The solemn commemoration came amid a worldwide spike in antisemitism and new surveys suggesting basic knowledge of the Holocaust is eroding.

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.

At Auschwitz, the Germans left behind barracks and watchtowers, the remains of gas chambers and the hair and personal belongings of people killed there. The “Arbeit macht frei” (work will set you free) gate is recognized the world over.

STORY: Survivors of the Nazi Holocaust on Monday marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp.The ceremony was held at the site established in Poland by occupying German forces,

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France's President Emmanuel ... Macron has paid tribute to former French Resistance activist and author Genevieve Callerot, who has died at age 108. Callerot, who was among the last survivors of the groups that fought the country's World War II occupation ...

PARIS — France's President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to ... that combatted the country’s World War II occupation by Nazi Germany, died Thursday in a care home in Saint-Aulaye-Puymangou ...

Holocaust survivors, President Andrzej Duda and First Lady Agata Kornhauser–Duda and world leaders gathered in Poland on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German Auschwitz–Birkenau death camp, where more than 1.1 million people perished during World War II.

French President Emmanuel Macron honours Geneviève Callerot, a WWII Resistance activist and author, who passed away at 108.

Auschwitz survivors will be joined by world leaders on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops. The anniversary at the site of the camp, which Nazi Germany set up in occupied Poland during World War Two,

French President Emmanuel Macron waits for Angola’s President João ... who was among the last survivors of the groups that combatted the country’s World War II occupation by Nazi Germany, died Thursday in a care home in Saint-Aulaye-Puymangou, a ...

PARIS (AP) — France’s President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to former French Resistance activist and author Geneviève Callerot, who has died aged 108. Callerot, who was among the last ...