In the videos shared by the Claims Conference, one survivor, Alfred Sobotka, shares a photo from his bar mitzvah, and points to his father and brother, both gassed on arrival at Auschwitz. Another, ...

At Auschwitz, the Germans left behind barracks and watchtowers, the remains of gas chambers and the hair and personal belongings of people killed there. The “Arbeit macht frei” (work will set you free ...

On arriving at Auschwitz, she was separated from her family, with her mother being sent straight to the gas chambers. "There were no hugs, no kisses, no embrace. My mum was just pushed away with the ...

On Monday, world leaders will gather at Auschwitz-Birkenau to mark 80 years since the camp's liberation. One survivor has ...

In all, the Nazi regime murdered 6 million Jews from all over Europe, annihilating two-thirds of Europe’s Jews and one-third of all Jews worldwide. In 2005, the United Nations designated Jan. 27 as ...

Auschwitz quickly became a potent symbol of the horrors of the Holocaust. Its notorious "selection process" for prisoners arriving at the camp's train platform determined life or death in mere ...

On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, survivor Tova Friedman says she thought she was the "only Jewish child in the world".

children and babies — were gassed to death soon after their arrival. Altogether the Germans murdered 6 million Jews, or two-thirds of all of Europe's Jews, in the Holocaust at Auschwitz and ...

In the videos shared by the Claims Conference, one survivor, Alfred Sobotka, shares a photo from his bar mitzvah, and points to his father and brother, both gassed on arrival at Auschwitz.