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Auschwitz survivor Jerry Wartski shares his story for first time: 'We have to talk'

January 27, 2020

Auschwitz survivor Jerry Wartski shares his story for first time: 'We have to talk'

In the nearly 75 years since the end of World War II, Jerry Wartski never uttered a word about what he lived through after the Nazis invaded his native Poland in September 1939.

Holocaust survivor Irene Buchman shares her story of surviving Auschwitz: 'It's heartbreaking for me'

January 27, 2020

Holocaust survivor Irene Buchman shares her story of surviving Auschwitz: 'It's heartbreaking for me'

Struggling to contain the tears at times, Irene Buchman recalled the last time she saw her parents and brothers – at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the infamous Nazi death camp.

Auschwitz-Birkenau anniversary: A look back at 75 years since liberation

January 27, 2020

Auschwitz-Birkenau anniversary: A look back at 75 years since liberation

Auschwitz was the largest of the Germans' extermination and death camps and has become a symbol for the terror of the Holocaust.

Dutch premier issues historic apology at Holocaust memorial

January 26, 2020

Dutch premier issues historic apology at Holocaust memorial

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized Sunday for the failure of officials in the Nazi-occupied country during World War II to do more to prevent the deportation and murder of just over 100,000 Jews.

Rabbi Abraham Cooper: Auschwitz mass murders must teach world to reject anti-Semitism and other hatred

January 24, 2020

Rabbi Abraham Cooper: Auschwitz mass murders must teach world to reject anti-Semitism and other hatred

I write from Jerusalem, where I attended a ceremony Thursday at which Vice President Mike Pence and other international leaders spoke to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the hellish Nazi death camp where at least 1.1 million people – about 1 million of them Jews – were murdered.

Pence's office denies Prince Charles 'snub' after video posted online

January 23, 2020

Pence's office denies Prince Charles 'snub' after video posted online

The press secretary for Vice President Mike Pence hit back at reports Thursday that he might have been “snubbed” by Prince Charles while at the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem.

World Holocaust Forum: Pence, Netanyahu, and other world leaders speak

January 23, 2020

World Holocaust Forum: Pence, Netanyahu, and other world leaders speak

The leaders who addressed the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem were united in condemning the murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War II, and in vowing to learn from the past. But their diverging views of what that entails reveal a world at odds about the legacy of the genocide, 75 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp.

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Few Americans know the death toll, poll finds

January 23, 2020

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Few Americans know the death toll, poll finds

A new survey claims the Holocaust is receding in collective memory, as few Americans know the death toll of Jews.

World leaders attend anti-Semitism, Holocaust forum in Jerusalem

January 23, 2020

World leaders attend anti-Semitism, Holocaust forum in Jerusalem

More than 40 world leaders, including Vice President Mike Pence, French President Emmanuel Macron, Britain’s Prince Charles and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, descended on Jerusalem Thursday to rally against anti-Semitism at the World Holocaust Forum.

Pence calls for world to 'stand strong' against anti-Semitism at Auschwitz liberation commemoration in Israel

January 23, 2020

Pence calls for world to 'stand strong' against anti-Semitism at Auschwitz liberation commemoration in Israel

Vice President Pence delivered a stirring speech in Jerusalem before an audience that included world leaders and Holocaust survivors, vowing that never again shall the world allow the atrocities committed by the Nazis to be repeated.