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

A parade of dignitaries and dozens of Holocaust survivors came to Oświęcim on Monday to pay tribute to the 1 million Jews who died there.

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

Polish President Andrzej Duda remembered the victims of the Nazis at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site, as commemorations got under way on Monday to mark 80 years since the death camp was liberated towards the end of World War II.

Fifty surviving prisoners, political leaders from many European countries, and hundreds of other people marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz in southern Poland on 27 January.

Tomorrow marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi concentration and death camp where more than 1.1 million people were murdered between 1940 and 1945, about 85% of whom were Jews.

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Holocaust survivors and world leaders gathered in Poland on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, where the Nazi Germans killed more than 1.1 million people during World War II.

Monday's ceremony is widely being treated as the last major observance that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday stressed Germany's enduring responsibility for the Holocaust as leaders and survivors marked 80 years since Soviet troops liberated the Nazi-run death camp Auschwitz.

The largest camp in the entire system of Nazi concentration and extermination camps, where more than 1 million people perished at the hands of Hitler’s regime, has become one of the best-known symbols of the Holocaust.

The phrase "Polish death camps" misrepresents historical facts by falsely attributing Nazi crimes to Poland—a nation that suffered profoundly under German occupation during World War II. This term has prompted decades of diplomatic and educational efforts to correct the damaging misconception.