Nudist Protesters at Auschwitz Slaughter Sheep, Chain Themselves to Gate

Eleven people were arrested after they took off their clothes, slaughtered a sheep, and chained themselves to the gate of the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz, in Poland, as a bizarre form of protest.
Pope Francis Becomes Third Pontiff to Visit Auschwitz Death Camp

Pope Francis paid a somber visit to Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp, becoming the third pontiff to visit the site where over 1 million people, mostly Jews, were killed.
Netanyahu on Holocaust Remembrance Day: “We Are No Longer a Powerless People Begging for Protection”

World leaders throughout the globe will mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday, January 27, with ceremonies, memorials, and events intended to honor victims of the Holocaust and World War II.
Israeli Holocaust Survivor Possibly World’s Oldest Man at 112

Said Shula about her father to the Jerusalem Post: “He is someone who is always happy. He is optimistic, wise, and he values what he has.”
70 Years Since Liberation of Auschwitz, Germans Believe Time Has Come to Put Holocaust in the Past

Tuesday marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in which some 1.1 million Jews died there at the hands of the Nazi killing machine.
Holocaust Survivors Return to Auschwitz to Mark 70 Years of Liberation

Fifteen Auschwitz survivors, aged 80-94, returned on Monday, January 26, to the infamous death camp, Auschwitz, some for the first time.
Obama, Biden Skipping Out on Ceremony Marking 70th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation

US President Barack Obama is skipping out on the 70th anniversary ceremony of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on Tuesday while other world leaders are slated to attend.
Tour of Remembrance: Auschwitz, Krakow

Day 3 Today we descended to ‘the depths’ and called upon God from the hell on earth known as Auschwitz. Before entering the notorious Concentration Camp, our small group of Jews and Christians prayed together the words of Psalm 121 and then lined up arm-in-arm under the infamous and cruel sign “Arbet Macht Frei – […]
George McGovern, Auschwitz, and the Nigerian Schoolgirls

U.S. officials say it would be “too risky” to send commandos to rescue the 300 schoolgirls being held hostage by Islamist terrorists in Nigeria.
March of the Living

A group of young people travel each year to Auschwitz to stand witness to the atrocities and to honor the memory of those who perished. Join Rabbi Tuly Weisz on a Tour of Remembrance to Poland, July 6-9, 2014