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Auschwitz

The Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was the main site for the extermination of Jews by the Nazis during the Holocaust. It was liberated on January 27, 1945.

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A black-and-white photo of two young girls wearing dirndls

A black-and-white photo of two young girls wearing dirndls

Surviving the Holocaust: 'There is no God'

Surviving the Holocaust: 'There is no God'

The film "Verity Circle" tells the story of two sisters who survived the Theresienstadt Ghetto.

Cover of the graphic novel 'Maus'.

Cover of the graphic novel 'Maus'.

Comic classics that portray the Holocaust

Comic classics that portray the Holocaust

Jewish comic artists in particular have long illustrated the evils of the Holocaust, including in superhero comics.

Christian Pfeil

Christian Pfeil

European Holocaust Remembrance Day for Sinti and Roma

European Holocaust Remembrance Day for Sinti and Roma

Christian Pfeil survived the Nazi genocide, and later experienced racist attacks. He has a warning for society.

Part of a memorial in Berlin, the words Lublin and Majdanek are written on stone and there is grass

Part of a memorial in Berlin, the words Lublin and Majdanek are written on stone and there is grass

80 years on: Marking the liberation of Majdanek Nazi camp

80 years on: Marking the liberation of Majdanek Nazi camp

Majdanek in Poland was the first Nazi concentration camp to be liberated, almost a year before the end of World War II.

Film still showing children and adults, all dressed in white, playing in and around a pool in a garden in front of a gray wall, behind which stand a large gray building and a watchtower.

Film still showing children and adults, all dressed in white, playing in and around a pool in a garden in front of a gray wall, behind which stand a large gray building and a watchtower.

When the Holocaust is just beyond the garden wall

When the Holocaust is just beyond the garden wall

The Oscar-winning "The Zone of Interest," about Auschwitz commander Rudolf Höss, takes the unspeakable to a new level.

Barbed wire between the brick buildings of Auschwitz 1 camp

Barbed wire between the brick buildings of Auschwitz 1 camp

Auschwitz to honor Yugoslav Holocaust victims

Auschwitz to honor Yugoslav Holocaust victims

A previous commemoration of Yugoslav victims of the Holocaust at Auschwitz was abandoned when the country splintered.

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Visitors looking at photos exhibhited on a wall in Auschwitz-Birkenau

Visitors looking at photos exhibhited on a wall in Auschwitz-Birkenau

What is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day?

January 27 is a global day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust.

Polen | Schüler aus Kerpen in der Gedenkstätte Auschwitz-Birkenau (hell)

Polen | Schüler aus Kerpen in der Gedenkstätte Auschwitz-Birkenau (hell)

Auschwitz visit expands students' Holocaust understanding

Almost 80 years have passed since the end of the Holocaust. How can the memories of survivors and witnesses live on?

Former Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaks into a DW microphone in Auschwitz

Former Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaks into a DW microphone in Auschwitz

Holocaust remembrance vital as antisemitism rises in Europe

Nearly eight decades after the end of World War II, antisemitism in Europe is on the rise again.

Young people wearing the Israeli flag over their shoulders while they walk through the former Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.

Young people wearing the Israeli flag over their shoulders while they walk through the former Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.

March of the Living: Remembrance in Auschwitz

The March of the Living is an annual event recalling victims and survivors of the Holocaust, held at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Holocaust survivor Arie Pinsker points to shoes at the Auschwitz memorial

Holocaust survivor Arie Pinsker points to shoes at the Auschwitz memorial

Auschwitz: Saving the soles of lives lost

New efforts have been launched to preserve the shoes of thousands of the youngest Holocaust victims.

A guard tower at Auschwitz-Birkenau

A guard tower at Auschwitz-Birkenau

Auschwitz's harrowing history

On January 27, 1945, the Soviet army liberated the prisoners in Auschwitz. What they found was unfathomable.

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