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.

But there were some notable exceptions to the role, some brave Jews who did choose to fight back against Nazi tyranny instead of submitting meekly to the jackboots. Among them were the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943.

The Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, which was liberated 80 years ago, is an enduring symbol of the Holocaust. Part of German dictator Adolf Hitler's "Final Solution" plan for the genocide of European Jews, the camp operated near the occupied southern Polish town of Oswiecim between June 1940 and January 1945.

Dozens of world leaders, including Britain’s king and the president of Ukraine, joined a dwindling group of Nazi death camp survivors on Monday in southern Poland to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Red Army’s liberation of Auschwitz,

In the words of one soldier, Warsaw was ‘a phantom city’. Photo: public domain / Wikicommons. 80 years ago, on Jan. 17, 1945, Soviet and Polish military formations entered Warsaw bringing an end to years of Nazi occupation—however, this did not bring ...

With the world marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp by Soviet troops on 27 January here is its history, based on information from the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum.

Callum Ulysses Parslow, who has Adolf Hitler’s signature tattooed on his arm, was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday Callum Parslow has been jailed for life at Woolwich Crown Court for ...

History forgotten (or unknown) leads to history repeated and understanding how the ruling Nazis came to power is important.

On the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pope Francis also noted that many Christians were killed in Nazi concentration camps.

They can, however, function as a warning from history that we must never forget – a message especially relevant as the world marks Holocaust Memorial Day today. Every generation of film-makers comes to this terrible subject in their own way –  whether via the maximalist sprawl of 1985 documentary Shoah or the dizzying realism of 2015’s Son of Saul.

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

Some of the last living survivors spoke of worrying signs that safeguards of “never again” are falling away while antisemitism rises.