Auschwitz
News and updates about Auschwitz

Watch: VP Pence recites Hebrew verse from Psalms
US Vice President at Yad Vashem: Today we remember what happens when the powerless cry for help and the powerful refuse to answer.

Anti-Semitism:
'We cannot wait for others, we must take action ourselves'
Action and Protection League Chairman Rabbi Shlomo Koves tells Arutz Sheva about partnering efforts to 'combat anti-Semitism'.

Netanyahu welcomes world leaders to Jerusalem
'It is important that world leaders remember where we came from,' PM says as leaders gather for 75th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz.

Police prepare for visit of world leaders
Israel Police mobilize for visit of dozens of world leaders for marking of 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

These are the leaders set to attend the World Holocaust Forum
Kings, princes, presidents, prime ministers, foreign ministers to converge on Jerusalem, commemorate the Holocaust. This is the full list.

Poland has done it again
The unprecedented arrogance of the Polish President is an insult to the victims of Auschwitz and the survivors of the Holocaust.

Record number of people visited Auschwitz in 2019
A record 2.3 million visitors toured former Nazi death camp last year, an increase of 170,000 from 2018.

Polish President pulls out of Auschwitz event in Israel
Polish President Andrzej Duda refuses to attend event marking 75 years since liberation of Auschwitz if he is not allowed to speak.

Watch: Angela Merkel visits Auschwitz
Watch live as German Chancellor Merkel pays her first-ever visit to Auschwitz.

German government to donate 60 million euros to Auschwitz
Chancellor Angela Merkel will bring 60 million euro donation to help conserve Auschwitz-Birkenau when she visits the site on Friday.

Amazon removes Christmas ornaments with images of Auschwitz
Online retail giant removes bottle openers and Christmas ornaments featuring images of Auschwitz hours after complaints filed.

Auschwitz Christmas ornaments put up for sale at Amazon
Christmas ornaments and bottle openers featuring images from Auschwitz now up for sale at online retail giant Amazon.com.

Germany's Angela Merkel to pay first visit to Auschwitz Friday
German chancellor set to make first visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp on Friday, making her the third chancellor to do so.

World leaders to mark Auschwitz liberation by visiting Jerusalem
Dozens of world leaders will visit Jerusalem to mark 75th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation.

Angela Merkel to visit Auschwitz for first time
German Chancellor to visit infamous Nazi death camp for first time in her 14-year tenure on 75th anniversary of camp's liberation.

Blogger apologizes for photo of rubber duck at Auschwitz
Travel blogger comes under fire after posting a photo on his Instagram account of a rubber duck on the iconic tracks outside Auschwitz.

US Army commander suspended for 'Arbeit Macht Frei' memo
Commander of US Army recruiting company in Texas suspended after distributing memo using picture of entrance to Auschwitz.

Uruguay soccer player 'didn't intend' to harm Holocaust victims
Uruguayan soccer star apologizes over joyful birthday photo at Auschwitz.

Omar and Tlaib must be sure to investigate 'Auschwitz in Palestine'

Abusing the term "Concentration Camp"

Beloved 'Hoosier' Holocaust survivor Eva Kor dies at 85
Kor, a survivor of Dr. Mengele's inhumane experiments,, who preached forgiveness even to the Nazis, dies while leading trip to Auschwitz.

Exhibit shows how faith helped Holocaust survivors
New exhibit with alternative approach to Holocaust remembrance opens at Auschwitz.

Oldest Auschwitz survivor in France dies at 101
Henriette Cohen was sent to Auschwitz in 1944. She returned to France eight months later weighing 77 pounds.

'Holocaust education should be mandatory for congressmen'
Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg invites Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to tour Auschwitz with him.

Auschwitz Museum protests camp photos on items sold online
Authorities at Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum protest to online vendor selling items bearing photos of the former Nazi death camp.

Auschwitz survivor: 'It's vital for our future to know our past'
Watch: Arutz Sheva meets Canadian Holocaust survivor Nate Leipciger at the March of the Living.

'The Kaliver Rebbe was the Rebbe of six million'
'There are six large lamps in his synagogue and underneath it says that six million Jews were murdered.'

They called her from Auschwitz block she slept in
Yaffa Shaindy's two grandchildren went on a delegation of "Witnesses in uniform" of IDF officers to the death camps.

