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Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation

A group of survivors of Nazi death camps will mark the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony Saturday in southern Poland. Some 20 survivors from various camps set up by Nazi Germany around Europe were to lay wreaths at the Death Wall in Auschwitz and hold prayers at the monument in Birkenau. They will memorialize some 1.1 million camp victims, mostly Jews. The attentively preserved memorial site and museum are located near the city of Oswiecim. Nearly 6 million European Jews were killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust the mass murder of Jews and other groups before and during World War II. Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the survivors are to be accompanied by Polish Senate Speaker Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska, Culture Minister Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz and Israeli ambassador Yacov Livne. The theme of the observances is the human being, symbolised in simple, hand-drawn portraits. They are meant to str

Updated On: 27 Jan 2024 | 11:31 AM IST

Neo-Nazis march in Berlin to celebrate Hitler deputy's death anniversary

Nazi sympathisers revere Hess since he didn't renounce his beliefs after the fall of the Third Reich

Updated On: 20 Aug 2017 | 10:36 AM IST