M onday, Jan. 27, marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Ten days prior to the opening of the gates, Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews, was detained. He disappeared and his fate remains unknown.
Pope Francis has warned of the “scourge of anti-semitism” in his prayer on the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, noting it marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz concen
Semitic, anti-Muslim, and anti-immigration AFD Party, urged Germany to “move beyond” Holocaust education, and appeared to do a fascist-style salute at a Trump inauguration party, which he denied. With Holocaust Remembrance Day approaching,
On the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pope Francis also noted that many Christians were killed in Nazi concentration camps.
On January 27 2025, political dignitaries and Holocaust survivors will gather in Oswiecim (Auschwitz) in Poland. They will attend the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps by the Red Army.
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Oct. 7 is also a central theme at reception in Poland's Krakow marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
It's been 80 years since the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated at the end of World War II, but surveys are showing that fewer people remember the Holocaust and the horrors that happened there now than ever before.
Auschwitz still haunt the world, but have we truly grasped the weight of 'never again'? The Holocaust's shadow looms large as antisemitism increases.
The report highlights that despite the October 7 massacre and the rising antisemitism across the Muslim world, these initiatives have persisted.
A historian of the Holocaust and curator of the Auschwitz exhibition, now in Toronto, invites all who gather on Jan. 27 to also consider the date’s political origins.
I had the honour of representing Australia at the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, World War II's largest concentration camp.