering ...
After 40 years of trying, Gary Sokolov finally saw the death camp where his parents met – he felt terror but also a sense of gratitude ...
Renee Salt's memories of Auschwitz remain vivid, a haunting testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the shadow of unimaginable horror.
On Monday, world leaders will gather at Auschwitz-Birkenau to mark 80 years since the camp's liberation. One survivor has ...
From the dark shadows of the Holocaust, Arek Hersh emerged with a story that defies the odds. His journey from death camp survivor to a beacon of hope is nothing short of extraordinary.
On a frosty Polish winter evening, 96-year-old Esther Senot told the 100 or so shivering students at Auschwitz-Birkenau how ...
cutting through fields and running along family homes and a bus station, aging testaments of the horrors making their mark on life today. In all, 1.1 million people perished at Auschwitz in gas ...