The Auschwitz complex itself was made up of three main camps: Auschwitz I, the original concentration camp built in an old Polish military base; Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a vast extermination camp ...

The King will become the first British head of state to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau when he tours the former Nazi concentration camp to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation. Charles will ...

Auschwitz was established in 1940 and located in the suburbs of Oswiecim, a Polish city the Germans annexed. Between 1940 and 1945, it grew to include three main camp centers and a slew of ...

Oswiecim has more than eight centuries of history, and some are growing resentful that the world knows little about them ...

the largest and deadliest Nazi concentration camp. Auschwitz was established in 1940 and located in the suburbs of Oswiecim, a Polish city the Germans annexed. Between 1940 and 1945, it grew to ...

By Barbara Erling and Kuba Stezycki OSWIECIM, Poland (Reuters) -Auschwitz survivors were being joined by world leaders on ...

WARSAW -- Auschwitz survivors and global leaders gathered at the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp in southern Poland ...

It was 80 years ago that Soviet troops liberated the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Some of the last survivors will be joined by world leaders on Monday, to commemorate the 1.1 million ...

Image: The so-called 'Gate of Death', the main entrance to Auschwitz-Birkenau, as it looked in 1945. Pic: AP Image: Children ...

Emotional Auschwitz survivors used the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation as a warning to the world: push back against rising hatred of Jews – or risk sliding into darker times.

Some of the last living survivors spoke of worrying signs that safeguards of “never again” are falling away while ...

The main observances take place at the site in ... just outside the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, Saturday, Jan.