Why Putin’s Nazi smears on Poland and other nations spell more than a war of words
Recent documents released by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) have suggested a Polish prisoner of war in Auschwitz happily did the dirty work of the camp’s guards. It is the latest worrying ...
Marian Turski, Holocaust survivor who warned of the danger of indifference, dies at 98
Marian Turski, a Holocaust survivor who became a journalist and historian in postwar Poland and was a co-founder of Warsaw’s ...
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Auschwitz survivors the focus of ceremony to mark 80 years since camp's liberation, Holocaust Remembrance Day
Oswiecim, Poland — A memorial service to mark 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops was held Monday at the site of the former death camp, a ceremony that was widely treated ...
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Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle
The German authorities founded the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1940 in the Polish town of Oswiecim after their invasion of Poland in 1939. Early on it was a camp for Polish prisoners ...
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Auschwitz survivors warn of rising hatred on 80th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation
OSWIECIM, Poland — Auschwitz survivors warned Monday of the rising antisemitism and hatred that they are witnessing in the modern world as they gathered with world leaders and European royalty ...
Memorializing the Holocaust Needs to Go Beyond Auschwitz
That creates risks: the Holocaust didn’t begin with mass murder. The dehumanization of Jews progressed gradually from public ...
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Watson installation presents multimedia portrayal of Holocaust survivors’ experiences
In a new installation at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs titled “Looming in the Shadows of Łódź,” ...
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Why Putin’s Nazi smears on Poland and other nations spell more than a war of words
“Kapos were not good or bad – that is a very simple way of explaining functionary prisoners,” says the historian Alina Nowobilska, who researches Polish prisoners at Auschwitz. “Kapos ...
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Auschwitz Was Liberated 80 Years Ago. the Spotlight Is on Survivors as Their Numbers Dwindle
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 ...
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Auschwitz survivors warn of rising hatred on 80th anniversary of death camp's liberation
Monday marked the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp in Oswiecim, Poland. Czarek Sokolowski/Associated Press Share OSWIECIM, Poland ...
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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 atrocities on Monday as world leaders and royalty join them for commemorations on the 80th anniversary of ...