Holocaust

Auschwitz survivors the focus of ceremony for 80th anniversary of its liberation, on Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Oswiecim, Poland — The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked on Monday at the site of the former death camp, a ceremony that is widely being treated as the last major observance that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend. Nazi German forces murdered some … Read more

Poland’s president wants Netanyahu cleared to visit for Auschwitz memorial despite ICC war crimes indictment

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Berlin — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has called for a special exemption to let Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend events in the country marking 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp, without facing the risk of arrest under an International Criminal Court warrant. Poland will host a memorial service eight decades … Read more