Polish President Andrzej Duda remembered the victims of the Nazis at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site, as commemorations got under way on Monday to mark 80 years since the death camp was liberated towards the end of World War II.

World leaders joined Auschwitz survivors to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the camp's liberation. This significant event serves as a reminder of the horrors experienced during the Holocaust, as political tensions rise with far-right ideologies resurfacing in Europe.

Commemorations at the former death camp began earlier when Poland’s president Andrzej Duda joined Auschwitz ... German chancellor Olaf Scholz, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the ...

WARSAW -- Auschwitz survivors and global leaders gathered at the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp in southern Poland to commemorate the 80th anniversary of its liberation.

Polish President Andrzej Duda, whose nation lost 6 million ... Among the leaders expected to attend are Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

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“God suffered a great deal in every single person who was here. God suffered a great deal in this place,” Cardinal Rys added.

Auschwitz survivors warned Monday of the rising antisemitism and hatred they are witnessing in the modern world as they gathered

On Saturday, at a rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Elon Musk called on Germany to “move on” from its “past guilt”, provoking controversial reactions. The statement, made just days before the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz,

Auschwitz survivors warned of the dangers of rising antisemitism on Monday, as they marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops in one of the last such gatherings of those who experienced its horrors.

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.