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 ...
The Times of Israel9d
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, ...
CNN on MSN16d
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 ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency15d
The only Jew in Oświęcim, Poland, can see Auschwitz from her bedroom window
In 2023, Weisz-Gut moved to the town where the concentration camp is located ... moved from Israel to Oświęcim, the Polish town where the Auschwitz memorial and museum is located, in 2023 ...
The Press of Atlantic City10d
New Stockton exhibit commemorates liberation of Auschwitz
A new exhibit by Stockton University’s Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center will commemorate the 80th anniversary ...
Daily Express9d
Auschwitz survivor insisted daughter learnt to play violin for one heartbreaking reason
Auschwitz (the German name for the town of Oświęcim) evolved into the largest and most notorious Nazi concentration camp. By the time it was liberated on January 27, 1945, more than one million ...
Auschwitz survivors and world leaders mark 80 years since Nazi death camp’s liberation
Inside the Auschwitz, Soviet soldiers liberated roughly 7,000 prisoners who had been brutalized by a Nazi regime hell-bent on exterminating the Jewish people.
Holocaust survivors share their experiences on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
Around 50 survivors of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz gathered together for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp.