The solemn commemoration came amid a worldwide spike in antisemitism and new surveys suggesting basic knowledge of the Holocaust is eroding.

Among 34,000 people in the town of Oświęcim is just one Jew – a young Israeli named Hila Weisz-Gut. It’s an interesting choice of residence, given the most famous feature of the town is its proximity to the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz – where at least 1.

A parade of dignitaries and dozens of Holocaust survivors came to Oświęcim on Monday to pay tribute to the 1 million Jews who died there.

The largest camp in the entire system of Nazi concentration and extermination camps, where more than 1 million people perished at the hands of Hitler’s regime, has become one of the best-known symbols of the Holocaust.

Polish President Andrzej Duda remembered the victims of the Nazis at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site, as commemorations got under way on Monday to mark 80 years since the death camp was liberated towards the end of World War II.

Monday's ceremony is widely being treated as the last major observance that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday stressed Germany's enduring responsibility for the Holocaust as leaders and survivors marked 80 years since Soviet troops liberated the Nazi-run death camp Auschwitz.

One man's daring mission to infiltrate Auschwitz revealed its atrocities to the world – this is his story.

Tomorrow marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi concentration and death camp where more than 1.1 million people were murdered between 1940 and 1945, about 85% of whom were Jews.

The 27th of January 2025 marks 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, this date has been commemorated in the UK to ensure the Holocaust and other Genocides are never forgotten.

KRAKOW, Poland (OSV News) -- "God did not create Auschwitz, God created man," said Cardinal Grzegorz Rys of Lodz after the Jan. 27 commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazis' biggest death camp -- Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oświęcim,

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 International Holocaust Remembrance Day.