Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle
Commemorations are being held Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp by Soviet troops
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Survivors return as world remembers Auschwitz 80 years after liberation
Fifty survivors - now in their late 80s and 90s - will attend a ceremony marking the camp's liberation.BBC News - 6h -
The Guardian view on commemorating Auschwitz’s liberation: the urgency of Holocaust remembrance | Editorial
Eighty years after the Nazi death camp was freed, the testimony of survivors is as crucial as ever. Memory is fragile. A decade ago, 300 survivors gathered at Auschwitz to commemorate the Nazi ...The Guardian - 11h -
Auschwitz: 80 years after its liberation, three survivors tell their stories
. Monday 27 January is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. Three survivors, two of whom were interned there as teenagers, tell Kate Connolly ...The Guardian - 14h -
‘Never forget’: Auschwitz survivor recalls Nazi crimes ahead of anniversary
Barbara Doniecka is one of dozens of survivors returning to extermination camp 80 years after its liberationFinancial Times - 23h -
Holocaust survivors fear Europe is forgetting the lessons of Auschwitz
Eighty years after the liberation of the concentration camp, some politicians have been quick to target outsiders.BBC News - 1d -
Decades after Auschwitz liberation, spotlight is on dwindling survivors
The anniversary has taken on added poignancy due to the advanced age of the survivors, and an awareness that they will soon be gone.CBS News - 1d -
After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission
A Holocaust survivor who lived through four concentration camps as a young boy will return to Auschwitz to mark 80 years since the liberation of one of the Nazi's most notorious concentration campsABC News - 2d -
Auschwitz survivors share stories before 80th liberation anniversary
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Speeches by politicians banned at 80th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation
Director of the memorial says he wants the focus to be on the last survivors of the Nazi concentration camp. Monarchs, presidents and prime ministers are expected among the attenders at a ...The Guardian - Jan. 13
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