In 7th grade history, Kai Höss learned that his grandfather, Rudolf Höss, was Nazi SS officer and Auschwitz commandant who was responsible for the deaths of 1.1 million people, mostly Jews.

The SS "helpers" at Auschwitz 05:29. Up to 900,000 people, mostly Jews, were murdered in Treblinka from 1942-43, and mass killings also took place at Belzec and other camps, but the Germans sought ...

Auschwitz survivors warned against increasing antisemitism across the globe while they gathered with world leaders at the site of the Polish death camp for the 80th anniversary of their liberation.

Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle As living memory fades, the mission of remembering falls to the next generations and key institutions.

Auschwitz survivors mark 80 years since liberation 04:14. Oswiecim, Poland — A memorial service to mark 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops was held Monday at the site of ...

Roughly 50 survivors of Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps attended Monday’s commemoration. In recent days, hundreds of visitors from around the world have come to the former camp to ...

When Soviet troops arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau on Jan. 27, 1945, tens of thousands of weakened prisoners had already been removed by the Nazis and sent on a long, deadly march toward Germany.

World News Auschwitz memorial holds observances on the 80th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation Among those who traveled to the site is 86-year-old Tova Friedman, who was 6 when she was ...

HAIFA, Israel — Naftali Fürst will never forget his first view of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, on Nov. 3, 1944. He was 12 years old. SS soldiers threw open the doors of the cattle ...

Since Auschwitz was liberated in January 1945, the house at 88 Legionow Street had been in the private hands of a Polish family. But last year it was acquired by the Counter Extremism Project, a ...

Auschwitz Was Liberated 80 Years Ago. the Spotlight Is on Survivors as Their Numbers Dwindle WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The world's focus will be on the remaining survivors of Nazi Germany's ...

Auschwitz is not only the place where 1.1 million people, 90% of them Jews, were massacred. It also looms large in the ...