Senior Islamic leader to visit Auschwitz
Secretary general of the Muslim World League to visit Auschwitz with American Jewish Committee CEO David Harris in January.

Survivor Ed Mosberg, 93, is braving cancer to march at Auschwitz
Mosberg, who survived 6 concentration camps, has traveled to Poland, as he as for the past 20 years, to participate in March of the Living.

Dutch Holocaust museum removes Auschwitz pics from exhibitions
Dutch national Holocaust museum leaves out "shocking" pictures taken at Auschwitz from exhibitions, overruling its own curators.

Attackers: We'll restart Auschwitz when we grow up
Jewish student in northern Italy attacked by teens vowing to burn all Jews in ovens.

US citizen charged with theft of item from Auschwitz
37-year-old man charged with attempted theft of metal part of rail tracks where prisoners were unloaded.

Likud to file complaint against Meretz over Auschwitz ad
Meretz under fire for ad calling for 'end to occupation' with Auschwitz in the background.

Auschwitz appears in Meretz video against 'the occupation'
Meretz party publishes Arabic-language video calling for 'an end to the occupation,' as a drawing of Auschwitz appears in the background.

Auschwitz wants visitors to stop doing tricks at camp entrance
Museum at site of Nazi death camp urges visitors not to do balancing tricks on rail tracks used to carry victims to Auschwitz.

Thousands march in Greece in memory of Holocaust victims
2,000 people hold silent march in Thessaloniki on anniversary of the departure of first train taking Jews to Auschwitz.

Pence accuses Iran of Nazi-like anti-Semitic hatred
US Vice President accuses Iran of anti-Semitism akin to the Nazis following his visit to Auschwitz.

Once there lived a man named Aizik Kanovich

Escape to freedom

Teachers of Nazi salute students raise money for Auschwitz
Teachers at a school whose students made what appears to be a Nazi salute raise money for Auschwitz Memorial and Museum.

Record number of people visit Auschwitz
2.15 million people visited Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in 2018, says Auschwitz museum.

When Jewish politics trumped Holocaust rescue

Israeli basketball players greeted by Auschwitz sign
Players of Maccabi Tel Aviv encounter "Arbeit Machi Frei" sign at their hotel in Istanbul.

Exclusive: Memories from a lifelong friendship with Elie Wiesel

Ukrainian programmers scrap game about Auschwitz
Developers cancel production following outcry over game allowing option to play as SS guard sending prisoners to the gas chambers.

Israeli teen fined for urinating on Auschwitz memorial
19-year-old Israeli man who admitted to urinating on memorial at Nazi death camp fined $1,350 by Polish court.

Chelsea to send racist fans on trips to Auschwitz
Chelsea Football Club considering sending racist supporters on trips to Nazi concentration camp instead of imposing banning orders.

3 Polish teens make Nazi salute at Auschwitz, post photo
Polish teens to be investigated after they make Nazi salute at entrance to Auschwitz-Birkenau, post photo on Instagram.

German Foreign Minister visits Auschwitz
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas visits azi-German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, "the most horrible place on earth."

Romanian minister apologizes over Auschwitz gaffe
Romanian minister apologizes for comparing Auschwitz to African swine fever, says he has 'never offended anyone.'

Survivor who escaped Auschwitz passes away
Herman Shine, believed to be one of the last survivors to have escaped Auschwitz, dies at 96.

Tourists charged with stealing bricks from concentration camp
30-year-old woman, 36-year-old man confess after being caught stealing bricks from Auschwitz concentration camp as 'souvenirs'.

French website removes ad for Auschwitz showerhead
Classified ads website in France removes ad marketing a secondhand showerhead as coming from Auschwitz.

Greg LeMond joins memorial bicycle tour from Auschwitz to Krakow
Fifth annual 'Ride of the Living' joined by 3-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond.

Ex-CIA head compares U.S. immigration policies to Nazi Germany
Tweets Auschwitz picture with caption: 'Other governments have separated mothers and children.'

German rappers criticized for anti-Semitism visit Auschwitz
Two German rappers who created an uproar with anti-Semitic lyrics visit Auschwitz.

Israeli army cadet sparks controversy at Auschwitz
Soldier representing Israel in delegation to Auschwitz carries sign in Polish reading 'You're also responsible'.

Hateful campaign against Auschwitz-Birkenau museum
Polish ultra-nationalists attack staff of Auschwitz museum for 'acting against Poland's interests' in wake of Holocaust law.
