Recent documents released by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) have suggested a Polish prisoner of war in Auschwitz happily did the dirty work of the camp’s guards. It is the latest worrying ...

Marian Turski, a Holocaust survivor who became a journalist and historian in postwar Poland and was a co-founder of Warsaw’s ...

Oswiecim, Poland — A memorial service to mark 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops was held Monday at the site of the former death camp, a ceremony that was widely treated ...

Auschwitz Was Liberated 80 Years Ago. the Spotlight Is on Survivors as Their Numbers Dwindle WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The world's focus will be on the remaining survivors of Nazi Germany's ...

That creates risks: the Holocaust didn’t begin with mass murder. The dehumanization of Jews progressed gradually from public ...

Marian Turski, the Polish-Jewish historian, journalist, advocate of Polish-Jewish dialogue and a former prisoner of the World ...

We were going to visit Poland’s largest amusement park. As I was looking for accommodation, I was shocked to discover that ...

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Dark tourism refers to the visiting of "incidences of death, disaster and atrocity" made while still "within living memory," ...

“Kapos were not good or bad – that is a very simple way of explaining functionary prisoners,” says the historian Alina Nowobilska, who researches Polish prisoners at Auschwitz. “Kapos ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The world's focus will be on the remaining survivors of Nazi Germany's atrocities on Monday as world leaders and royalty join them for commemorations on the 80th anniversary of ...

Many in Poland interpreted his words as a critique of the right-wing government in power at the time. However, those on the political right criticized him for using the Auschwitz anniversary to ...