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Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle
The German authorities founded the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1940 in the Polish town of Oswiecim after their invasion of Poland in 1939. Early on it was a camp for Polish prisoners ...
World War Three: One country has greatest significance on why dictators must be opposed
The spectre of World War Three shows we are failing to learn from the past. One organisation battling to improve our ...
Confronting the complex realities of Polish-Jewish identity - opinion
Nuance is in order regarding Poland and its Jews; Jennifer Stark-Blumenthal calls for a reevaluation of Jews’ attitudes ...
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Survivors of Auschwitz deliver warning from history as memories die out
The Nazis murdered 1.1 million people at Auschwitz-Birkenau between 1941 and 1945. Almost a million were Jews, 70,000 were Polish prisoners, 21,000 Roma, 15,000 Soviet prisoners of war and and ...
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Just 50 Holocaust survivors will be at Auschwitz for the 80th anniversary of its liberation
Lauder, representing major donors to the memorial site, and historian Piotr Cywiński, director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Five years ago, Poland’s president Andrzej Duda was the ...
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Saved in 50 Seconds: The Story of Franciszek Gajowniczek, the Man Spared by St. Maximilian Kolbe at Auschwitz
When World War II broke out in 1939, Gajowniczek, now a sergeant, defended Wieluń — the first Polish city attacked by the ...