WARSAW (JTA) — Employees of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum discovered handwritten inscriptions in shoes belonging to children who were sent to the Nazi death camp in Poland. The discoveries ...

The incident was first reported by police and Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum officials on Sunday. The man admitted his guilt and was released until further legal action is taken. He could face up ...

WARSAW — On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, which falls on January 27, 2025, the state museum plans to launch a groundbreaking ...

The house where German SS officer and commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp Rudolf Höss lived with his family will ...

As the world commemorates the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp ...

Listed on the UNESCO international list of world heritage sites, the museum was created by an act of the Polish parliament on July 2, 1947, and contains both Auschwitz 1 and Auschwitz II-Birkenau ...

The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum says it expects about 50 survivors of Auschwitz and other camps to attend the events this afternoon, joined by political leaders and royalty. On this occasion ...

Some are exhibited in the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. These include personal items brought by the deportees, as well as authentic documents and preserved photographs, complemented with post-war ...

Everyone who visits Auschwitz ... equipped museum, complete with exhibits and conservation facilities, where most of the original buildings still stand. But van Pelt views the Birkenau site ...