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Auschwitz

The most notorious Nazi death camp in Poland during the Holocaust. Marked by its notorious gate slogan "Arbeit Macht Frei", Auschwitz was also the site where Josef Mengele performed his "experiments" on prisoners.

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The former concentration camp Auschwitz

Palestinian man visits Auschwitz, publicly calls on Jews to return there 'where they belong'

35th March of the living 2023

'We will rise from the ashes': Holocaust, Oct. 7 survivors to go on March of the Living

 Auschwitz concentration camp, operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during the Holocaust.

Peacock’s ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ tackles a Holocaust love story based on real events

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
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'The Lonka Project': Pictures of Jews from world leading photographers

MARTIN GREENFIELD holds a copy of his autobiography ‘Measure of a Man’: ‘God has a brilliant sense of humor.’

Martin Greenfield, Auschwitz survivor and master tailor to American presidents, dies at 95

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
 A set of handmade chess pieces hidden beneath the floor at the Auschwitz camp.

Secret chess pieces found at Auschwitz camp tell a story of prisoner life

  Auschwitz concentration camp, operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during the Holocaust.

‘Zone of Interest’ producer calls Oscars speech a ‘distraction,’ as Auschwitz memorial defends it

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
 Two hundred years of survival. Lily and Walter together in Lily's home in London, UK.

Two centenarian Holocaust survivors meet for first time

 A STILL FROM ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’, starring Harvey Keitel.

Details revealed for new series ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’

Businessman Elon Musk, third from right, and US political commentator Ben Shapiro, furthest right, visit the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death and concentration camp.

Elon Musk makes private visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau

By REUTERS
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Elon Musk to visit Auschwitz, lead panel on antisemitism and Holocaust

 Auschwitz concentration camp, operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during the Holocaust.

Visits to Auschwitz Memorial Museum up 41% in 2023

 A scene from "The Zone of Interest"

The real Auschwitz commandant — and Yiddish resistance song — behind ‘The Zone of Interest’

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
 Auschwitz concentration camp, operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during the Holocaust.

Auschwitz slams Israeli council head's plans for Gaza Strip

 Fire burns in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, December 15, 2023.

Israel should make Gaza look like Auschwitz museum - council head

By 103FM
 British students on a trip to Poland placed pictures of the nearly 200 Israeli hostages still in Hamas captivity on the train tracks leading up to the Auschwitz-Berkenau death camp, on November 26, 2023.

British teens place pictures of hostages on train tracks at Auschwitz

 HAPOEL JERUSALEM’S Pais Arena in the capital had pictures of the hostages taken by Hamas on all the lower-bowl seats for Wednesday’s viewing event for their families.

Auschwitz International Council calls for immediate release of hostages in Gaza

Holocaust survivor sends touching message to Israeli Police

By MAARIV