Posts Tagged: Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp
Auschwitz-Birkenau Launches Project to Save Thousands of Holocaust Children’s Shoes From Crumbling
An initiative for the “urgent” conservation of thousands of pairs of shoes of children killed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp has been launched to try...
In ‘Ultimate Sign of Victory,’ Elderly Holocaust Survivor Returns to Auschwitz-Birkenau, Recounts His Harrowing Experiences There
A video of an elderly Hasidic Holocaust survivor returning to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland and emotionally recounting his harrowing experiences there has gone...
Tiny Wooden Charm Found in Auschwitz Attic Likely a Symbol of Resistance Against Nazis, Says Head of Memory Sites Foundation
A miniature charm belonging to an Auschwitz inmate was discovered this month in the attic of a concentration camp building, the UK's Daily Mail reported on Thursday. According to the...
95-Year-Old Auschwitz Paramedic Ruled Fit to Stand Trial in Germany
A German court has ruled that a 95-year-old man accused of being accessory to the murder of at least 3,681 people at Auschwitz-Birkenau is fit...
Holocaust and Hezbollah Reminders
On Tuesday, the world commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which coincided this year with the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps....
President Reuven Rivlin Slams ‘Absurd’ Genocide Accusations Against Israel at UN
JNS.org - The commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp continued from Tuesday into...
Auschwitz Survivor: ‘We Do Not Want Our Past to Become Our Children’s Future’
Holocaust survivors do not want the atrocities they faced to be repeated in future generations, Auschwitz survivor Roman Kent said in an emotional speech on...
Record 1.5 Million Visitors to Auschwitz in 2014, 70 Percent Under 18 (VIDEO)
The highest number of visitors ever recorded bore witness to the European Holocaust at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland, the Museum and Memorial Center...
