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Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle

Journal Gazette 28 Jan 2025
The German authorities founded the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1940 in the Polish town of Oswiecim after their invasion of Poland in 1939 ... in the Oswiecim (Auschwitz) nazi concentration camp.
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Anti-extremism center opens in former house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf H\u00f6ss

Journal Gazette 28 Jan 2025
The house, which belonged to a Polish military family before Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland, lies next to the site of the former death camp, now the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum ... camp.
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King meets Holocaust survivors ahead of Auschwitz visit

Business Ghana 28 Jan 2025
King Charles will become the first British head of state to visit Auschwitz when he tours the former Nazi concentration camp to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation ... Auschwitz-Birkenau was the ...
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President attends the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz

The Malta Independent 28 Jan 2025
... concentration camp in Poland, where approximately 1.1 million people were killed.
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Swiss parliament lights up 80 years after liberation of Auschwitz

Swissinfo 28 Jan 2025
To commemorate the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp 80 years ago, the Swiss parliament building in Bern was illuminated in different colours on Monday.
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NYC teen solves 80-year-old family mystery during recent visit to Auschwitz: ‘Closure we never imagined possible’

New York Post 28 Jan 2025
Entrance to the German concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland ... People walk at the site of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz prior to the 80th anniversary ...
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Major Holocaust exhibit with Auschwitz artifacts to come to Cincinnati

Springfield News-Sun 28 Jan 2025
A major exhibit dedicated to the history of Auschwitz, the infamous German Nazi concentration and extermination camp, will come to Cincinnati’s Union Terminal on Oct ... sent to Auschwitz and killed.”.
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‘A sacred moment’: King Charles is first monarch to visit Auschwitz

The Times/The Sunday Times 28 Jan 2025
King Charles III became the first British monarch to visit Auschwitz when he walked in the footsteps of 1.1 million men, women and children who were transported to the Nazi concentration and extermination camp and put to death.
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Jewish Groups in Italy Decry ‘Dramatic Increase’ in Antisemitism While Marking Holocaust Remembrance Day

The Algemeiner 28 Jan 2025
A drone view of the “Arbeit macht frei” gate at the former Auschwitz concentration camp ahead of the 80th anniversary of its liberation, Oswiecim, Poland, Jan.
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Candles glow and landmarks including London Eye and Parliament are lit in purple across UK ...

The Daily Mail 28 Jan 2025
And the Princess of Wales had an emotional reunion with Holocaust survivors during a service in London to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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At Auschwitz, a solemn ceremony at a time of rising nationalism

West Hawaii Today 28 Jan 2025
Britain's King Charles walks past the 'Arbeit Macht Frei' gate during a visit to Auschwitz, Poland, following commemorations to mark 80 years since the liberation of the concentration camp, January 27, 2025.
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Struggle against antisemitism in NJ continues 80 years after Auschwitz liberation

My Central Jersey 28 Jan 2025
She lived it as a child survivor of Auschwitz. This week, she marked 80 years since her liberation from the concentration camp ... The day coincides with the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.'I am Tova Friedman.
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George Reinitz’s story is a reminder of the faces behind the Holocaust’s sheer numbers

CBC 28 Jan 2025
On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Montrealer George Reinitz recalls narrowly avoiding death himself as a boy in the concentration camp ... .
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Royal family live updates: Prince William, Kate Middleton meet Holocaust survivors; King Charles tours Auschwitz

New York Post 28 Jan 2025
... camp at Auschwitz — becoming the first British monarch to do so — on the 80th anniversary of its liberation.
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Gettysburg Times 28 Jan 2025
Today in History. January 27, Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps liberated by Soviet troops ....

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