Like Canadians at Vimy Ridge in 1917, Jews died there for Western civilization.

Oswiecim has more than eight centuries of history, and some are growing resentful that the world knows little about them ...

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Oded Balilty started with the AP as a freelancer in Jerusalem in ...

Survivors of the Nazi's notorious Auschwitz death camp are taking center stage at the memorial service to mark 80 years since its liberation by Soviet troops.

Polish President Andrzej Duda remembered the victims of the Nazis at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site, as 80th anniversary commemorations got under way on Monday. "We Poles, on whose land occupied ...

Auschwitz survivors have warned of the rising antisemitism and hatred in the modern world as they gathered with world leaders and European royalty on the 80th anniversary of the death camp’s ...

Earlier this month, the Polish government pledged not to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he attended the Auschwitz ceremony on January 27. DW looks back at the heated debate in Poland triggered by ...

That creates risks: the Holocaust didn’t begin with mass murder. The dehumanization of Jews progressed gradually from public exclusion to eventual internment to finally extermination. Millions of ...

Before the Nazis chose Oswiciem as the site of the infamous death camp, Jews thrived in the city for half a millennium. Now, ...

A U.S.-based organization is transforming the house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss into a research center devoted to fighting extremism ...

President of Poland Andrzej Duda sits down with the ‘Post’ for an exclusive interview ahead of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. POLISH PRESIDENT Andrzej Duda is currently ...

Monday's ceremony in Poland is regarded as the likely last major observance of Auschwitz's liberation that any notable number ...