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 ...

The gates to the Auschwitz death camp in Oswiecim, Poland. (Peter89ba/Pixabay via Courthouse News) OSWIECIM, Poland (AFP) — Hila Weisz-Gut, a 34-year-old Israeli, is sure her Auschwitz survivor ...

Activists and social media users are preserving the memory of a vibrant community whose extinction and centuries-long history have been eclipsed by the death camp next door. OSWIECIM, Poland (JTA) — ...

Eighty years after Auschwitz was liberated from the Nazis, Jews who make a pilgrimage there can eat kosher food. A mile from the concentration camp, visitors will be able to buy packaged, shelf-stable ...

OSWIECIM, Poland (Reuters) - Bogumila recalls how as a small girl growing up in the Polish town of Oswiecim she saw prisoners beaten by Nazi guards and watched with her mother the distant glow of the ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) – 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. Smolen died ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by senior writer Benyamin Cohen. (JTA) — Eighty ...