PHOTO COLLECTION: Poland Auschwitz 80th Anniversary
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AP Photos: Silence pervades Auschwitz on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation
Silence pervades the site of Auschwitz-Birkenau today. Sometimes the only sounds are the soft footsteps of visitors, people ...
Oświęcim’s sole Jewish resident reflects on modern antisemitism on 80th anniversary of Auschwitz camp’s liberation
Among 34,000 people in the town of Oświęcim is just one Jew – a young Israeli named Hila Weisz-Gut. It’s an interesting ...
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Poland: 80 years after the Liberation of Auschwitz
On 27 January 2025, we will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and ...
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Auschwitz: Poland divided on pledge not to arrest Netanyahu
Earlier this month, the Polish government pledged not to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he attended next Monday's Auschwitz commemoration ceremony. DW looks back at the heated debate in Poland ...
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Poland: Krakow remembers the Jewish ghetto where Jews lived in overcrowded conditions before being sent to the hell of Auschwitz
Before being thrown into the abyss of Auschwitz, many Polish Jews passed through ghettos like the one in Krakow, where, after ...
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Netanyahu Has an ICC Arrest Warrant. Poland’s Promise to Ignore It Would Be a “Grave Mistake.”
Allowing Israel’s indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu safe passage to a Holocaust memorial service in Poland next Tuesday would “make a mockery” of Europe’s commitment to the ...
Britain's King Charles to visit Poland for Auschwitz commemorations
Britain's King Charles will visit Poland later this month to attend commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the ...
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Auschwitz survivors recall suffering 80 years after camp's liberation
WARSAW/KRAKOW, Poland, Jan 23 (Reuters) - When Teresa Regula arrived at Auschwitz as a 16-year-old, the first real pain she experienced was of her ears burning. "They shaved us down to bare skin ...
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British PM Starmer visits Auschwitz, vows to fight antisemitism ahead of security talks in Poland
(Aleksandra Szmigiel/Pool via AP) WARSAW, Poland (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday visited the Nazi German extermination camp at Auschwitz, voicing his “sheer horror” at what ...
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The lost music of Auschwitz: How Jewish inmates were forced to perform in death camp orchestras - and now their compositions are being played again
Established in 1940 as a holding camp for political prisoners in occupied Poland, Auschwitz (the German name for the town of Oświęcim) evolved into the largest and most notorious of the Nazi ...
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British PM Starmer visits Auschwitz, vows to fight antisemitism ahead of security talks in Poland
WARSAW, Poland — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday visited the Nazi German extermination camp at Auschwitz, voicing his “sheer horror” at what he saw there, before holding talks ...