Only train tracks and barbed wire separate the former German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau from Oswiecim. Its 40,000 Polish residents try to lead normal lives despite knowing their town will always be ...

Aan a town that exists in the shadow of death transform itself into a place of normalcy? The question long has vexed Oswiecim, the town of 40,000 in southern Poland where the notorious Auschwitz death ...

AMHERST –Many people have specific images in their minds of what Jewish life in Poland was like before World War II -- either images from family stories or a scene from the play "Fiddler on the Roof ...

In Oswiecim, which has lived in the shadow of death as the place where Auschwitz was located, a new generation of leaders is trying to bolster the town in southern Poland as a vital local community ...

A new iPhone/iPad app uses advanced technology to tell the Jewish story of Oswiecim, the town in southern Poland where Auschwitz was built. (JTA) – A new iPhone/iPad app uses advanced technology to ...

Most tourists, who come in buses to the former Nazi prison camp for the day, may not notice the people living in the surrounding towns. Each year, more than 1 million tourists visit Auschwitz to ...

The author began reporting this story on a trip to Poland sponsored by FASPE, Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics. OSWIECIM, Poland — This sunny town of roadside strawberry ...

WARSAW, PolandWARSAW, Poland — Kazimierz Smolen, a 91-year-old Auschwitz survivor who after World War II became director of the memorial site, died Friday on the 67th anniversary of its liberation.

I’m in the dressing room at Emporio, an Italian clothing boutique, in a city whose most famous landmark is Auschwitz. And I’m having a debate with myself. In question are two brightly designed shirts ...

Only train tracks and barbed wire separate the former German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau from Oswiecim. Oswiecim's residents try to lead normal lives despite knowing their town will always be ...