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Auschwitz

The Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Germany-occupied Poland was the main extermination site where Nazis killed at least 1.1 million people during the Holocaust, mostly Jews. It was liberated on January 27, 1945.

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The Jewish Hospital's gynecology ward pictured in 1935.

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Men and women are walking down a street. At the front, people hold banners reading '83 Years Since Thessaloniki Auschwitz' and 'Never Again' in Greek and English

Thessaloniki: Remembering the 'Jerusalem of the Balkans'

Recalling the tragic fate of Greece’s Jews serves as a wake-up call against rising antisemitism.

A scene from The Disappearance of Josef Mengele

Josef Mengele: Portrait of a Nazi war criminal

The Nazi doctor and "Angel of Death" fled to South America and evaded justice. A new film traces his life in hiding.

What does birth control pill have to do with Auschwitz?

The pill gave women new freedom. But its development was based on brutal human experiments conducted in Auschwitz.

The fake Auschwitz images distorting Holocaust history

AI-generated images depicting fake historical events from Auschwitz are deceiving some users online.

A Holocaust survivor enters an event at Auschwitz commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi extermination camp

Auschwitz survivors speak at 80th anniversary of liberation

Victims were commemorated and survivors addressed the public, bearing witness to the horror they experienced.

Watchtowers at the former Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp in Oswiecim, Poland

Auschwitz was an 'industrial apparatus to kill people'

At least 1.1 million people were targeted and deported, then murdered at the infamous Nazi extermination camp.

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