Auschwitz commander's home open to the public, converted into center for Holocaust history
The house, until this year, had always been in private hands. A U.S.-based group, the "Counter Extremism Project," has ...
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In the shadow of Auschwitz, a museum commemorates an ancient Polish Jewish community
Before the Nazis chose Oswiciem as the site of the infamous death camp, Jews thrived in the city for half a millennium. Now, ...
The Polish town standing in Auschwitz’s shadow strains between its fraught history and its future
Oswiecim has more than eight centuries of history, and some are growing resentful that the world knows little about them ...
Defaced Auschwitz survivor mural finds new home at Rome’s Shoah Museum
After multiple acts of vandalism, a mural of Italian Auschwitz survivors has been preserved by Rome’s Shoah Museum.
Dark tourism: 9 eye-opening locations with tragic histories
Some tourists choose to visit sites where tragedies have occurred such as Chernobyl, Hiroshima and the killing fields in ...
Jewish Journal22h
A Former Nazi “Paradise” Will Be Transformed into a Global Center for Combatting Antisemitism
The former Polish residence of the Nazi commandant at Auschwitz will soon open its doors to the public as a center dedicated ...
CANDLES Director takes trip to Auschwitz
On January 27th, 1945, Auschwitz Concentration Camp was liberated. This year marks the 80th anniversary and CANDLES Holocaust ...
Putin says ignoring Soviet role in liberation of Nazi death camps is shameful
Three U.S. Army soldiers were onboard a BlackHawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington ...
Auschwitz survivor returns to brave a harrowing past
This is Auschwitz-Birkenau, a place where the Nazis treated people like animals caged in by electrified barbed wire, where ...
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80 years after Auschwitz’s liberation, local residents keep the memory alive
Birkenau's liberation, honoring victims and those who helped prisoners from the three camps once located near Oswiecim town, ...
Auschwitz survivor insisted daughter learnt to play violin for one heartbreaking reason
EXCLUSIVE: After the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, composer Leo Geyer received support from holocaust survivors online.