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Oświęcim’s sole Jewish resident reflects on modern antisemitism on 80th anniversary of Auschwitz camp’s liberation

Among 34,000 people in the town of Oświęcim is just one Jew – a young Israeli named Hila Weisz-Gut. It’s an interesting choice of residence, given the most famous feature of the town is its proximity to the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz – where at least 1.

The Washington Post · 3d

Holocaust survivors mark 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation

Some of the last living survivors spoke of worrying signs that safeguards of “never again” are falling away while antisemitism rises.

Reuters · 3d

Auschwitz survivors warn of rising antisemitism at 80th anniversary of camp's liberation

Auschwitz survivors warned of the dangers of rising antisemitism on Monday, as they marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops in one of the last such gatherings of those who experienced its horrors.

BBC · 3d

Survivors of Auschwitz deliver warning from history as memories die out

World leaders rubbed shoulders with 56 survivors of Hitler's death camp as they marked 80 years since its liberation.

The Forward on MSN3d

The only Jew in Oświęcim, Poland, can see Auschwitz from her bedroom window

Weisz-Gut works at the local Jewish museum, which aims to draw attention to the town’s once-thriving pre-Holocaust Jewish ...

The man who revealed Auschwitz's atrocities to the world

One man's daring mission to infiltrate Auschwitz revealed its atrocities to the world – this is his story.

Auschwitz survivors and world leaders set to mark 80 years since Nazi death camp’s liberation

Inside the Auschwitz, Soviet soldiers liberated roughly 7,000 prisoners who had been brutalized by a Nazi regime hell-bent on exterminating the Jewish people.

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WRAP-UP: Holocaust survivors, world leaders mark Auschwitz anniversary in Poland

Holocaust survivors and world leaders attended ceremonies in Poland on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation ...

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