Auschwitz

Grandson of Auschwitz commandant: 'My grandfather was greatest mass murderer in history'

It was only when Höss was in the 7th grade that he discovered who his grandfather was, which changed the way he saw himself.

Kai Höss at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin. January 27, 2026.
A CROSS is seen in the German death camp Auschwitz II Birkenau.

A desecration: A church inside Birkenau is a violation of Holocaust memory - opinion

 Auschwitz concentration camp, operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during the Holocaust.

On This Day in 1945: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp is liberated by Soviet Army

Eylon Levy holding Dan Auerbach's yellow star from Nazi-era Europe. Tel Aviv, January 26.

'It is impossible to believe, but it happened': Holocaust survivor recalls childhood in Nazi camps


Where was God in the Holocaust? A NY poet and activist asks the question in a book of ‘psalms’

“Never again” pledges to stop all genocide. A commitment to honor and assist the dwindling number of survivors and to fight the antisemitism that persists 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz.

 Menachem Rosensaft leads a tour of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau complex for members of the World Jewish Congress, January 2020.

Belgium’s railway Holocaust report criticized for failing survivors

In a statement, WJRO President Gideon Taylor and COO Mark Weitzman called the omission a failure to address SNCB’s moral responsibility.

President of the World Jewish Restitution Organization, Gideon Taylor

From Budapest to Tel Aviv: echoes of hope amid Israel's painful reality

Hostage ribbons, music, and art become symbols of hope and unity, connecting people worldwide to Israel’s fight to rebuild after tragedy.

 ALON OHEL’S family scattered yellow pianos adorned with stickers of hostages and fallen Israeli soldiers across cities, with the words ‘You are not alone’ perched above the piano.

80 years on, how do we keep Yad Vashem relevant for visitors? - opinion

Yad Vashem is the second-most visited site in Israel after the Western Wall, and it is important for it to reach a wide audience.

Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 16, 2023, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

'Surviving Mengele’s Auschwitz' is seminal Holocaust document of the banality of evil - opinion

The book is set to be released amid preparations for the January 27 commemoration in Poland of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

 RICHARD K. LOWY’S ‘Kalman & Leopold: Surviving Mengele’s Auschwitz’ is a harrowing and meticulously detailed account of two Holocaust survivors whose paths crossed in Auschwitz II-Birkenau under the shadow of Dr. Josef Mengele’s notorious experiments.

UK PM Starmer visits Auschwitz ahead of 80th anniversary

Britain's King Charles is due to attend a commemoration service at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial on Jan. 27.

 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers remarks at the Holocaust Educational Trust's annual appeal dinner, Sep. 16, 2024.

Raoul Wallenberg Day: Remembering the hero who saved 100,000 Jews – opinion

Remembering Raoul Wallenberg, a hero who risked it all to save thousands of Jews from the Holocaust.

Raoul Wallenberg

Poland is safe haven for Jews, guardian of Holocaust memory,' Polish President tells 'Post'

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 serving his second term in the role and will leave after the Polish elections in May 2025.

'Place of incredible evil': House of Auschwitz commander to open to visitors

“A house is a house,” said Jacek Purski., who is involved in the project. “But it is in uninteresting, regular houses like this where extremism is happening today.”

 A scene from "The Zone of Interest"

Britain's King Charles to visit Poland for Auschwitz commemorations

More than 1.1 million people, most of them Jews, perished in gas chambers at the camp or from starvation, cold, and disease.

 King Charles III inspects some of the 80 Candles for 80 Years on display during a reception marking Holocaust Memorial Day at Buckingham Palace in London, Britain January 13, 2025.